How long did it take you to get to work today?

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 9:53am

Me: a little over an hour and a half for a trip that usually takes 15 minutes door to door.

Thanks, MTA and TWU for keeping us all in the Christmas spirit!

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:31pm

bump

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:32pm

22 minutes, but that's a normal commute for me.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:36pm

bitch.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:37pm

ten minutes. I stopped for coffee.

[harris007]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:38pm

nada was off today

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:39pm

i feel for you new yorkers but i could never do that commute on a normal day. i hate mass transit and have a real problem relying on others to get me to where i need to be.

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:40pm

It only took about 20 minutes more for me than normal. Even though I live out on Long Island, it's easier for me to get here than my co-workers who live uptown.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:42pm

Ok...based on everyone here, I have decided to take off every day until the strike is called off. It doesn't make sense to travel an hour and a half when everyone else is relatively unaffected. It's not like i do anything anyway.

[JailyardGuy]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 2:59pm

I stayed home today. Grrr.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:01pm

Three hours. I walked the 40 blocks to the Woodside LIRR station at which point I had to stand out in the cold for over 2 hours just to buy a ticket to get on the train. I've never been that cold in my life...and I was dressed VERY warmly.

I can tell you that I will never do that again.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:05pm

I knew better. Too cold. Too crazy. None of the options seemed to make any sense for me. I stayed home and slept in.

[Liam]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:07pm

my Dad works for the MTA.
suport the union.
and with this Tailor Law i hope he is back to work soon.
Updated On: 12/20/05 at 03:07 PM

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:19pm

does anyone speak liam? or is there an actual "taler law" ?

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:23pm

I'm sure what was meant was "Tailor Law" which makes it illegal for state workers to strike and fines them 2 days pay for every day they strike.

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:38pm

Have I mentioned that my boss decided to 'telecommute' today (not an options for secretaries). And I just had to go outside to two different parking garages to make sure there would be parking for her tomorrow so she can drive in after 11 (her sports car only seats 2)?

I'm leaving NOW...and I sure ain't bustin' my Italian ass to get here tomorrow.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:39pm

I'm keeping my fingers crossed they resolve this thing by the morning!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:48pm

Honestly, with the way the trains have been running lately, walking to work this morning only tacked on an extra five or ten minutes to my trip.

[RobbO]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 3:50pm

robbie, can i bust your italian ass for ya?

[robbiej]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:02pm

I could sure use it, kiddo!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:22pm

As it turned out, I called in sick to my work last night, so I am at home.

But, I have to pick my mom up at LaGuardia tomorrow. And I have Hairspray tickets for Thursday night. So, on top of being sick, this crap is going on and could ruin my mom's first trip to NYC.

And, I'm sorry, but the final offer given last night sounded very fair. I'm, of course, pro-union and want employees to be taken care of, but Toussant and the TWU are sounding like spoiled brats and the fact that they are doing this at this time of year--both the cold and the holiday season is deplorable--in addition to the fact that they aren't allowed the right to strike for clearly obvious reasons.

This won't hurt the rich (as robbiej demonstrated). It's going to hurt the poor and people are struggling as it is.

[bwayfan3]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:26pm

3 hours---but the most asinine part was it took 2 hours 40 minutes to travel 13 blocks to the "checkpoint" and then about 15 minutes to fly down the length of Manhattan. Which leads me to believe that the major problem here is the so called contingency plan.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:29pm

Doncha hate it when your are on the s-way and you all of sudden you have to go? I mean really go? where can you go?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:54pm

I'm with JRB. I'm almost always pro-union, but I can't for the life of me figure out just what the TWU wants so badly that it was worth striking and upsetting the lives (and endangering the health) of 7 million+ people, costing billions, and leaving the city dangerously vulnerable security-wise. They object to new hires contributing 6% to their pensions (most people in this day and age contribute a lot more than that -- if they have a pension to begin with)? They want the retirement age lowered from 55 to 50 (who on earth gets that)? They rejected 3-4% raises each of the next three years (at a time when most industries are freezing salaries). They already have salaries and benefits teachers, nurses and other professionals would KILL for.

Look, the MTA is greedy, corrupt and incompetent in terms of management and yet the TWU is making them look sympathetic with this bone-headed strike. It's telling that the TWU's parent, TW International so disagrees with the strike (they demanded the TWU continue negotiating with the MTA and were ignored) that they're on the verge of stepping in, going to court to relieve Toussaint and the other leaders of their positions, installing their own people and going back to the bargaining table with the MTA. According to experts this is completely unheard of and demonstrates how badly Toussaint and the TWU have screwed this up. It looks like they'll be out of a job shortly (perhaps within the next 48 hours if no agreement is reached) and thank goodness.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/20/05 at 8:44pm

20 minutes

My wife drove me to work. I went into a little coffee shop, I got the papers & breafast & sat next to a radiator for over 1/2 hour doing a crossword puzzle

Life is tough in America