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Originally Posted by ukturtle
It makes me laugh, people complain about this strike, but the firemen want a pay rise, and so they should, they save people's lives while putting theirs at risk. We'd be screwed without them.
People then complain that it's over bonfire night. Well, you know that the strikes are occuring, simple solution, don't have a bonfire or fireworks that night, wait 2 days until they are back. We choose to set fire to things on bonfire night, if we play with fire, we know the risks involved. (Obviously I'm not referring to accidental house fires, electrical fires etc.)
God I'm grumpy in the mornings  |
Agree with this, there would never be a time they could strike that would be good - lives would always be at risk as are theirs every single day. I know they choose their vocation but thank god they do, I can't praise them highly enough and am more than happy for them to have a wage increase and they shouldn't have to strike to get it continuously. Its no surprice its on November 5 - the airlines choose the busiest travelling periods to strike its obviously going to be the time of biggest impact, its the unions that choose this. But theres no law to say we have to set off or attend firework displays - its for entertainment value and personal choice. And with all the benefit cuts, perhaps we should take the opportunity to use this as a cut back ourselves and save a bit of money.