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<blockquote data-quote="Doc_Klueless" data-source="post: 1866759" data-attributes="member: 261"><p>Customers were, at times, approached by picketers if they tried to use the store the strikers were in front of, with flyers, pamphlets, etc. and, once they made it in the store, had to listen to the overhead speaker mentioning that service may be disrupted by the strike. The store shelves were pretty empty (especially the meat department). Few cashiers on hand.</p><p></p><p>The newspaper (LA Times) was the major source of info about the strike and what was going on. I read the times daily online. Saw lots of stuff about the strike.</p><p></p><p>OT: What I found disturbing was some (a tiny minority, to be sure) of the picketers were downright rude and disruptive of some of the people using the stores. While I can understand their wanting to improve their work conditions, some of the customers they hastled were elderly/indegent/poor people going to their neighborhood store because they 1) couldn't afford to take transport to another, distant store, 2) didn't have transport to go to another, distant store, or 3) didn't know where another, distant store was located. </p><p></p><p>One particular picketer became really hostile when I suggested that if he wanted some of the above customers to go to other stores, he should give them a ride. Sometimes people go to the stores they go to because it's the <em>only</em> store they can get to.</p><p></p><p>Of course, I have to admit that, being from Texas (a pretty much non-union state) and don't fully understand unions and can't sympathize with their plight.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, even on the front door. (I saw it there once.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc_Klueless, post: 1866759, member: 261"] Customers were, at times, approached by picketers if they tried to use the store the strikers were in front of, with flyers, pamphlets, etc. and, once they made it in the store, had to listen to the overhead speaker mentioning that service may be disrupted by the strike. The store shelves were pretty empty (especially the meat department). Few cashiers on hand. The newspaper (LA Times) was the major source of info about the strike and what was going on. I read the times daily online. Saw lots of stuff about the strike. OT: What I found disturbing was some (a tiny minority, to be sure) of the picketers were downright rude and disruptive of some of the people using the stores. While I can understand their wanting to improve their work conditions, some of the customers they hastled were elderly/indegent/poor people going to their neighborhood store because they 1) couldn't afford to take transport to another, distant store, 2) didn't have transport to go to another, distant store, or 3) didn't know where another, distant store was located. One particular picketer became really hostile when I suggested that if he wanted some of the above customers to go to other stores, he should give them a ride. Sometimes people go to the stores they go to because it's the [i]only[/i] store they can get to. Of course, I have to admit that, being from Texas (a pretty much non-union state) and don't fully understand unions and can't sympathize with their plight. Sometimes, even on the front door. (I saw it there once.) [/QUOTE]
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