Everyone goes into this mad flapping panic at the slightest amount of snow
The local primary school (quite a few colleagues have children there) sent all the kids home yesterday saying they were closing the school the following day (today) because there was going to be TEN INCHES of snow! Something that the Met Office didn't mention at all for this part of the country, teachers fancying a day off I think.

Lots of people off again today even though the snow is mostly melted!

I went home half day on Tuesday after we had two inches in a couple of hours, still managed to get home fine albeit slowly, and have been in every day apart from that. It's ridiculous how many people are using this as an excuse to skive!
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Thu 5 Feb 2009, 8:47, Reply)