Coming in Montreal. One of the Radio Canada hosts was sticking it to a union rep. Pretty funny. He was asking why anyone would think it was reasonable for the union to strike over its pension plan when (according to what I thought I heard) transit employees retiring with 30 years of experience take home more than they did while they were working full time, and they start collecting as soon as they retire (though it's hard to imagine someone with 30 years of experience being much younger than 60).
Of course the real reason for the lack of sympathy is the surly attitude of a significant number of transit employees. Sure, working day in, day out in a tiny cubicle selling bus tickets must be mind rotting, but: A) Does it really make things better to be so goddamned rude? B) Your union fought hard to keep your job - in most other cities in the world the ticket sales, and often even the trains, are automated. You're a bunch of dinosaurs.
Of course the real reason for the lack of sympathy is the surly attitude of a significant number of transit employees. Sure, working day in, day out in a tiny cubicle selling bus tickets must be mind rotting, but: A) Does it really make things better to be so goddamned rude? B) Your union fought hard to keep your job - in most other cities in the world the ticket sales, and often even the trains, are automated. You're a bunch of dinosaurs.
