Hanoi: Office workers get wet in the rain all morning, only arriving at work in time for... lunch.

Cancel work schedule after a few hours in the rain

When she woke up in the morning, Ms. Tran Phuong Anh (in Linh Dam, Hanoi ) was fed up when she saw the pouring rain. Whenever it rains, Hanoi gets congested, so she and her husband reminded each other to move quickly to avoid being "stuck" on the road.

With a growling stomach, Ms. Phuong Anh hurriedly cleaned up, changed clothes and rushed out of the house, heading to her makeup shop on Hoang Ngoc Phach street.

Before that, she and her husband booked a taxi to go to work but waited 15 minutes without a driver accepting the trip. In order to meet the customer on time at 9am, she had to switch to riding a motorbike.

Amidst the pouring rain, splashing in her face, the motorbike wobbled on the road. After only a few minutes, she encountered a long traffic jam on Nguyen Xien Street, near Thang Long University.

Ms. Phuong Anh was helpless and could not move to work, so she turned back in the middle of the road (Photo: NVCC).

"Lines of motorbikes and cars lined up on the road. Almost all of them stood still, exposed to the rain and wind during rush hour. It's been a long time since we've had such heavy rain and traffic jams, leaving everyone helpless," said Ms. Phuong Anh.

Flooded roads, many vehicles stalled in the middle of the road, making the traffic jam even more serious, the queue of cars getting longer and longer.

Phuong Anh and her husband patiently moved their motorbike little by little. The rain was pouring down, they were soaked and shivering with cold. It was truly a "tortured" day at work for the workers.

An hour passed and she was still "drifting" on the road, so she had to call the customer to cancel the appointment.

"Today, I had an appointment with a young customer at the makeup store on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival at school. Because of the rain and serious traffic jam, I had to call the child's mother to cancel the appointment. With this situation, I might not be able to go to the store until evening," said Ms. Phuong Anh.

Seeing that the road was clearer, the couple decided to carry the motorbike across the median strip to cross the street. It was 11:20 when she finally got home.

"I also have many appointments with customers in the afternoon. I will discuss with customers based on the weather. Rain and wind, difficult roads greatly affect the work of workers," Ms. Phuong Anh lamented.

12 o'clock in time for work... lunch

Seeing the heavy rain that never stopped, instead of leaving home at around 7am like usual, Ms. D.P. (in Nam Tu Liem district, Hanoi) accepted to go to work late to avoid traffic jams. She started arriving at the office at 9:30am, thinking that the roads were clear and the sidewalks were airy, so she could quickly get to work.

Unexpectedly, when she reached Me Tri Street, Ms. P. felt discouraged when she saw the traffic that seemed to have stopped for a long time. This road to her office was only 2km.

Traffic jam on Me Tri street (Photo: NVCC).

She tried to wait patiently, lining up to move. However, when the clock struck 10:30, she had only moved a few hundred meters.

"The rain caused the roads to flood, many vehicles stalled, making the traffic jam even more serious. I had to call my boss to report that I might not be able to get to work until noon," Ms. P. said in frustration.

After waiting for too long, she decided to turn around and find another road that was not congested. She searched on Google Maps, and many roads were still red even though it was already 10:30. After observing for a while, she was able to identify a more open road.

Many vehicles stalled while passing through flooded roads (Photo: NVCC).

Ms. P. said: "I have to turn around to get to Thang Long Boulevard. Then I go to the underpass, cross the street to get to the highway, and go to Tran Duy Hung underpass. This seems to be a more open route."

So she left home at 9:30, and around 11:00 she continued to move past the house to find a non-congested route to work.

"At this time it was still raining heavily, on the road I passed there were many people on motorbikes having to take shelter from the rain and many cars had stalled," Ms. P. added.

Since the beginning of the year, this is the first time Ms. P. has encountered such heavy rain and traffic jams.

"Traffic jams are normal in the capital. But it's been a long time since I've seen such a long traffic jam, to the point where I only got to work at 12 noon, just in time for lunch, when the distance was only 7km," Ms. P. sighed.

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