To have less sympathy for rail strikers because they've chosen to strike on Saturdays during summer holidays

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It's pretty clear the aim is to disrupt people's summer holidays. I get it, they are trying to cause maximum pain to rail operating companies, but all that happens is people squeeze onto transport the days either side and the people who bear the costs are the customers.

The train taking us on holiday was cancelled. It cost us hundreds to replan, including booking a short notice hotel room for an extra night, to avoid missing our onwards ferry. It would have cost similar to drive & park. We are lucky we could take the hit financially but plenty of others can't.

It just doesn't sit well with me that after years of Covid restrictions fucking up people's holidays the rail strike have prolonged the misery and its largely customers who are hurt.

I’m sorry you’re getting sworn at and assaulted at work. No-one should have to work in those conditions, and I’m truly sorry your employers aren’t protecting you.

Thank you. I think that I said upthread that I'm still waiting for the CPS to make a charging decision about a case from last February. Plenty of evidence of the various offences committed (including threatening a colleague with a weapon). He's got form as well too. Yet the CPS dithers. Public services are falling apart, that's why various parts of the public sector are on strike - because they've got no other way left to them.