Luas drivers and their lunch

2smiggy · 31-08-2018 10:26AM #1

apparently cooler bags not good enough, SIPTU running a risk assessment on them. They seem to work well enough for any normal person that drives for a living. Are SIPTU running out of things to complain about to justify their existence ?

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suicide_circus · 31-08-2018 10:30AM

wonder how they survived 14 years of school. we certainly didn't have a fridge or cooler bags.

Pedro K · 31-08-2018 10:30AM

There will be people on this thread, soon enough, that will defend this to the hilt, as they defend, and often support, any industrial action, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Hurrache · 31-08-2018 10:31AM

What a bunch of whining whimps, seriously, how ridiculous are they.

ohnonotgmail · 31-08-2018 10:32AM

Pedro K wrote: »

There will be people on this thread, soon enough, that will defend this to the hilt, as they defend, and often support, any industrial action, no matter how ridiculous it is.

I haven't seen that poster around much since they were on the losing side of the abortion referendum.

wexie · 31-08-2018 10:32AM

Yeah heard that on the news earlier, they want the company to hire a few extra drivers so they can eat their lunch where they want....

There are thousands of people all over the country that carry their lunches around in a regular lunch box, not to mention school kids...

I think these guys are just going out of their way to find things to strike over absolutely ludicrous.

mfceiling · 31-08-2018 10:33AM

I brought my lunch to work today in a dealz plastic bag.

Expect EOTR to post shortly defending this shìte.

major bill · 31-08-2018 10:40AM

This stuff boils my piss!! SIPTU must have nothing better to do, as said **** stir to keep themselves relevant, I am all for the concept of Unions but they show their true colours in the Economic good times.

Neyite · 31-08-2018 10:42AM

They need Ads by Google's electric lunchbox!

stargazer 68 · 31-08-2018 10:43AM

Unbelievable! Front line workers can do 12 hours with no lunch at all. We called siptu for an actual issue and they were 'too busy' to come out to us!!

For Forks Sake · 31-08-2018 10:43AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I haven't seen that poster around much since they were on the losing side of the abortion referendum.

they seem to be in the celebrity big brother thread of all places..if we all keep really quiet he mightn't notice this thread..

Shenshen · 31-08-2018 10:44AM

Surely that's a pisstake? My lunch AND my dinner (will be working a very long shift today) are sitting right beside me here, in cooler bags.
But then, I'm just an ordinary, university-educated person in a business-critical position in a private company, not someone who walked in off the street into a public service-type of job.

kylith · 31-08-2018 10:44AM

I used to work in a swimming pool. I kept my lunch in a cooler bag, using a frozen juice box as an ice pack. By the time lunch rolled around my food was cool, and the juice box no more melted than a slush puppy; in constant 32C heat.

This is ridiculous.

Wheety · 31-08-2018 10:45AM

Pedro K wrote: »

There will be people on this thread, soon enough, that will defend this to the hilt, as they defend, and often support, any industrial action, no matter how ridiculous it is.

"No need to defend. The matter is not ridiculous. The drivers deserve to have their lunch kept at optimum temperatures. 5 extra drivers would be 5 less people on the dole."

:rolleyes:

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-08-2018 10:52AM

2smiggy wrote: »

apparently cooler bags not good enough, SIPTU running a risk assessment on them. They seem to work well enough for any normal person that drives for a living. Are SIPTU running out of things to complain about to justify their existence ?

Pedro K wrote: »

There will be people on this thread, soon enough, that will defend this to the hilt, as they defend, and often support, any industrial action, no matter how ridiculous it is.

This particular case might be dodgy, but SIPTU do good work to help and protect their members. I'm a member, and while I don't like paying €5 a week, they do a decent job on negotiating wage increases and looking after members who have a dispute in work. I've never gone on strike in 22 years of full time employment and hope I never have to.

It's usually non-union members or management-types who are constantly whinging about unions here and elsewhere.

ohnonotgmail · 31-08-2018 10:54AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

This particular case might be dodgy, but SIPTU do good work to help and protect their members. I'm a member, and while I don't like paying €5 a week, they do a decent job on negotiating wage increases and looking after members who have a dispute in work. I've never gone on strike in 22 years of full time employment and hope I never have to.

