the upside to the Public Sector Strike

jon1981

I got into work in 15 mins today, a drive that would normally take 35 mins

any more upsides?

Long Onion

No points for traffic offences - perhaps this is why you made it in so quickly;)

Also, seeing overpaid idlers having to stand out in the rain warms the cockles of my heart.

Kradock

Yes , she might actually cook a fcuking dinner tonight since she will be pissing about all day doing fcuk all

jon1981

Long Onion wrote: »

No points for traffic offences - perhaps this is why you made it in so quickly;)

ooh forgot about that! might make it home in 12 mins this evening :pac:

Pighead

The country will save millions upon millions as they don't have to pay the strikers. This money can then be used to build a monument in Lucan to Irelands two fallen heroes.

TestTransmission

Kradock wrote: »

Yes , she might actually cook a fcuking dinner tonight since she will be pissing about all day doing fcuk all

As opposed to what she usually does?

jon1981

Pighead wrote: »

The country will save millions upon millions as they don't have to pay the strikers. This money can then be used to build a monument in Lucan to Irelands two fallen heroes.

they haven't fallen...just been dethroned!

jon1981

jackncoke wrote: »

As opposed to what she usually does?

that didn't take long

delop

Isnt it amazing how lite the traffic was, came from northside to town

Surely the traffic trouble is not made up of mummies driving their kids to school

seamus

delop wrote: »

Surely the traffic trouble is not made up of mummies driving their kids to school

It is. Watch the traffic in the mornings. It's largely mothers with children in tow, on their own, in the car.

Now to be fair, they may be dropping the kids off on the way to work, but if you hang around a bit longer you'll see those same people making the return journey (via the shops) all on their lonesome.

It's a big problem, and it's only going to get worse over the next ten years are record numbers of children start school. We should tax parents who drive their kids to school as well as those who drive to work.

Fuhrer

I was accosted by strikers trying to park my car today.




If I ran them down, there would be no one to heal them!

Gummy Panda

Fuhrer wrote: »

I was accosted by strikers trying to park my car today.




If I ran them down, there would be no one to heal them!

Why were they giving you trouble?

Wossack

seamus wrote: »

It is. Watch the traffic in the mornings. It's largely mothers with children in tow, on their own, in the car.

Now to be fair, they may be dropping the kids off on the way to work, but if you hang around a bit longer you'll see those same people making the return journey (via the shops) all on their lonesome.

You wearing a trenchcoat and peeking through holes in a newspaper while making these observations? :pac:

Fuhrer

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Why were they giving you trouble?

I was trying to turn my car near the college where I get the bus in the morning, they encircled my car.


Would have run over a few of them but I just had the car fixed.

Wibbs

seamus wrote: »

It is. Watch the traffic in the mornings. It's largely mothers with children in tow, on their own, in the car.

Now to be fair, they may be dropping the kids off on the way to work, but if you hang around a bit longer you'll see those same people making the return journey (via the shops) all on their lonesome.

It's a big problem, and it's only going to get worse over the next ten years are record numbers of children start school. We should tax parents who drive their kids to school as well as those who drive to work.

+1000. The difference in traffic volume when the school holidays come around is very easy to see. Its also storing up trouble fitness wise. School buses could be a plan and I dunno actually walking to school. The horror

ODS

1/4m public servants are on strike today calling it a "Day of Action". Does this imply every other day for them are "Days of Inaction"? :pac:

davyjose

seamus wrote: »

It is. Watch the traffic in the mornings. It's largely mothers with children in tow, on their own, in the car.

Now to be fair, they may be dropping the kids off on the way to work, but if you hang around a bit longer you'll see those same people making the return journey (via the shops) all on their lonesome.

Well spotted. And to think, that restraining order says you shouldn't be stalking these women. When will people learn?

opinion guy

Pighead wrote: »

The country will save millions upon millions as they don't have to pay the strikers. This money can then be used to build a monument in Lucan to Irelands two fallen heroes.

Jedward ?

seamus

Wossack wrote: »

You wearing a trenchcoat and peeking through holes in a newspaper while making these observations? :pac:

davyjose wrote: »

Well spotted. And to think, that restraining order says you shouldn't be stalking these women. When will people learn?

It's not illegal if they can't see you.

NOGMaxpower

You should've than the lazy b'tards down.

can't believe 250-300k workers go on strike, if i even tried to do that i'd lose my job.

they really need to wake up and cop on to the real world.

Gummy Panda

So are striking exactly?

I assume semi-state companies like CIE are not.

Firefox10

Just listening to the radio this morning and it seems people are taking advantage of "the day off" and going north to do their shopping.:eek:

So this morning we have a one section of society on strike costing the country millions, another large section out of work not getting their social welfare payments and another large section sending money out of the economy spending their money up north.:eek:

This country is finished.

gurramok

Alot of public sector employment is in the main cities, they do get their provided parking spaces for free.
Did read before that at least 10,000 car spaces are provided for public servants in Dublin, no wonder the traffic was light.

dub_skav

Firefox10 wrote: »

Just listening to the radio this morning and it seems people are taking advantage of "the day off" and going north to do their shopping.:eek:

So this morning we have a one section of society on strike costing the country millions, another large section out of work not getting their social welfare payments and another large section sending money out of the economy spending their money up north.:eek:

This country is finished.

