Comments | penguingal: There's a giant rat outside my office.

penguingal

There's a giant rat outside my office.

Jun 29, 2007 10:37

For the last week or so, there have been protesters at all the entrances to my office complex. We got an email yesterday telling us that these are union workers protesting the fact that the building management is using non-union workers to do some roof work on two of the buildings here. The protesters are calm and not making any attempt to prevent ( Read more... )

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estrella30 June 29 2007, 14:46:37 UTC

omg the RAT! dude, the first time I saw that somewhere I nearly crashed the car I was driving. talk about CREEPY looking!

penguingal June 29 2007, 15:03:14 UTC

It's HUGE. It looks like one of those lawn things from Halloween and it has the red eyes and everything. Ick.

jackette June 29 2007, 15:27:48 UTC

We had this group show up at the new outlet mall that's being built off 422. Problem was they put this stuff on the shoulder of 422 and risked an accident.

As for the reason - I get both sides of the story and actually feel a bit more for the business owners as I don't agree with most union stuff today as I think their belief system has been bastardized quite a bit and I find it annoying.

penguingal June 29 2007, 15:34:35 UTC

I can see that, too. It's a tough line to walk.

jackette June 29 2007, 15:40:30 UTC

I hear ya! At their conception unions were a great thing and I think they still do have their place but there are some that I just hate - teachers unions for one. You've never lived until you live through union negotiations in THAT industry!

penguingal June 29 2007, 15:45:14 UTC

My mom used to teach for a public school and was in their union. Been there, done that. I don't think the teacher's unions are setting out to be troublesome, but they have a handful of obstinate people that make ridiculous demands. It's my personal opinion that the most talented brightest people should be recruited to be public school teachers and that these people be the best paid workers in the country. But that's me.

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spikedluv June 29 2007, 19:11:04 UTC

Non-union related: I was driving through our small town the other day and saw a single war protester. His sign read: End the War, so easy a caveman could do it. Which made me grin a little bit. Gotta love those Geico commercials, even though I have totally probably misspelled their name. *g*