One winter morning, an employee from Italy cautiously explained why he had shown up for work fifty minutes late, "It was so slippery outdoors that for every step I took ahead, I slipped back two."

一个冬天的早晨，一名意大利雇员小心地解释他为什么上班迟到了五十分钟，“室外太滑了，以至于我每向前迈一步，就要向后倒滑两步。”