And we're skipping work discussing it on the internet :eek:

Dartz

So I wasn't the only one who noticed how much more efficiently the country is running without the civil service.

Firefox10

dub_skav wrote: »

And we're skipping work discussing it on the internet :eek:

I am currently working in a new job and I work evenings. I had to battle to get that job too.

Wossack

Firefox10 wrote: »

I am currently working in a new job and I work evenings. I had to battle to get that job too.

wrestler?

Earthhorse

Kradock wrote: »

Yes , she might actually cook a fcuking dinner tonight since she will be pissing about all day doing fcuk all

That's no way to talk about your mother.

happyfriday

Upside: Traffic this morning was great, got in to town in about 10 minutes don't normally get the bus but I knew there would be very few on it so had a nice little trip in.

But one of the Downsides: The streets are really filthy, this morning there was just loads of crap everywhere. Sometimes forget about the work that the street cleaners and waste management people do when it comes to rubbish in this city!! I really hate rubbish!! :mad:

Firefox10

Wossack wrote: »

wrestler?

Close.....I had to use axes and a pump action shotgun.

Gummy Panda

You can dress up as bono and eat an sandwich while heckling Degsy outside Trinity.

zoemax

I'm a public sector worker who is in work today (that's right I'm a scab) and I think the strike is great because:
1. The muppets on the picket line are cold and wet
2. They're not getting paid
3. I've had no calls from dic*head coworkers so have got lots of real work done
4. Traffic coming into work was much lighter than normal
5. I can speed on the way home without getting points
6. I got to try and run down a union whinger coming in the gate this morning, and I get to try and do it again when going home

Roll on more strike days!!!!

Long Onion

Respect for zoemax - the only people I respect less than the striking public sector workers are the one's who are 'only on strike because they're afraid of falling out with co-workers' - grow some backbones folks.

Sleipnir

I've been calling the Social Welfare Office all day and no one is picking up.

They don't answer the phone when they're on strike.
They don't answer the phone when they're not on strike!

Kradock

Earthhorse wrote: »

That's no way to talk about your mother.

Leave the Mammy out of it , she is retired from the Public Sector and chilling collecting her ever growing pension. No need for the Mammy to be out in the rain and wind.:)

Mad_Max

Where can we vote for more days like this?

I actually enjoyed my drive to work this morning.

Having a chat on the mobile while doing 80 in a bus lane really starts the day off nicely.

John Mason

got into work in 20 mins instead of the usual hour.

was delighted with myself, had no idea what was going on with the traffic until to i got to work and seen striking people everywhere - i really hope they go all out.

its brilliant

LordDorington

Got a seat on the luas

LordDorington

happyfriday wrote: »

Upside: Traffic this morning was great, got in to town in about 10 minutes don't normally get the bus but I knew there would be very few on it so had a nice little trip in.

But one of the Downsides: The streets are really filthy, this morning there was just loads of crap everywhere. Sometimes forget about the work that the street cleaners and waste management people do when it comes to rubbish in this city!! I really hate rubbish!! :mad:

Oh yeah now that you mention it I noticed that the samll paved area outside my local shop was filthy this morning. Kind of took it for granted before I guess. That doesnt mean they have my support though :eek:

Gran Hermano

Looks like it's not just the M1 and shops in Newry that are stuffed to the gills with (un)civil servants participating in a day of shopping industrial action, my advice to anyone contemplating doing spot of shopping today is to avoid any of the shopping malls around Dublin.

It's like December 8th out there with carparks overflowing, nice of them to award themselves a day off to get their Christmas shopping in.

OnTheBalls

No College. I for one welcome the day of stike. No College. Just sit at home playing xbox and flicking the poo at my sister!!

oldyouth

There's a small Education Welfare office on the floor above where I work. Usually around 6 people come and go using it as their base. Up to 100 picketers there today (teachers I suppose)

Anyway, we're running a sweep on when the rain will fall and send them running off for cover. If it doesn't happen in the next 9 minutes, I'm out :mad:

amacachi

What always amazes me is how much quieter the M1/M50 is when the schools are off, are there really that many idiots sending their kids to schools that far away?

But yeah, no college, woo!

Plates

I propose a "Day of Action" once a fortnight for a year. The lazy feckers will go and spend their overinflated wages in the shops helping to boost the top line of the economy and the millions saved in not paying overinflated wages to the lazy feckers can be used to finish all the public transport and infrastructure projects that are currently on hold so that the traffic can always be like it was this morning.

Oh yeah - I also propose that more fatty kids should be made to walk to school! They'll be a blight on our health system for years to come otherwise.

mahamageehad

ODS wrote: »

1/4m public servants are on strike today calling it a "Day of Action". Does this imply every other day for them are "Days of Inaction"? :pac:

the best post so far hahaha. Funny but true....classic!

It's so sily to strike.... unless of course you need to get the christmas shoppin done hahaha!

LordDorington

oldyouth wrote: »

There's a small Education Welfare office on the floor above where I work. Usually around 6 people come and go using it as their base. Up to 100 picketers there today (teachers I suppose)

Anyway, we're running a sweep on when the rain will fall and send them running off for cover. If it doesn't happen in the next 9 minutes, I'm out :mad:

its raining now