This last week in Portland we experienced a snow storm. Well, people from other parts of the country wouldn’t call it that. But it was bad enough for us here to have a hard time with it. The result was many people stuck in traffic for hours on end on the first day of the “storm”. One of the conveniences afforded to us by social media is being able to instantly update every one about our situation. We can also share our inconveniences, frustrations in real time for the world to see! Long gone are the days when you had to wait till you get home to voice your displeasure about the bad weather or poor traffic conditions! None of us like to be inconvenienced and the weather certainly did a lot of that last week.

Several people I know spent 3-5 hours in traffic, in a commute that usually…