Wednesday, December 14, 2005
labor.
rumor has it there will be a train strike on friday. i was sort of paying attention to this rumor, but not really seriously. i have a hard time believing that a strike is going to shut down the subway for a long time. a day, maybe. a weekend. and that's pretty serious, but i feel like the effect on the end user is going to be sort of like when a giant storm is predicted: it might happen, it might shut everything down for a day or two, but new york is more or less functionally incapable of grinding to a real halt.
i got interviewed on the train this morning by a reporter from the times, and i'm afraid i sounded like someone i would mock if i read the piece. what do you think of the MTA workers' demands? um, i don't really know. i have been too busy working on my college applications and upcoming holiday party to watch the news. and at work, i prefer blogging to keeping informed. erp.
my friend kevin, who lives in paris, endured a transit strike a few years ago. he said it was actually very inspiring: people driving cars would open their doors to passers by and give them rides; you could see lots of well-dressed guys on rollerblades scooting into work along the sidewalks.
somehow, just as paris eclipses new york in charm on almost every conceivable level, i feel sure that we will not be car-sharing and roller skating. what i *hope* we will be doing is staying home and drinking khalua and cream for breakfast (although i'm sure there are many, many subwayriders in this city who can't afford to miss a day's work this winter, and staying home does not mean freebie morning to them, just increased strappedness).
i don't want to go to work, but more than that, i just hope i don't sound stupid in the paper.
i got interviewed on the train this morning by a reporter from the times, and i'm afraid i sounded like someone i would mock if i read the piece. what do you think of the MTA workers' demands? um, i don't really know. i have been too busy working on my college applications and upcoming holiday party to watch the news. and at work, i prefer blogging to keeping informed. erp.
my friend kevin, who lives in paris, endured a transit strike a few years ago. he said it was actually very inspiring: people driving cars would open their doors to passers by and give them rides; you could see lots of well-dressed guys on rollerblades scooting into work along the sidewalks.
somehow, just as paris eclipses new york in charm on almost every conceivable level, i feel sure that we will not be car-sharing and roller skating. what i *hope* we will be doing is staying home and drinking khalua and cream for breakfast (although i'm sure there are many, many subwayriders in this city who can't afford to miss a day's work this winter, and staying home does not mean freebie morning to them, just increased strappedness).
i don't want to go to work, but more than that, i just hope i don't sound stupid in the paper.
