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

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bitch.

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nada was off today

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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.

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I stayed home today. Grrr.

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

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

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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.

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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.

I could sure use it, kiddo!

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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.

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.

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