It's usually non-union members or management-types who are constantly whinging about unions here and elsewhere.

Do you think this is the type of issue that SIPTU should be working on? Do you think the luas drivers have a genuine grievance?

James Forde · 31-08-2018 10:54AM

This horseshít on the same day that it's announced that driverless buses will begin to be trialed in Dublin next week.

The clock is ticking for these clowns.

SEPT 23 1989 · 31-08-2018 10:56AM

Pedro K wrote: »

There will be people on this thread, soon enough, that will defend this to the hilt, as they defend, and often support, any industrial action, no matter how ridiculous it is.

Citizen Smith will be up out of the bed after lunch and will reply to all your comments

CeilingFly · 31-08-2018 10:56AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

This particular case might be dodgy, but SIPTU do good work to help and protect their members. I'm a member, and while I don't like paying €5 a week, they do a decent job on negotiating wage increases and looking after members who have a dispute in work. I've never gone on strike in 22 years of full time employment and hope I never have to.

It's usually non-union members or management-types who are constantly whinging about unions here and elsewhere.

But it this type of abject stupidity that makes unions a laughing stock.

On a level of stupidity, this was totally off the scale

_Brian · 31-08-2018 11:02AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

This particular case might be dodgy, but SIPTU do good work to help and protect their members. I'm a member, and while I don't like paying €5 a week, they do a decent job on negotiating wage increases and looking after members who have a dispute in work. I've never gone on strike in 22 years of full time employment and hope I never have to.

It's usually non-union members or management-types who are constantly whinging about unions here and elsewhere.

I’m a SIPTU member we had a terrible experience with them.

If your not big numbers and don’t have an essential high profile service to hold to ransom then they have no interest.

2smiggy · 31-08-2018 11:03AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

This particular case might be dodgy, but SIPTU do good work to help and protect their members. I'm a member, and while I don't like paying €5 a week, they do a decent job on negotiating wage increases and looking after members who have a dispute in work. I've never gone on strike in 22 years of full time employment and hope I never have to.

It's usually non-union members or management-types who are constantly whinging about unions here and elsewhere.

my point being is this is what the Unions were set up for ? this is ridiculous in my opinion. They just said on the radio there that SIPTU thinks the members will reject the cooler bags (i can't believe i'm typing this) and strike action could be on the way :mad:

Should have got rid of them last time

31-08-2018 11:05AM

They clearly need electric lunchboxes

2smiggy · 31-08-2018 11:07AM

James Forde wrote: »

This horseshon the same day that it's announced that driverless buses will begin to be trialed in Dublin next week.

The clock is ticking for these clowns.

had not heard that

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if they can have driverless busses , I'd imagine the luas would be much more straight forward to implement

Owl. · 31-08-2018 11:09AM

Thought it was April 1st when I heard this on the news a few mins ago. I had to ****e in a field at work once.

Hector Bellend · 31-08-2018 11:10AM

Just eat your f*cking lunch and do your f*cking job.

gimli2112 · 31-08-2018 11:12AM

If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Won't be a problem for the robot drivers in a few years.

GLaDOS · 31-08-2018 11:15AM

gimli2112 wrote: »

If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Won't be a problem for the robot drivers in a few years.

"SIPTU demand oil tanks for robot drivers' lunch"

Keyzer · 31-08-2018 11:17AM

gimli2112 wrote: »

If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. Won't be a problem for the robot drivers in a few years.

Sooner the better, we drastically need robots to replace these moaning gits.

mfceiling · 31-08-2018 11:32AM

https://youtu.be/0kC2XCiSdEE

salmocab · 31-08-2018 11:49AM

This seems like one of those things that should have got mentioned in a meeting with nothing coming of it, as in ‘it’s a pain having lunch in a different depot to where I started’ ‘ sorry about that it’s the only way we can make it work’ ‘ah it’s grand I’ll get a chiller bag or something’.

SimonTemplar · 31-08-2018 11:57AM

I was reading that article and kept waiting for a more serious issue to be at the heart of the dispute but no, it is just as petty and ridiculous as it seems. They should just be glad they are so well paid for their job ffs.

Luas drivers and their lunch

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