What a day! I left early this morning for a few important meetings only to get stuck in terrible traffic with thousands of commuters as a result of an unplanned Taxi strike.
Today's post is a bit of a rant. Everybody has their own opinions but sometimes I just don't get it.
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Everybody have rights! I know this is a very big statement to make, and most people say it at some point in their lives. We also have the right to strike when we are not treated fairly. Just like the South African Taxis did on all the freeways in Gauteng today. All the freeways were blockaded and most people could not get to their places of work and offices today.
My question to the community is If you have the right to strike when you are not treated fairly, do you also have the right to prevent other people to get to their places of work?
I had a meeting with a company today, which were supposed to demo a solution to me, which I in turn need to demo to a customer in another country on Monday morning and tomorrow is a public holiday in South Africa. The end result is that I have to cancel my trip for next week which have direct impact as there is cancellation fees on the Airplane tickets, The accommodation and the rental car.
Even if we look past the fact that the strike today influenced my pocket, do you not think it is embarrassing to our country, to explain to a customer in another country that I can't demo the solution as promised due to the fact that all the taxi drivers in our country decided to take the law into their own hands today?
To top it all the taxi's did apply for the legal right to protest and march to the headquarters of the Taxi Association, but they had other plans.
We all have rights, but there is a limit. I am going to say it again.
What a day!
Happy Steeming!
Disclaimer : If this is a duplicate post I apologies. I submitted the post and my wi-fi went down. I can't find the post which I submitted so I assume it did not go through.
