...and I have a new problem to deal with: how to get to the airport for my flight home for Christmas! Actually I don't think that is a big concern for me right now. If all else fails I can walk down to Atlantic Avenue LIRR and catch the train to Jamaica and transfer to the AirTrain to JFK. I'm glad the strike hasn't shut down every mode of transportation here. I bet the taxi drivers and everyone with a car and some free time is having a great time. Yesterday, I tried booking a car service for tomorrow and they were mostly booked up already. The ones I could look at online had jacked their prices up to at least double the normal price. I may resort to just calling one of the random people on Craigslist who is offering a ride for a small fee. No reason the cab drivers should reap all the benefits. Mayor Bloomberg gave a very rousing press conference. He was very adamant about this strike being selfish and illegal. He is right. The sad thing about this is that despite this being a very Blue city in a very Blue state, there is not a lot of support behind the TWU. They say stuff like, "The last thing we want to do is hurt the riders." If it were really the last thing, then why did they do it. They also accuse the MTA of bargaining in bad faith, while at the same time claiming the MTA is lying about another set of books and hiding money. Um, hello? Claiming the other side is lying isn't exactly a good faith effort on your part, TWU.
I finished my last final today. It was a take home exam and not a very good thing for me. It was an enjoyable exam with very relevant questions in copyright law, but it was hard to focus, what with all this strike stuff going down. Thanks to the strike, I didn't have to make the trek to Manhattan today--I was able to turn in my exam over the Internet. What a great invention, this "Internet". I'm sure glad it doesn't go on strike.
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