I can't say I'm surprised. This would've been better last weekend, but it's now and I stayed home by taking a vacation day. I can afford to do that the rest of the week. Monday is a closed day for the holiday, so if the strike goes on longer, I'm not sure what I'll do. I am not happy. It's freezing in this apartment because the wind's blowing and the heat is lowered during the day. I really would rather be at work. I am using the time to clean the bathrooms. Oh the joy. Can I stand the excitement?
I'm not going into a rant about the politics of this. I'm a union member. I think the transit workers have legit beefs, but this strike is illegal and it affects the entire city, not just those of us who use the trains and buses; it affects every business dependent on subway and bus riders, the folks who buy newspapers and gum at the subway newsstands, and of course, shoppers for the holiday, which is a factor in the timing of this.
Bloglines is back up and I spent the morning catching up on last night's blog updates. Last night, without Bloglines, I
wasted spent time cruising
Blog Explosion (nothing much new to see) and with
flickr's "explore" feature and found a lot of nice photos and added a couple of the photographers to my contacts. I could easily see doing that for hours on end.
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it affects every business dependent on subway and bus riders, the folks who buy newspapers and gum at the subway newsstands, and of course, shoppers for the holiday
ReplyDeleteNow that is something few people ever think about. Good point!