T O T K a t

Council workers in very many councils have been on strike today, over pay. This has meant a lot of rubbish hasn't been collected. I'm particularly unimpressed with this because the recycling collectors "forgot" to take my card/plastic/cans recycling last week. Now I'm left with two weeks-worth of that crate of recycling and another week to wait to see if they can be bothered to take it away. Seriously; I didn't get a pay rise this year, do you see me on strike? Do you see me causing stress and discomfort for others because of it? These guys get it pretty easy, to be honest. No expected an unpaid overtime; final salary pension; the possibility of a 3 year sabbatical after working for only 6 months; 26 days leave, rising to 31 after 5 years service. Like the tube drivers, council workers get little sympathy from me for their cause. If the rubbish/recycling collectors, in this case, could be a bit more reliable when they aren't on strike, I might be less harsh on the subject. But they're not.