By Gina Roth, Cincinnati Herald Intern
Of course I move to Over the Rhine in the middle of a blizzard. As a Miami University student taking part in a special program, I’m only in Cincinnati to write for the Cincinnati Herald for 3 weeks.
It’s just my luck that on day one of my internship the city is struck with snow like it hasn’t seen in years. I was completely snowed in.
The Herald works completely remotely, so it’s not like the weather was keeping me from coming into the office. I should just be able to hop on the zoom call from the comfort of my own apartment. Wrong.
My university provided accommodations don’t have Wi-Fi service. At my place, my computer is practically useless. I knew about the remote work and lack of Wi-Fi in advance, but I wasn’t prepared for the snow.
I had planned to go to a nearby café or the newly renovated library to hop on their free internet, but with the advent of Snowmageddon, that was liking less possible.
At 8:30 a.m. Monday morning my roommate Kiley and I made it down all three floors of our walkup and across multiple city blocks to get to Coffee Emporium for a 9 a.m. Zoom meeting. We were met with a closed café, and a cold 10-minute walk home. I ended up calling into the meeting by phone.
On Monday everything was on lockdown, so I hoped Tuesday would be a bit better.
Kiley and I tried Coffee Emporium again at noon, this time welcomed by an open café. However, their Wi-Fi was down and my roommate and I had to rely on her hotspot.
So, in a post-pandemic work from home world, I found myself wishing I just had an office to go into.
Feature Image: A snowplow tries making a difference on the snow-covered roads in Over-the-Rhine. Photo by Gina Roth
Poor grammar and dull article.
Yeah, boring big time and too long.
But she’s trying to learn.