She basically said, "Are you crazy?" And he answered something like, "We're Teamsters, that's what we do."
The Teamsters were also awesome during the last SAG strike a few years ago. Bless 'em.
Simon: I'm trying to put this as delicately as I can... How do I know you won't kill me in my sleep? Mal: You don't know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed.
'Serenity'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
JZ - Nov 07, 2007 12:55:14 pm PST #7617 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kat - Nov 07, 2007 1:07:59 pm PST #7618 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Apparently a Teamster delivering milk refused to cross the picket line at Sony and made folks inside come out and get the milk.
What confounds me, though, is when the supermarkets had a strike, they still had goods delivered so did the Teamsters ignore their picket lines?
Kevin - Nov 07, 2007 1:19:33 pm PST #7619 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Steve Carell informed NBC he is unable to report to work because he is suffering from “enlarged balls.”
This is brilliant. Whedonesque has something on a possibly planned strike with the Mutant Enemy people - is that the thing Tim made reference to above, or is that something different? I think that would get an audience outside of fandom.
-t - Nov 07, 2007 1:26:41 pm PST #7620 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
What confounds me, though, is when the supermarkets had a strike, they still had goods delivered so did the Teamsters ignore their picket lines?
From what I remember, Teamsters did not cross the supermarket workers' picket lines, but they did deliver food/goods to the parking lots. Management and/or scabs had to unload the trucks. Kind of like that milk incident.
Polgara - Nov 07, 2007 1:53:35 pm PST #7621 of 10001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
I think that would get an audience outside of fandom.
How? Outside fandom and the industry, who else has ever heard of Mutant Enemy?
Kevin - Nov 07, 2007 1:54:53 pm PST #7622 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I'd imagine they could get a press person or two to cover it. It's not the world, but it's probably better than, say, that NYT article Joss was talking about the other day. Which is a start.
Allyson - Nov 07, 2007 5:23:07 pm PST #7623 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I wish I could help in some way. I feel an odd solidarity. I think that's why the NYT hit piece was so irritating to me.
Maybe the writer was just pissy that all his content is online and he's getting paid the same.
I think. Maybe someone should ask.
Vortex - Nov 07, 2007 5:55:12 pm PST #7624 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I was with some people tonight who just "didn't get" the strike. They kept saying "they've been paid once, why do they care". When I pointed out that everybody else gets paid for every time the medium is broadcast, they were very confused.
BigDuluth - Nov 07, 2007 7:25:49 pm PST #7625 of 10001
"I am the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world"
...and now I am educated. Very cool stuff indeed. I just wish that there was something I could do from here.
Tim Minear - Nov 07, 2007 8:36:47 pm PST #7626 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
I think that posted youtube link says it about as well as can be.