So it's the end of the world and I wasn't aware of it!

[syliasyliasylia]

So yesterday truck drivers went on strike in Spain, indefinitely…

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… Obviously this is going to affect supplies distribution to gas stations, supermarkets, etc., all across the country. Basically,  in a matter of days if the strike continues, they could run out of supplies….

Therefore, let the craze begin…

As an illustration of that, I

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[nikomaria]

We had the same strike in Greece a couple of weeks ago, didn't last long. But it affected A LOT the distribution to gas stations. At the end, almost all stations where out of gas.

The supermarket weren't affected, at least in Athens.

[syliasyliasylia]

I hope it won't last long here either. *crosses fingers*

[anonymous]

and these words came out frome her mouth: “Sorry, I don’t understand nothing”. ARGH! That's fricking elementary English!

Ahahaha, that's a mistake that an awful amount of Americans make.

I'm always quite thrown by how much of an impact strikes can have on day-to-day life because it really doesn't happen often in the U.S. I mean the biggest strike we've had in the last 10 years was from television writers. Other than that and the Air Traffic Controller's strike back in the 80s, the only ones I can think of are a few metropolitan transit strikes once every couple of years - we really don't have many trade unions in the U.S. On the other hand, every time I've been to Europe I've encountered at least one minor strike.

[thirteenthchime]

Um, hi, that's me. Forgot to login. Also, I meant "awful lot of Americans," and now I can't edit/delete so my own poor English is up for all to see.

[syliasyliasylia]

The funny thing is that in Spanish the correct way to negate is using a double negative! ¡No sé nada!*hee* Thus, this is a mistake most of us make when learning English! :)

nonstandard english

[scifigal]

The use of the double negative as an emphasizer is common in non-standard English. It's not prescriptive grammar, but it is descriptive.

Re: nonstandard english

[syliasyliasylia]

I know that ;), but hearing that in the workplace when said secretary is talking to an international client of the firm makes me go WHAAAAAT?!

The curious thing is that double nevative is the correct way of making a negative statement in Spanish! O.o

[misseri44]

No se porque te extraña, aqui en barcelona las gasolineras estan cerrando porque ya se han quedado sin diesel para surtir a la gente. Yo trabajo para un grupo de distribución (no puedo decir mucho mas por un tema de confidencialidad...frikadas de algunos) pero te puedo decir que los almacenes que tenemos repartidos por españa estan casi parados porque no hay nada que producir ni repartir por las tiendas, aparte de que nos hemos puesto a comprar todos como locos, que parece que se acaba el mundo!!! Lo malo es que cuanod se acabe la huelga toda esa comida de sobra la tiraremos :(

[syliasyliasylia]

Lo de las gasolineras sí lo había escuchado en las noticias... pero es que ayer alucine en el supermercado con las viejas locas haciendo acopio de viveres como si se fueran a quedar encerradas en un refugio nuclear durante años! Una señora llevaba 12 paquetes de lentejas en el carro! 12 kilos de lentejas!!!!! :)

[misseri44]

Una señora llevaba 12 paquetes de lentejas en el carro! 12 kilos de lentejas!!!!! :)
Igual estaba comprando para todo el barrio :D La verdad es que se nos esta yendo un poco la olla a todos con lo de la huelga

[cenedrawood]

that's insane!!!!

and about your english, from what i've seen i could never tell that it wasnt your first language. you're a natural! lol

[syliasyliasylia]

Hee, today I went to the supermarket again and they have restocked most of the products except fresh fish! Wheee!

and about your english, from what i've seen i could never tell that it wasnt your first language. you're a natural! lol
Eee! Thank you, you are a total sweetheart!