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At about 3 AM last night, the Transportation Workers Union officially began their strike against the MTA, shutting down the city's subways and bus lines and transforming New York from a functioning metropolis to a dripping shitbag of inconvenience. Or, for those of you who don't have to trek into the office: SNOWDAY!
If you've no choice but to walk or bike to work, we salute your bravery (high of about 35 F today, kids); for those of you planning on sharing a cab with strangers, pack your shiv.
And, by all means, drop us a line and let us know what's going on out there (obviously, we're not leaving our apartments today). If you pushed an old lady out of the way to grab that 4th spot in a cab, take pictures and send 'em in. Don't hesitate to get all Mad Max out there.
NYC Transit System Shuts Down After Talks Break Off [Bloomberg]
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I remember when the leaders of SAG and AFTRA rushed us into a strike in 2000. We're still hurting from that. So good luck my train-steering, booth-dwelling, non-enunciating comrades. Please know if I don't get to the airport on time tomorrow night I will go Braunstein Scissorhands on all of you.
From the seat of my trusty mountain bike, I saw a spat between a bicyclist and a Porsche owner. Somebody committed a moving violation of some sort that I must have missed, but the result was a shattered window on the Porsche, whose owner sounded suspiciously like Christopher Moltisanti.
"obviously, we're not leaving our apartments today" God bless Tuesdays.
Hey, I survived Strike 2005! I left at 6 a.m. and schleped from the LES to WTC to catch the PATH train to Newark Penn Station where I got NJT to EWR AirTrain (don't ask). At 10:30 a.m., I schelped back onto EWR AirTrain, et al, for the return trip and am back in my humble abode in the confines of the safe LES. BTW, Jersey is laughing at us. Fucking Jersey. 'Nuff said. BTW#2, What the fuck is up with this union chant? (In a deep Brooklyn accent, from an uneducated shmuck.) Who got the powah? You got the powah! Who got the powah? We got the powah!
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