Consideration for others?

The snow has brought the predictable travel problems here in the Midlands. If you have children (or in my case, grandchildren), one of the more important questions you want answered in these conditions is whether or not their school will be closed. Ten out of ten to Dudley therefore, for making a borough-wide decision the day before that all their schools would be closed. They could have been left with egg on their faces if the expected snow had failed to materialise, but at least everybody knew where they stood with enough time to make arrangements. Nought out of ten for my local authority (which better remain nameless) for leaving it to individual schools to make their own decision, with the result that nobody knew what the situation was until the last minute, and in many cases only then by actually contacting the school - if you could get through on the 'phone, that is. Chaotic is the only word for it.