Thomas Cook Grafton Street store occupied by the workers

dotsman wrote: »

Maybe people are angry because they see some greedy criminals trying to illegally extort money from a company. It's got nothing to do with it being or not being my money. I'm not so selfish to only have certain morals when it comes to my money and different morals when it's someone else's.

I don't know about you, but I get a little pi$$ed off with criminals. Especially those that do so blatantly. And then they go on about how it's their right to break the law etc...

Lol I wouldn't call a bunch of workers doing what they can to secure themselves a better deal a bunch of criminals.

You must be a saint. Or spineless.

indough wrote: »

doesnt breaking the law make you a criminal?

Yea break the law and your a criminal, here's some laws, lets get a posse together and go hunting the law breaking scum.................

In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.

In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.

Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.

In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
In Rochester, Michigan, the law is that anyone bathing in public must have the bathing suit inspected by a police officer !


In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.

In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.

In Ohio, one must have a license to keep a bear.

In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.

In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates.

In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge.

In the State of Kansas, you're not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street.

In Florida, it is against the law to put livestock on a school bus.

In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.

In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose in the street

In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight.

In Singapore, it is illegal to chew gum.

In Cleveland, Ohio, it is unlawful to leave chewing gum in public places.

In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.

In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
In Washington State, you can't carry a concealed weapon that is over 6 feet in length.

In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.

In Kentucky, it is illegal for a merchant to force a person into his place of business for the purpose of making a sale.

It is against the law in Connecticut for a man to write love letters to a girl whose mother or father has forbidden the relationship.

In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.

In the state of Colorado, a pet cat, if loose, must have a tail-light

In Phoenix, Arizona, you can't walk through a hotel lobby with spurs on.

In California, a law created in 1925 makes it illegal to wiggle while dancing.

In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples.

In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle.

In North Carolina, it is against the law for a rabbit to race down the street.

In Georgia, it's against the law to spread a false rumor.

In West Virginia, one can't cook sauerkraut or cabbage due to the odors and the offence is subject to imprisonment.

In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave.

The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.

In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder




It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.

California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.

In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.

In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.

In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile.

In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.

In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.

A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.

In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.

In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.

Even Ireland has some weird laws!:

• It is illegal for a student to walk through Trinity College without a sword.
• In Trinity college students can demand a glass of wine at any time during an exam, provided they are wearing their sword.
• It is illegal to smoke any form of tobacco on Grafton St. in Dublin
• Practicing or pretending to practice any form of witchcraft or occult arts (that includes horoscopes, tarot cards, crystal ball reading, palmistry, reading tea leaves, iridology, divination etc). This also includes healing by occult means (that would include Reki, energy balancing, acupuncture or acupressure, yoga and many other new age pseudo scientific methods which have their roots in eastern religions) is punishable by being locked in the stocks of outside of Dublin Castle (roughly around the Temple Bar area) for 6 months and rotten fruit can be pelted at the culprit. (anyone want to rat out fabulous Fergus or the operators on the tarot line who's advert is shown on TV all the time!)

Dirty criminal bastarrds

I wonder what will happen if TC lets its staff in Scotland go..
Their laws are slightly different.....

Scotland:

• You may not fish on Sundays.
• It is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
• Trespassing on someone else's land is legal.
• You are presumed guilty until proven innocent for some crimes.
• If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter.

humanji wrote: »

There's no real point in posting every odd law you find on google. You already said yourself that if someone was in trespassing in your home you'd drag them out. So why is the law good enough when it applies to you, but not when it applies to someone else? You kind of shot yourself in the foot.

How did I shoot myself in the foot?, wheather its against the law or not I'd drag the cunnts out of my house.

So why is the law good enough when it applies to you.........

Err, where did I mention this law being good for me???, or is this yet another case of trying to put words in my mouth.

If you want to quote me, quote me from what I actually wrote, not your perception of what I wrote.

dotsman wrote: »

That's why I've the guts to stand up to criminals and refuse to be bullied by scum.

Thats the kind of typed defiance thats made the country the superpower it is....

I used to buy into all that socialism crap, but as I get older, I have less and less time for it.

I've read this whole thread, and I still haven't the faintest clue what the point of this protest was. What did the workers want? TC to give them more redundancy pay? TC to reconsider closing the shop?

As far as I'm concerned, TC has the right to conduct its business whatever way it likes as long as it doesn't break the law.


On a side note:

:pac:

Voltwad wrote: »

7-8 weeks would be the norm from a company that made MASSIVE profits last year

We live in a land of laws, not unwritten "norms".