This morning whilst walking past a well known university I witnessed some of the pickets were happily texting away on their brand new iphones with a starbucks coffee in the other hand !
Now that really is taking the p*ss after all we all know starbuks cost the earth and a tariff for an iphone costs min of £40 per month ! Shouldnt they be saving their money for a pension...
of course I am not saying all picketers have iphones....
symapathy not !
No, they should be able to choose what they spend their money on. The strike isn't claiming poverty, it's complaining about unfair treatment.
(I'm not really on either side on the strike - in some ways I agree, in others I don't. FWIW, it directly affects me as Mrs Clubber works in the NHS)
Yeah, and all those mad capitalists. Using. The. NHS. Good grief! Next thing they'll be using public roads and not private ones. Is there no end to this madness!
1/10
poor effort.
Dry them
Ah right - so people should only strike when they are living in complete poverty?
They shouldn't cause a fuss if the government try to completely shaft their pensions because they can still afford a coffee?
Also
a tariff for an iphone costs min of £40 per month
Erm.. no it doesn't.
Stalin would be very upset indeed.
Starbucks probably gave them the coffee for free as it's good promotion, you want to start shopping around as iPhones can be had for a lot less than that. Add to that what clubber said.
"Now that really is taking the p*ss after all we all know starbuks cost the earth and a tariff for an iphone costs min of £40 per month ! Shouldnt they be saving their money for a pension..."
My i-phone costs me 18 quid a month, and lets be honest, drinking starbucks is practically a punishment. Stop talking arse, there's a good chap...
freedom of speech !
its very rude to call some one a retard ! not very PC ! (prezet -d*ck)
ah, so late - sorry
well done (almost) 
everyone
I can't wait til I make my first million and then I'll finally be able to get an iphone and a coffee
I am old enough to apologise prezet
Tell you what, next time you need hospital treatment, should we means test you and turn you away if you earn too much?
you can hiss all you like having an iphone is a luxury we all know if you want the latest one it either costs upfron or the tariffs are expensive...obvously if you have a trampy 3gs then you are laughing !
*i still run my trusty old blackberry
I refuse to acknowledge anything short of this
As a 'proper' strike
Protesting against pensions/unfair wealth distribution != protesting aginast capitalism
barnsleymitch now that is astupid thing to say ! really !
That's me binners, second from the right, with the police officers testicles in my hand!
mrsconsequence has an iphone (costs less than 30 a month with insurance) and occasionally treats herself to a starbucks hot choccy. as a result she sacrifices other luxuries to make do on her poor public sector (probation) wage.
she's in work today, like all her colleagues in the prison.
out of interest, what do you do for a job mr geezer? do you own a smart phone and have you ever had an expensive coffee?
Now I am not supportive of this strike in any way. But why coffee and Iphones are relevant to you I'm not sure, they are just the trappings of modern society. The miners might have had colour TV in the 70's for example.
Are you saying the only people who can strike are those that can't afford coffee or iphones or only those that consume inconspicuously can strike?
What do you think of strikers who have parked their beemer oir 4X4 round the corner?
you can hiss all you like having an iphone is a luxury
so they shouldn't be allowed to complain about pensions?
what if it is a 3g?
what about nokia 3310 - nobody should have to put up with a pension that means you use a nokia 3310.
ok you lot win !
i hang my head in shame !
yes we are all entitled to have what we like...iphone bmw coffee...etc etc
still no sympathy though...
Where can I get an Iphone 4s for less than £40 a month on 18 month contract?
what about nokia 3310 says it all take a hike to carphone warehouse
"barnsleymitch now that is astupid thing to say ! really !"
Just to clarify - you appeared, in your opening post, to be saying that if people appear to have material wealth (i-phones, starbucks coffee), then they have no right to strike. What I meant with my, admittedly, tongue in cheek reply, was that ... tell you what, I cant be bothered.
geezer: You seem deeply confused about the purpose of these strikes and, well, strikes in general.
They are not saying "We don't have enough money to afford food".
They are saying that "The government want me to pay 25% more towards my pension, then give me 12% less when I retire, and they want me to work in a physically demanding job until I am 68. And that's not a very fair deal."
How does having coffee or smartphones alter that?
barnsleymitch nor can I !
im going on strike ! oh sorry I meant on my trike...
iPhone FFS!
The new Google Nexus FTW.
When did Starbucks start selling coffee?
Where can I get an Iphone 4s for less than £40 a month on 18 month contract?
How do you know they were a 4s? How do you know what contract they had?
i never said 4s...
i never said 4s...
Yes I know that'll be why I didn't quote you.
unfitgeezer - your sympathy, or lack of it, is completely immaterial to me. A little understanding, however, would be much appreciated. As a registered psychiatric nurse with about twenty five years experience, I'm not on a bad wage (about twentynine grand a year). However, it's not about the money. I currently work in an environment where I stand a fair to middling chance of getting my head kicked in on a daily basis by some twenty year old with a personality disorder and a heavy crystal meth habit. This, as anyone who works in this field will tell you, is not that unusual. I am fifty one, and the thought of having to do this in my late sixties is a bit of a worry.
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