With winter quickly approaching, that means the worst, and most dreadful part of the season is also coming: Snow. Telling people that I hate snow is an incredibly hard conversation to have, because for some reason, people are really attached to this white devil. The thing is, I could list off a hundred reasons why the snow is completely awful, but I’ll spare myself the horror and only give you 10.
1. It’s cold.
I haven’t met a single person who can look me in the eye and say, “Oh, yes, I love being chilled down to my toes while standing in a wet, cold, pile of snow!”
2. It’s wet.
Personally, I prefer to stay dry when it’s -4 degrees outside, but that’s just me.
3. It gets dirty really quickly.
I will fess up and say that the snow looks really nice for about two seconds after it hits the ground. Once those two seconds are up, it becomes a slushy, dirty, mess. Not to mention the yellow snow.
4. You have to shovel it.
Backbreaking, knee-cracking, frostbiting.
5. Driving anywhere is impossible.
Some people can’t safely drive when the weather is nice, so adding a slippery, slushy surface on the roads makes leaving the house terrifying. Plus, the plows don’t always catch everything.
6. Black ice (or ice hidden under the snow piles).
Oh darn, there goes my functioning right leg.
7. School has to get pushed back later into the summer.
It might not seem so bad when you’re off from school in the winter, but it's not so great when you’re sitting in a classroom while it's 400 degrees.
8. Blizzards mean power outages.
Say goodbye to your Netflix and hello to your literal chill.
9. Snowball fights.
No, this black eye is not from a fight, or anything impressive at all.
10. It never seems to go away.
Come June, the strongest of surviving flakes are probably still laying there.
So, brace yourself, fellow snow-haters. It's coming.
