RMT to ballot for strike action.
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Not again.What is their new excuse for strike action?
Too lazy to find better jobs?
Not again.
I'm sure I read a while back they were thinking of striking over the plans of 24 hour services, but they seem to strike over all sorts these days so could be anything.
How does that make any sense? They went on strike over the reduction of jobs, and now they are going on strike due to increasing the number of jobs?
Is it just the 'cool thing to do' to basically **** off anyone who works in the city? "Yeah, stike, stick it to the man, wooooo".
My thoughts exactly, ridiculous.
They are slowly forcing TFL hand into fully automating the system, like the Japanese trains. Then they will be all out of a job, strikes should be a last resort.
I wonder how much the tfl looses in revenue per strike day
They are constantly woken up by cops shooting at super villains, who are using the underground tracks to make their escape.
Sometimes Spiderman appears and breaks stuff too, it can all get pretty tense some days.
Oh and that little lever with the knob on, they have to hold that, I think it controls the heated seats or something?
Now if that isn't worth £52K a year then I don't know what is.
Although the RMT organises nice little holidays by striking twice a year, which is nice.
And the free 12 months Health and Safety training, which goes over in great detail how little you are actually responsible for if something does go wrong, because basically the only bit you have any control over is the heating control for your fat backside.
Probably too lazy to do a little bit more work or need their hands holding.
Not again.
There's a Y in the day?
Looks like the RMT are striking on the FGW line: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33408022
And I'm supposed to be having laser eye surgery on Thursday morning.
If there's a tube strike as well then I'm totally ****ed with no way to get into town at all. ****ing ****s.
And I'm supposed to be having laser eye surgery on Thursday morning.
If there's a tube strike as well then I'm totally ****ed with no way to get into town at all. ****ing ****s. ![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
If there's a tube strike as well then I'm totally ****ed with no way to get into town at all. ****ing ****s.
There are still buses, taxi's and most overground rail services running.
Is there anywhere in London served by tube but not by a bus within a half mile walk? Surely not?
Here's a pic of the taxi queue at Paddington during a tube strike:[TW]Fox;28277596 said:
http://i3.getreading.co.uk/incoming/article6673993.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/BftDTGdIUAAhgsK.jpg
And here's a pic of the bus queue:
http://cdn.londonist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/0709_paddington.jpg
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Waiting for either is pointless. For the last few tube strikes I walked from Paddington into Soho. Take about 40mins and is perfectly acceptable, I really don't mind it. As long as the FGW services are running to get into Paddington that is.
That said it does appear that FGW will be running some services so I won't be quite as ****ed as I thought. Fingers crossed. It's not exactly what you need before going in for quite major surgery.
It is quite mad, those sort of queues make me laugh. Like I say, on a usual tube strike I will get into Paddington then walk from there. It's quite nice actually. However since FGW are striking it may be difficult to get into Paddington..
when I worked in London my office was in Ealing Broadway, my main line station was Kings Cross, that's a 9 mile hike. For some people walking is not an option and the tube is the only real way to get where they need to be.