Wednesday, January 22, 2025

I thought this was very sad

 It's been my observation Houston only gets snow every 20 years or so.  If we're lucky we get an inch or so.  Most of the city had record amounts of 3-4 inches which breaks long held records.  

I had to work, but I can imagine how all the kids reacted when they woke up and saw it.  

Today I went in to work and I needed help from a manager.  I know he has 5 small kids.  I asked if they had fun in the snow.  

He is a middle manager.  Fairly new to our store.  He seems like a good guy and a fair (equitable) supervisor.  

"They did" he said sadly. "But I wasn't there, I had to work".  

This is probably a once in a lifetime event.  And he missed it.  I thought that was so, so, sad.  

We had a big blizzard on the East Coast when I was a kid.  We had I think 3 feet of snow on the ground.  The city came to a stand still and we missed so much school they had makeup classes well into July.  

I don't remember much - I made a snowman.  Tromping around in my little snowsuit and boots.  Mom making me hot cocoa when I came in.  Dad throwing snow balls.  Those are once in a lifetime memories for a once in a lifetime event.  

I felt so, so, bad, for that manager.  He should have called out.  

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