I think I am more annoyed with people complaining about the weather than the actual bitter cold. I'm not talking about talking about the weather or saying you're cold or that you have to shovel the snow or that stuff.
I'm talking about the people who are acting like it is worst thing that has every happened is that there is a snow storm and there is a below zero windchill. In Chicago. In January.
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I completely agree. I think people in this world just like to complain too much. And I'd like to add that you and I wouldn't have to complain about their complaining if they didn't complain in the first place... And another get over it and move on topic is using the economy as an excuse for everything, I'm over it.
I guess there is a bit of pride in enduring the cold. I just wish everyone would be more stoic about it. :-)
Yes, but come on, even you have to admit that this particular cold spell is unusual. I turned on the Weather Channel and the little number in the lower right hand corner read -17. -17!!! I believe Section III, Sub-Section 21a, Paragraph 2.4 of the "Living in Chicago By-Laws" specifically states: "If the actual temperature falls below -10 degrees, when the snot has frozen in your nose all the way up to your brain, you are free to complain to anyone and everyone you meet, even total strangers. You are encouraged, but not obligated, to state the usual cliched phrases including (but not limited to): 'Why do we live here again?', 'Cold enough for ya?' and 'It's a tit nipply out there.' Citizens are not allowed to complain about the cold when it is 15 degrees or warmer because then you just look like a pussy."
It is unusual. It is unpleasant. It all those things. I'm not complaining about people who are talking about the weather or complaining about how it effects their daily lives. It is damn cold outside and I certainly try to avoid being out there as much as I can.
I am seriously annoyed with the people say they hate living in Chicago because it is so cold here. If you hate it, please leave; traffic is bad enough for those of us who love it. I am annoyed with the people who think that because it is so cold they should not go to work. Not that they have to stay home with the kids, but that they do not want to walk out to their car. I am annoyed with people who are saying, during the first month of winter, that they are ready for summer. These people should not live in the Midwest. They simply are not hardy people.
I don't know, I still think you're being harsh. I've never lived anywhere but Chicago and I intensely dislike the winters ("hate" is too strong a word, methinks). At the risk of your losing respect for me, I am in the camp of "ready for summer on January 2." I'm OK with winter sticking around for the holidays, but after that, the welcome is sufficiently worn out.
Perhaps those individuals you run into who "hate Chicago" because of the winter really mean that they hate the cold weather, but in fact think Chicago as a whole is a wonderful place to live. I can also see people who think they shouldn't have to go to work, especially those who take the CTA. Waiting for a bus for 20 minutes in -15 degree weather can be seriously hazardous to your health, and many people cannot afford another alternative of transport. I'll buy that the people who are too wimpy to walk to their cars need to be slapped around a bit.
The people who annoy me are the ones who complain about the winters, but then turn around in August and complain about the summers too! "Oh, it's 90 degrees with 90 percent humidity, when will it ever end?" I suppose if your ultimate point is that if you live in an oven and complain about the heat, maybe you should leave the oven, then I guess I can get on board with that.
I wonder what people in San Diego say about the weather. "Can you believe it got down to 68 the other day? Why do we live here?"
People in San Diego complain about the cost of living.
I despise winter and absolutely everything about it. I live in Chicago in spite of it, though every winter I ask myself if it's worth it (turns out it is, but YIKES this is a really bad winter). Chicago is an awesome city because it HAS to be, the weather is too bad to live here otherwise;)
"I suppose if your ultimate point is that if you live in an oven and complain about the heat, maybe you should leave the oven, then I guess I can get on board with that."
That is almost my point. It is if you live in an oven and are flabergasted and astonished by the heat that you need sympathy for it; you should leave. I refer to my orignal post; I'm talking about the people who are acting like this is the end of the world. These are not meter maids working outside everyday.
Do you guys not know these people?
They are people who complain they have to go to work when schools are closed. (And again do not have kids) They simply have a way of complaining about the cold as though it is only happening to them and they have never heard of thinsulate....or wool.
How the weather effects our lives can be very interesting and at times, difficult. It is clearly something we will talk about.
OK, so really the issue is that you don't like people who complain needlessly about anything and everything (with the recent weather a more obvious distillation of those attitudes). I definitely agree with you there. The problem is, those same people who complain about the winter in Chicago would complain about animals keeping them up at night in the Garden of Eden; i.e., there's just no pleasin' 'em. And if Chicago had the weather of Southern California, those people would just complain about the traffic.
Do get me started on traffic. I can complain about that all day. The unpredictablility of it drives me insane.
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