Docklands "Stress" Strike - Place Your Bets Here.

Nigel Fitzgricer · 31-10-2006, 12:49

Just been looking over the CIE industrial action news stories of the last couple of years and CIE train drivers start getting "stressed" between 16 days and 1 month before any new service changes in terms of equipment and infrastructure being announced. The changes also never happen on the day they are supposed to either.

Going by this CIE tradition, and having no doubt that the Maynooth train drivers are looking at the rapid construction of Docklands station, I reckon 18 days before the first train is due to pull out of Docklands the muttering will start.

There are really two dates to bet on when you think about it. The first is the date the Maynooth drivers offically get "stressed" in the run-up to the opening date of Docklands Station, and then the date which the station opens finally after the refusal to work trains into Docklands. This is usually about a week later if previous muppetry is anything to go by.

(or maybe they might just get the hint and act like "public servants" for once and actually do their jobs without declaring war on the taxpayers who support them and the commuters who provide them with life long jobs - be nice if that happened as well...we live in hope)

Thomas J Stamp · 31-10-2006, 14:12

Thank you for sharing that with us

Are you all right Nige? Any chance of giving us a nice holloween story?

Thread locked, by the way.

31-10-2006, 12:49	#1
Nigel Fitzgricer Regular Poster Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 140	Docklands "Stress" Strike - Place Your Bets Here. Just been looking over the CIE industrial action news stories of the last couple of years and CIE train drivers start getting "stressed" between 16 days and 1 month before any new service changes in terms of equipment and infrastructure being announced. The changes also never happen on the day they are supposed to either. Going by this CIE tradition, and having no doubt that the Maynooth train drivers are looking at the rapid construction of Docklands station, I reckon 18 days before the first train is due to pull out of Docklands the muttering will start. There are really two dates to bet on when you think about it. The first is the date the Maynooth drivers offically get "stressed" in the run-up to the opening date of Docklands Station, and then the date which the station opens finally after the refusal to work trains into Docklands. This is usually about a week later if previous muppetry is anything to go by. (or maybe they might just get the hint and act like "public servants" for once and actually do their jobs without declaring war on the taxpayers who support them and the commuters who provide them with life long jobs - be nice if that happened as well...we live in hope) __________________ ************* Last edited by Nigel Fitzgricer : 31-10-2006 at 13:00. Reason: spelling

31-10-2006, 14:12	#2
Thomas J Stamp Chairman/Publicity Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Home of Hurling Posts: 2,708	Thank you for sharing that with us Are you all right Nige? Any chance of giving us a nice holloween story? Thread locked, by the way. __________________ We are the passengers

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