Train Strike

For the past two weeks we have been hit by the train strikes going on at National Express, meaning members of CRN cannot get into work.

Obviously because we are a modern type of company, home working is not an issue and it works just fine for us - but not everyone is as lucky. It is also the inconvenience that this type of thing causes that gets my goat.

These train workers have the average commuter over a barrel because there is often no alternative to travelling into work, so you have to admit defeat. Despite the fact that you have paid ridiculous money for the ticket in the first place - which is itself a scandal.

While these strikers are selfishly pursuing their greedy goals of getting even more pay and time off, people whose own jobs may be on the line due to the economic downturn, and who also haven't had a payrise this year and guaranteed gold-plated pensions, are forced to go home, at a time when they can least afford it.

There is talk of these strikes going on every Thursday and Friday for the rest of the month, costing London firms millions in lost productivity.

I really hope the strikers get nothing they ask for. And then they wonder why commuters get so frustrated and take their anger out on them.