Snow and Starbucks

I've been making a snow den for my boys most of today so have generally been away from the working world. However, work goes on and a friend just emailed me to say. 'Children in the garden since 7am! Then we went to the cathedral grounds where there were hundreds of sledges - the local toyshops have done well this morning. Starbucks was full to the rafters too - all these poor mobile workers taking advantage of Starbucks electricity and wifi sat there since 9am with their laptops, creating their small offices on the tables, blissfully unaware that all the schools are closed and then suddenly WHAM! Thousands of women and small wet crying red-faced children with sledges playing with their cables and destroying the peace! Made me laugh, until I realised that it was actually hell on earth..."