Off topic & small talk: Nagging Corner (Page 113)

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frapi07 wrote on 03/24/2023 at 8:47 PM:
This is one of the smaller problems. I think very few people are going on vacation next week (schools are not closed yet, at least in Bavaria). The strike mainly hits pupils/trainees/students and commuters trying to get from A to B. Sure, some have alternatives, but I wouldn't have those, for example. In the worst case, I would have to take an expensive cab. The last time I went by cab would have to be 2018-19 and have paid for 3-4 km 15-18€. Mind you for just one ride. Bicycle would certainly be an alternative, but for me that would be nothing, because I would have to a) 13 km back and b) also in a medium-sized city (500,000 inhabitants) where there is a lot of rush hour traffic.

As Wutmaennchen wrote, they could have continued to negotiate and carried out the strike on Good Friday/Easter Monday. But no, Mr. Werneke does not think this strike is excessive. I assume that he will have no problems to come to work on Monday, because he surely has a fat car with which he drives to work.

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himmel80 wrote on 24.03.2023 at 20:53:

yes true that now strike at airports is not as bad as how it affects commuters.


Or is there another reason why now the Germans much prefer to vacation in Germany than before?
Because it was so crowded at the Baltic Sea last week.

oh yes, last year during the vacations the flights were cancelled because the airport had too few staff.

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ruhrpott wrote on 24.03.2023 at 20:55:

Of course there is a reason why many more people are now vacationing in Germany.
Several, in fact. One of them is Corona. Many just don't travel across the world anymore. I know a few people who do.

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himmel80 wrote on 24.03.2023 at 20:59:

yes, and I used to vacation in Berlin and then always went to the badesee or river to swim, how empty that was there then.

And the hotel prices were the absolute hammer, 24.40 euros per night for 2 people in a 3 star hotel

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ruhrpott wrote on 03/24/2023 at 20:52: You do realize that a strike on a day when there are no restrictions due to the strike has pretty much no effect?

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ruhrpott wrote on 24.03.2023 at 21:03:

Such a thing is still possible today, just always depends a bit on when you go to such places.

But of course it's altogether also full in Germany if one makes vacation, but one has nevertheless if one flies to Spain/Portugal etc. just the same. Even there you have corners that are overly crowded, but at the same time there are enough areas where you can have a totally relaxed vacation.

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frapi07 wrote on 24.03.2023 at 21:08:

Not really. There have been strikes done on Saturday or Sunday before that have had effects. No restriction is also an exaggeration. Of course, it would still be felt there. They could have gone on strike Friday - Sunday, for example. Saturday is not a holiday and that would have been felt. I think it's exaggerated that they don't even try to negotiate, but go straight on the offensive and paralyze the entire republic. What will happen on Monday should have been an ultimatum.

If you think that it is not excessive, then show me a similar case in other countries. I have never heard of a uniοn striking the entire infrastructure of a country because they demanded more money.

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Frankey wrote on 03/25/2023 at 07:49 AM:
25. 10th 1975 Iceland . 'Revolution of the red stockings ' the day is also called. Except for doctors and nurses all women in Iceland went on strike that day. Fish factories, Kitas, retail....everything was thereby closed . Almost 25,000 women went on strike. Iceland had 220,000 inhabitants in total at that time. . Nothing was going on anymore. It was about equality. A woman in Iceland at that time earned 25% less than a man in the same job for example.


Here in Cologne, the university hospital went on strike last year. for 11 weeks!!! That was just one clinic. Imagine that happens in the whole country. No matter who goes on strike, it would hit our infrastructure hard.

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