The only party that comes out looking spiffy in the debacle that was today’s wildcat strike? GO Transit, who probably amazed more than just me with their newfound commitment to transit outside commuting hours. Union-Richmond Hill service starts at 9 a.m. (!!) and ends just after midnight? (!!!!!!!!) Those are some mighty impressive operating hours right there.
The rest of you—the union that decided an illegal strike would win the hearts of commuters and the TTC management that refused to tell anyone what the hell was going on before it was too late—can go to hell.
go transit beat the ttc in my books when i got from union station to yonge/savage road (newmarket) in FORTY MINUTES on the bus. fuck you subway and viva bus! however, go trains only run southbound from newmarket to york university, NOT northbound from union, so i would have been totally fucked if i was attending classes during a strike anyways.
my fondest memory of the strike of ‘99 was feigning ignorance about the existence of a union-to-utoronto shuttle bus and walking as slow as i possibly could to uts so i could miss the euclid math test entirely.
i am thankful that i am on the other side of the world and missed this strike completely. anyways, hello from japan!
jordan
Comment by jordan — June 1, 2006 @ 6:07 am