Reyno Rants: Why winter, why?
You know what sucks more than December?
January. There’s absolutely nothing to
look forward to this month. No Christmas
gifts, no New Year’s parties. We can’t even
look forward to the month being over because
February can sometimes be even worse
than the frozen hellscape we’re already stuck
in.
On top of all that, most people have these stupid resolutions they’re so desperately trying to maintain, despite that fact that 90 per cent of food and drink related resolutions were broken as of 12 a.m. on Jan. 1; no one stops partying at midnight, don’t kid yourself.
What really takes the cake in January is just how difficult winter can make things. Taking out the garbage sucks, but in the winter it sucks so much it could replace my turbo vacuum cleaner. Thankfully, I only need to bring mine to the end of the driveway but for anyone in an apartment there’s a minefield of slush and ice to get to a garbage bin that’s mostly buried in snow and occasionally frozen shut. No one should have to pack a shovel just to take out the trash. Canada is messed up.
The awfulness isn’t restrained to just taking out the garbage. Shoveling your way to the car sucks, waiting 15 minutes for that car to warm up sucks, freezing your fingers on the steering wheel sucks, blasting the heater to defrost the window and getting a face full of freezing cold air sucks and finally, even driving sucks.
At least it’s better than walking, right? Nothing makes a Monday better than sinking shin deep in a snowdrift and feeling your socks start to soak up all that melting snow that just crept into your boots.
Of course, nothing comes close to the shame and anger that comes with getting slushed by an inconsiderate driver. It’s not enough that some people have to use London Transit, but now they have to carry a slush shield around with them as well?
Speaking of London Transit, why the hell are the busses so damn hot in the winter? I understand that the bus driver probably doesn’t want to wear a coat all day but 99.9 per cent of your passengers just stood kneedeep in a snow bank for 20 minutes because LTC just throws out its schedule as soon as the snow hits. Everyone has boots and mitts and coats and hats and scarves and the least LTC could do is not drown their ridership in sweat. When people are crammed into the busses like sardines do you think there’s any room to take off a coat? That question was rhetorical, but in case anyone from the transit commission is reading this, the answer is no.
Thankfully at the end of the day we can all hide away safe and sound in our homes. Except that you can never really make your house or apartment warm enough in the winter, can you? It doesn’t matter how many space heaters you’ve bought or how high you crank the thermostat (if you even have control over one) it is always cold inside. Always.
I would love to continue listing all the things I hate about winter but unfortunately my fingers are starting to go numb so if you’ll excuse me, I have to go contemplate why I live in a place where it hurts to breath for five months a year.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
On top of all that, most people have these stupid resolutions they’re so desperately trying to maintain, despite that fact that 90 per cent of food and drink related resolutions were broken as of 12 a.m. on Jan. 1; no one stops partying at midnight, don’t kid yourself.
What really takes the cake in January is just how difficult winter can make things. Taking out the garbage sucks, but in the winter it sucks so much it could replace my turbo vacuum cleaner. Thankfully, I only need to bring mine to the end of the driveway but for anyone in an apartment there’s a minefield of slush and ice to get to a garbage bin that’s mostly buried in snow and occasionally frozen shut. No one should have to pack a shovel just to take out the trash. Canada is messed up.
The awfulness isn’t restrained to just taking out the garbage. Shoveling your way to the car sucks, waiting 15 minutes for that car to warm up sucks, freezing your fingers on the steering wheel sucks, blasting the heater to defrost the window and getting a face full of freezing cold air sucks and finally, even driving sucks.
At least it’s better than walking, right? Nothing makes a Monday better than sinking shin deep in a snowdrift and feeling your socks start to soak up all that melting snow that just crept into your boots.
Of course, nothing comes close to the shame and anger that comes with getting slushed by an inconsiderate driver. It’s not enough that some people have to use London Transit, but now they have to carry a slush shield around with them as well?
Speaking of London Transit, why the hell are the busses so damn hot in the winter? I understand that the bus driver probably doesn’t want to wear a coat all day but 99.9 per cent of your passengers just stood kneedeep in a snow bank for 20 minutes because LTC just throws out its schedule as soon as the snow hits. Everyone has boots and mitts and coats and hats and scarves and the least LTC could do is not drown their ridership in sweat. When people are crammed into the busses like sardines do you think there’s any room to take off a coat? That question was rhetorical, but in case anyone from the transit commission is reading this, the answer is no.
Thankfully at the end of the day we can all hide away safe and sound in our homes. Except that you can never really make your house or apartment warm enough in the winter, can you? It doesn’t matter how many space heaters you’ve bought or how high you crank the thermostat (if you even have control over one) it is always cold inside. Always.
I would love to continue listing all the things I hate about winter but unfortunately my fingers are starting to go numb so if you’ll excuse me, I have to go contemplate why I live in a place where it hurts to breath for five months a year.
Editorial opinions or comments expressed in this online edition of Interrobang newspaper reflect the views of the writer and are not those of the Interrobang or the Fanshawe Student Union. The Interrobang is published weekly by the Fanshawe Student Union at 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd., P.O. Box 7005, London, Ontario, N5Y 5R6 and distributed through the Fanshawe College community. Letters to the editor are welcome. All letters are subject to editing and should be emailed. All letters must be accompanied by contact information. Letters can also be submitted online by clicking here.
