bbc strike
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- vb_
are you in it, vespa?
- kelpie0
yes yes - what's the inside juice Vesp?
- honest0
she's probably on the picket line
- vespa0
nope. had to walk through people i work with picketing so i'm feeling guilty. but otherwise i'd miss the deadlines for beethoven and glastonbury! what's a girl gonna do?
- kelpie0
poor show if she doesn't have some sort of mobile connection to NT ;( I wanna know what's happening!!!!
Good on em for taking a stand.
- kelpie0
ha ha disregard prev post!
Tough spot that Vespa :/
- rabattski0
what do they call that? strike breaker? union buster?
- randoman0
why is BBC striking?
I thought for sure CBS would go on strike when they found out Dan Rather was not only a hologram, but that he was getting paid more.
- jamble0
what do they call that? strike breaker? union buster?
rabattski
(May 23 05, 04:14)a scab
- vespa0
"scab"
- paraselene0
tough break, vee! but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
- kelpie0
"scab"
vespa
(May 23 05, 04:18)bit harsh in this day and age.
"Payer of Rent" is more appropriate I think.
- rabattski0
a scab? sounds harsh. thanks though.
- paraselene0
ha! kelpie i met a really tall bloke from glasgow called simon on saturday. was it you?
- soda0
scab!!
Tough call Vespa, not sure I could do it though. My dad would never talk to me again probably!It's an touchy subject though isn't it... why are we in the creative industry's expected to ignore strikes because of deadlines?
The lack of union representation in this industry is shocking sometimes... imagine if stop the UK opting out of the 48 hour working week? Is that going to affect the creative industry? Is it fuck. We'll still be expected to work the hours because there is always some other poor sap who will do it instead for less money .
- kelpie0
I don't think so Para, unless I'm having black outs again :)
- kelpie0
well said Soda.
grr to the whole bastard thing.
- vespa0
i do support the picketers in principle, but i have to get this work done and no one else can do it! i was gonna come in on the weekend but i had to go to birmingham for a funeral. anyway justification blah blah scab scab blah
- vespa0
true that soda.
for me personally the design culture feels stronger than the union culture. i would feel REALLY BAD if i missed a deadline.
whereas the designers who went on strike happen to be the ones who always leave at 5.30, if you know what i mean.
- UndoUndo0
I don't think so Para, unless I'm having black outs again :)
kelpie
(May 23 05, 04:25)...................................
ooowwwerrr sounds like the butterfly effect!!