strike

the public transport system will strike on friday, the day of my last paper.

i think strikes are immature. maybe the me in the past would have condoned it, would even have done something similar given a certain circumstance.

but not anymore.

i can understand where they are coming from. but who doesn't want more pay, more benefits?

amidst this financial crisis, people are losing their jobs, so i feel that timing wise, it is not appropriate, if there ever were an appropriate timing in the first place. in any case, now is perhaps the time where everyone should get together and work together to rectify the situation.

not the time to sit there and sulk.

that is why i absolutely cannot accept it.

what are they trying to prove, who are they trying to prove that to? the people making the decisions. unfortunately, the people making the decisions don't travel with public transport. the people who are most affected are the people who are not in a position to make the decision. in short, we are caught in the middle of their dispute.

alot of people depend on the public transport system to get to work, to get to school, to get to their exams. the last thing you could do is to let them down. selfishness, isn't it?

but i always believe in the ability of humans to find a solution. taxi, car pool, walk, leaving much earlier to factor in the expected jams, even going to the uni the day before the strike. we will do whatever it takes.

because we will not be defeated by such immaturity.