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alright ottawa. I am THIS CLOSE to being done with you. Packing up, and going. no more. I dont know how i would get anywhere because of this ridiculous freaking bus strike but i am DONE with it. OVER IT. The City and the ATU are both whiney little brats and they dont even think about what the strike is doing to the PEOPLE. OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS SO FAR. AND MORE WILL! What about the students? Our education is at stake. What about the invalids? How do they get their meds and their treatments? What about the small businesses in the Market? And the Rideau Centre? They are losing so much money because of the strike on top of the already plummeting economy. This strike is losing money for almost everyone. WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT ANYMORE?
If someone can tell me a really good reason as to why this strike SHOULD continue, if someone can tell me about a reason as to why this strike is helping ANYONE... please. Do. Because as of now all i can see is the devastation it has left.
I have had to wake up at 6am or earlier to try to make it to school for 1pm because i usually have no other way of getting downtown after that without walking over 16km (~3 hours) in -39 C weather. I have been sick for a month because of these walks or waits in the cold for shuttles that never seem to want to come and take me home. I have had to stay at friends' houses instead of getting to stay in my own apartment with my own cat and roommate that i pay for because i can't get home. I have felt terribly guilty bumming rides off of whomever i can because i am not getting enough hours at work because i can't make it downtown on weekends and therefore cannot afford anything else.
I have been working towards trying to become independent and i want to become self sufficient but how do i do that when i can barely make it to my job or my classes? I've stopped being worried about my own safety walking home late at night from the shuttles. (though luckily i have an amazing roommate and she has a fantastic boyfriend whom do worry about my safetly...)
All I'm concerned about is getting home and hopefully not dying of sever hypothermia.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
The bus service needs to be declared essential. It is affecting thousands of people's jobs, educations, and overall health. I don't know how those in the ATU and of the City (Esp Larry O'Brien and Andre Cornellier) sleep at night. I hope they don't.
If someone can tell me a really good reason as to why this strike SHOULD continue, if someone can tell me about a reason as to why this strike is helping ANYONE... please. Do. Because as of now all i can see is the devastation it has left.
I have had to wake up at 6am or earlier to try to make it to school for 1pm because i usually have no other way of getting downtown after that without walking over 16km (~3 hours) in -39 C weather. I have been sick for a month because of these walks or waits in the cold for shuttles that never seem to want to come and take me home. I have had to stay at friends' houses instead of getting to stay in my own apartment with my own cat and roommate that i pay for because i can't get home. I have felt terribly guilty bumming rides off of whomever i can because i am not getting enough hours at work because i can't make it downtown on weekends and therefore cannot afford anything else.
I have been working towards trying to become independent and i want to become self sufficient but how do i do that when i can barely make it to my job or my classes? I've stopped being worried about my own safety walking home late at night from the shuttles. (though luckily i have an amazing roommate and she has a fantastic boyfriend whom do worry about my safetly...)
All I'm concerned about is getting home and hopefully not dying of sever hypothermia.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT.
The bus service needs to be declared essential. It is affecting thousands of people's jobs, educations, and overall health. I don't know how those in the ATU and of the City (Esp Larry O'Brien and Andre Cornellier) sleep at night. I hope they don't.