Yikes this is a disaster! I'm glad I'm not at Penn Station. This might very well destroy the local union which has just been fined a million bucks a day. My neighbor believes that this will give the union leader a face-saving out. That he can come back and say that because of the court decision (which he must have known they'd get) the union should go back to work and the thing goes to binding arbitration.
Bloomberg was totally pissed during the news conference today.
If this thing goes on much longer they'll have to declare NYC a national disaster and get the new and improved FEMA in here.
Somehow, to my surprise - Fedex managed to get through and just delivered extra memory for the laptop. And when I went to drop-off some prints at the local Fedex drop store they told me that they didn't think there'd be any delays with Fedex shipping.
Before the strike, I did a little poll of my neighbors and family and no one thought there would actually be a strike. Everyone believed it was just a case of brinksmanship. That the union would get close to the strike but wouldn't actually do it.
Everyone was wrong.
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1) They aren't letting commercial trucks into the city (Manhattan) until 11 a.m.
2) The traffic into the city and out is very bad. People are waiting for hours to get in during rush hour, and waiting for hours to get out during the evening rush hour.
Example: the Fedex package I received yesterday arrived around 7 p.m.
I usually get Fedex packages around 11 a.m. The Fedex driver who delivered the package looked like she was about to collapse and went on for some time about how long a day it was for her.
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