Glass half-full or -empty?

I got talking to someone this week who told me that her New Year resolution was to be more positive about life.  Her feeling was that Brits are forever looking for the downside to every situation, and she was/is determined to buck the trend.

To be honest, I dismissed her comment, saying that I’d not noticed the nation’s downbeat attitude.  However, the news coverage in the last 24 hours has made me recant.

“Worst snow in 30 years” scream the headlines this morning.  Really? Aside from the fact that the headline really means “lots of snow forecast for London”, is this really the ‘worst’ snow?  Surely bad snow would be a few flakes – this is GOOD snow!

I know that it’s disrupting travel, closing schools, causing powercuts, and so on, so the effects of the snow can’t necessarily be considered as good, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the snow is bad.

Britain, get a grip!