True. Doors just stayed open for a minute at every stop. Our carribean conductor didn't even try to give an explanation.Some at the authority say they suspect that disgruntled workers are deliberately slowing trains and buses to show their displeasure with the pace of negotiations...
Bruce C. McIver, who was the city's director of labor relations under Mayor Edward I Koch and then a top official at the transportation authority, said a slowdown can be effective - but can also backfire.
"It's almost more infuriating to the public than a strike," he said. "In a strike, at least the lines are clearly drawn and everyone knows which side they're on. People can relate to workers taking a stand. A slowdown is viewed as a sneakier kind of thing."
Get off at Rockefeller Center and the tourists have been reduced to immobility. They all seem to be trying to pull rolling luggage through the snow. Between the puddles and the paralyzing presence of personalities from the Today show, everything's static. Awful. GMTP.
UPDATE: And 90 minutes home. Hate. Hate and more hate.
