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Meh-ry Christmas
Sure.
Boris, or someone, needs to get tough with these unions.
They do this every year. Literally. I can't remember a year when there hasn't been a Tube strike, or the threat of one.
They know they can hold the city to ransom and it will cost businesses a lot of money if they don't run so they pretty much always get their way.
MrsL's mum is a nurse. A sister, no less. She gets paid a LOT less than Tube drivers for doing a far more difficult job with equally unsociable hourse. She's working all night on Christmas Eve so will only be able to join the family in the evening of Christmas Day as she'll be catching up on sleep the rest of the day. While we're here, MrsL's brother is a carer in an old people's home. He gets paid pretty much minimum wage for doing an unpleasant job, and he is working on Christmas day. Someone has to.
You don't see them going on strike every 5 minutes.
Tube drivers get paid a lot of money for doing a not that difficult job. They've negotiated big pay rises at a time when a lot of people are facing pay freezes or even reduced salaries and quite a lot of redundancies.
So frack you, Tube Drivers. Frack you to heck. My season ticket has gone up way above inflation every year for ages and the majority of the budget of the Tube goes on wages. You get paid a lot of money so shut the hell up moaning and stop striking every five minutes.
All that said, I did want the game on Boxing Day to be postponed so you can have that one. Just stop it after that. KTHXBAI.
Alright, don't labour the point!
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