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It seems to look very much like there will be a transit strike starting Thursday until whenever. Even though, according to the news, the management has given way on the two main points that the union was arguing over, the union hasn't made any motion to go back to talks again. So what really was their agenda? Take that and want more and more? I"m not defending either side because as far as I think, both sides have their own agendas. You get both sides talking and the truth is somewhere in the middle all murky and cloudy. The public that's dependent on the transit is stuck in the middle and a victim to both sides.
Anyway, I was going to travel with my cousin and work a shorter work week with Fridays off. That sounds good on the surface but it does make for a long day. A carpool came up at work today so i'm going to do that instead but i can call my cousin in case i do need a lift in an emergency. There will be three of us sharing and the two passengers are just paying the same cost as a bus pass would be. We do have to commit to a full month though because the driver will have to buy a parking pass. If the strike is over before the end of the month, or even, if there's a miracle and it doesn't happen at all and she can't take the pass back, i'll still go with her because i've said i would and it won't cost me more than a pass anyway. If the strike doesn't happen or ends before the month of the pass ends, i can always go home by bus if i need to go to the grocery story or something. Door to door, it's a good arrangement. I would like to pay her a bit extra, really, as it's not really covering her gas much. She drives in from out of town, which she does anyway but she parks and takes the ferry across the harbour to downtown. Now she'll have to go a bit further, sit in traffic and pay bridge fare. I was thinking i would give her a roll of dollar coins or two rolls of quarters which would pay the bridge fare for 2 weeks.
We're also going to get a crap load of snow tomorrow. they're saying 5 - 10 cm. *sigh* i hate winter.
Anyway, I was going to travel with my cousin and work a shorter work week with Fridays off. That sounds good on the surface but it does make for a long day. A carpool came up at work today so i'm going to do that instead but i can call my cousin in case i do need a lift in an emergency. There will be three of us sharing and the two passengers are just paying the same cost as a bus pass would be. We do have to commit to a full month though because the driver will have to buy a parking pass. If the strike is over before the end of the month, or even, if there's a miracle and it doesn't happen at all and she can't take the pass back, i'll still go with her because i've said i would and it won't cost me more than a pass anyway. If the strike doesn't happen or ends before the month of the pass ends, i can always go home by bus if i need to go to the grocery story or something. Door to door, it's a good arrangement. I would like to pay her a bit extra, really, as it's not really covering her gas much. She drives in from out of town, which she does anyway but she parks and takes the ferry across the harbour to downtown. Now she'll have to go a bit further, sit in traffic and pay bridge fare. I was thinking i would give her a roll of dollar coins or two rolls of quarters which would pay the bridge fare for 2 weeks.
We're also going to get a crap load of snow tomorrow. they're saying 5 - 10 cm. *sigh* i hate winter.