So today, 30,000+ transit workers went on strike and put the city into a snail's pace. Trains and buses aren't running, there are 3 - 4 hours lines for the Long Island railroad and cabs are taking on multiple passengers at $10 a pop flat rate. Drives that before the strike took 15 minutes, now takes 2 hours. you need 4 passengers to drive into Mnahattan and people are riding with strangers just to get to work. And it's freezing outside! I feel bad for everyone who doesn't have the luxury of working from home. To think about the children who missed school and parents who missed work because of this. People are going to lose thier jobs. The city is going to lose millions of dollars for each day of this strike. I understand where these guys are coming from, but I think that the unions are taking advantage of the situation and using their members as pawns in a game. Their must be 30,000+ in NYC dying for these jobs. Does the average working person support their stance? OR would they take these jobs in a heart beat? I understand the hipocracy of the MTA having a cash surplus and not willing to offer decent compensation increases. I underatand the purpose of unions, but to what extent is what is going on just? When it impacts the entire city, the trade off makes the means to an end entirely out of hand.
Wendy had oral surgery yesterday and thankfully is home resting while the chaos is going on out in the streets. She had a widon tooth extraced from the bone in her jaw - OUCH! We missed the strike by a day, and therefore were able to move her around town from the oral surgeon's office back home, without any delays. The same trip would have required an extra hour or so today. Hopefully she'll recover this week in time to enjoy Christmas.
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