nope they want triple pay for working boxing day, i don't think thats unreasonable
when i was a kid i'd get 2x salary for xmas eve, 4x for xmas day and boxing day
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:03, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

A christmas BJ is a costly one

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:07, Reply)

fuck off it isn't
they're lucky to have jobs in the current climate. and they didn't get triple pay last year.

irresponsible morons. the people they are punishing are the poor sods whose ticket prices will soar to pay for their triple time. they already get paid too much for pulling a few levers and making a few announcements about being stuck on the platform to regulate gaps in the service.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:09, Reply)

you seem very upset and overly reactionary
i guarantee you there will be no strike, its just bluster and balderdash, they'll work they'll get higher pay than usual, end of
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:11, Reply)

yeah great
and then what happens to tube fares next year?

holding the city to ransom to squeeze more money out of the overburdened workers who have to use the shitty service is disgusting.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:12, Reply)

i'm pretty sure the drivers aren't the highhest earners at transport for london

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:18, Reply)

out of interest, if you HAD to work boxing day
how muich would you expect to get paid?
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:12, Reply)

no more than i already get paid
it's quite clear in my contract: standard hours 9.30-5.30 or such hours and such times at such a location as the firm might require.

that's what i signed up to. i don't go around trying to hold my boss over a barrel for a better deal.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:13, Reply)

you would if it meant taking you away from your family at all hours and during holidays

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:19, Reply)

so don't be a tube driver then
go and work as something else.

oh, what? there is nothing else that pays £45,000 a year and gives you about 35 days paid leave for having zero qualifications?

funny, that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:25, Reply)

Yeah, cause lawyers earn a fair wage.

( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:13, Reply)

so do tube drivers
if these clowns were nurses or teachers, who do a brilliant job for fuck-all compared to the value of what they do, i'd have much much more sympathy.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:14, Reply)

Except they perform what you see as a vital service.
They do more than pull a few levers as well, that was very patronising of you.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:16, Reply)

really?
how come the DLR, which has no drivers, has one of the best records on the transport system then?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:17, Reply)

I have no idea what a DLR is, I assume it's a London thing.
Frankly I don't think you can float about calling someone shite when you have no idea what they do.
Have you driven many trains in your time?
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:19, Reply)

only one
but it's not exactly rocket science. most people could train to do that job.

i think £45k pa plus the amount of holidays they get is a pretty sweet deal compared to what a lot of people in the public and private sectors earn.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:21, Reply)

No not anyone actually.
And again, you view them as a vital part of the infrastructure hence why your knickers are in a twist about them being on strike. If it would be such a blow to the economy that's why they get paid so much.
Also due to the hours they work and that the London underground has so many suicides on it. Can't imagine that's fun for the drivers.

Fuck me, you are very patronising.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:24, Reply)

if you are seriously defending them
choosing to fuck up boxing day for hundreds of thousands of people who want to enjoy their rare days off in london and costing the economy a fortune into the bargain, then you deserve to be patronised. dear.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:28, Reply)

Not me, the tube drivers.
There won't be a stike you dizzy bint, it's part of the negotiations.
Honestly, for a lawyer you are fucking thick. Article in the Daily Mail and you start foaming at the mouth.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:31, Reply)

how many tube strikes have you WORKED through?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:34, Reply)

In Glasgow, quite a few.
I get the bus. I couldn't give a fuck.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:35, Reply)

+ about anyone else

( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:40, Reply)

Hi Rach, I won't be here on boxing day, but i do hate tube drivers with a passion
just sayin liek
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:41, Reply)

this is sad pandering

(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:49, Reply)

Nope, just don't get upset at non stories in the Daily Mail.
Or think I'm better than someone cause they're a tube driver.
They earn decent money and ain't had to go to uni, plus have a good union that negotiates well for them. Yup swipey, they're real idiots eh.
( mark morrisons prison shoes I love Willie, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 10:42, Reply)

how many points can you deliberately miss?
if there had never been a tubestrike, there would be no upset. the fact is, they do it too often. and make millions of people miserable.

the article is not just in the fail. it's not liz jones ranting about eggs. it's actual news. this just happened to be the link my colleague forwarded, so i had it to hand.

i do not think i am "better than someone cause they're a tube driver". however, i do think that failing to appreciate the fact that you have a fucking cushy job in the current economic climate and treating your clients with enormous disrespect and making their lives a misery means that you might want to count your blessings and think about your work ethic, yeah.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 15 Dec 2011, 11:05, Reply)