Johnny Palmetto is one lucky duck (sorry Lucy). While millions of New Yorkers are walking to work today, I’m at home–working–but not outside in the frigid weather trudging across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Mr. Palmetto’s take on this: strike on transit workers! Good job. Of course this sucks for lots of people, but the reality is that unions must remain strong (you like the 5 day work week don’t you?). Look around you, unions are being dismantled and workers are being screwed. If the heart of the union movement–skilled labor–cannot show its power occassionally, efforts to organize in other employment sectors will be pointless (service industry giants like Wal-Mart and Albertson’s grocery stores, etc.).
Yes, but you’re cozy and warm and I’ve got arthritis and so on and so forth…
You got me there. But I do have to escort my wife home tonight from 123rd Street in Manhattan to Brooklyn. That’s one of hell of a bike ride and then one hell of a walk. So, I share your pain.
Sign in a window across the street from my apartment building: “You look like the walking dead!”
Over and out.
I think we should buy a cab and be in business! Don’t let your ass get too chapped tonight!
Comment by slingshot — December 20, 2005 @ 5:12 pm
I rode my bike into the city this morning. (For those who thought my bike was broken, it actually still has two of the original 21 gears left.) Granted, I biked from Downtown Brooklyn to 35th Street, so it didn’t take that long, but I realized that it took just as fast to bike as it does taking the subway.
I’m thinking of not purchasing the monthly pass and start riding more often (well, once I get a bike that works correctly).
Thank you, you “lazy strikers”, for opening my eyes.
I’m just kidding about “lazy strikers”. It’s funny how important the subway workers are, and how obviously deceptful it is when the mayor tries to say that they’re hurting NYC, and that if they really wanted to help the people of NY that they’d go back to work so that we wouldn’t be cold when we walk. I love my two-day weekend, and I think we should try to make it a three-day weekend.
Comment by Lucy — December 20, 2005 @ 9:31 pm
I rode my bike into the city this morning. (For those who thought my bike was broken, it actually still has two of the original 21 gears left.) Granted, I biked from Downtown Brooklyn to 35th Street, so it didn’t take that long, but I realized that it took just as fast to bike as it does taking the subway.
I’m thinking of not purchasing the monthly pass and start riding more often (well, once I get a bike that works correctly).
Thank you, you “lazy strikers”, for opening my eyes.
I’m just kidding about “lazy strikers”. It’s funny how important the subway workers are, and how obviously deceptful it is when the mayor tries to say that they’re hurting NYC, and that if they really wanted to help the people of NY that they’d go back to work so that we wouldn’t be cold when we walk. I love my two-day weekend, and I think we should try to make it a three-day weekend.
Comment by Lucy — December 20, 2005 @ 9:31 pm