Priorities

It has been snowing here in Colorado for the past two days. The snow was supposed to stop at about 10:00 a.m. this morning. It snowed all day and, at times, got worse throughout the day. The drive to work was slow going. In some places the roads were plowed, but in other places the trucks simply dropped the chemical to melt the snow and ice and left behind them a mess of slush. Eventually I made it into the office.

I have a huge window in my cubicle so I could watch the snow fall all day. I was often looking down into the back parking lot and was amused and annoyed that I never saw anyone come by to plow our lot. Our lot already has a bad history. One of our employees slipped on the ice in the parking lot and broke her elbow. A few weeks ago another employee slipped on the ice in the parking lot. She didn't break anything and she was fine, and she's lucky because she is pregnant. So after a pregnant woman slips and falls on the ice, you'd think that the building managers would be better about keeping the snow and ice cleared from the parking lot. Apparently that's not the case. When I left the office this evening, the sidewalks were barely shoveled and the lot was covered with snow and ice. Ironically, a small patch of sidewalk surrounding the bike racks was shoveled recently. So, in spite of a huge parking lot and several walkways, they decided to clear the area around the bike racks. There were no bikes attached to the bike racks and I wonder how many people would actually ride their bike through 4 or 5 inches of snow while it was still snowing. And at time the snow was falling sideways! Apparently walking across the parking lot and getting in and out of it isn't as important as keeping the area near the bike racks clear.