From the Banterist---make sure you read it all:
'Twas five days before Christmas and all through the town;
Not a train was up running, they'd all been shut down.
The turnstiles were locked and the stations were cleared,
in hopes that Old Bloomberg would give them their share.
The workers were nestled all snug in their booths;
Where oft they're found sleeping, to tell you the truth.
Toussaint wants their pensions to be like the cops' -
you know, 'cause it's stressful announcing each stop.
Alas, from the public arose such a clatter,
Their leader seems not to have thought out the matter.
With shoppers not shopping and travel delayed,
public support dwindled, New Yorkers' nerves frayed.
You dumb, lazy morons! The people did cry.
Pensions the same as the FDNY?
It'll cost us a fortune, illiterate twits!
The people weren't happy. In fact, they threw fits.
There's strength in a union, or so they believed
but not before Christmas - now everyone's peeved.
It's terrible timing for stranding the masses;
If Reagan were here he'd have fired your asses.
If you really want a laugh, follow the link to his blog above for some photos of transit workers sleeping on the job. Yeah, they need a better pension. Asshats.
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See, this whole shut down situation is the kind of thing about unions that pisses me off. It's a nice thing in theory, particularly when we're talking sweatshops, exploitation of child labor, abusive work environments, and the like. Then you get spoiled to it, and all hell breaks loose because you have this whacked out entitlement business going on, and it ruins the credibility of working people everywhere. I feel the same way about the teachers' union-- it has done more harm to the state of public education over the years than any private schools, charter schools, homeschoolers, and/or voucher programs put together. Argh! I hope the whole city joins forces and kicks the collective arse of anyone who thought this strike was a good idea.
Posted by: Christy at December 21, 2005 03:29 PM