The Reason Why Philadelphia Is In Trouble
By Wyatt Earp | October 12, 2009
You can see it right here in fuzzy, cellphone technicolor. Here’s the back story.
I was driving over to Angela’s Pizza, possibly the best pizza in Northeast Philly. We were doing the pizza thing because it was a pretty long day for all of us. Any hoo, the restaurant is two blocks from my house, and while driving over, I noticed that traffic was a nightmare. I thought, “What could be causing this,” when I saw these idiots. The photo does not do the scene justice, because I couldn’t get the couple of hundred of them in the photo.
These morons were blocking the entire shopping center parking lot. They weren’t blocking traffic per se, but they weren’t moving out of the way, either. And when I say they were everywhere, they were everywhere! My first thought was that there must be some damned Phillies rally, but I was incorrect. Anyone have any other guesses? The answer is below the fold . . .
Drum roll, please . . . They were Philly’s finest union thugs!
The owner of the pizza shop told me that they had been in the shopping center all week because a new fitness center is opening up, and the company is *gasp* not using union goons. The horror! The numbers were far greater today because it is a holiday – a day honoring that Nazi genocidal bastard Christopher Columbus. /snark.
So, to make their subtle point, a few hundred union morons blocked traffic, picketed through parking spaces, and made life miserable for the hundreds of people who – to take a swipe at Michael Vick – had no dog in this fight. The kicker? When I told the owner that at least he was getting some good business, he replied, “Are you kidding? All day and not one of them has come in here.”
And that, my friends, exemplifies the union mentality in this town. They whine and cry until they get their way, and if someone is slow with the graft, they just harass and intimidate the local populace. Despicable.
Topics: Philly | 19 Comments »
No wonder nobody wants to invest in Philadelphia…
I’d have found the biggest, ugliest and dumbest one and kicked him square in the nuts.
Wow…
The last time someone got between me and my pizza I had to plant a screw driver in his hand and claim self defense.
It sucks because it was a really nice screw driver. The extra cheese kinda took the edge off, but still.
Scummy unions…protecting weak and lazy employees for 173 years.
Andrew – With thugs like these, why bother?
GLenn – Where were you a few hours ago?
Kaveman – It was pepperoni, too.
Randal – Lots o’ Teamsters there, too. I know you’re surprised.
But you got the pizza, right?
You’ve got fitness clubs in Philly. Last time I was there I would have never guessed
Kansas. But if I were in your neck of the woods, those slugs would have had a real surprise. A lariat and piggin’ string would be fun too!
Did they have the big Teamsters intimidation trailer there?
These days, unions are as useless as tits on a boar.
GroovyVic – Damned straight!
CP – Oh yeah, we have them. Not a lot of people use them, though.
Glenn – And me without my O.C. spray.
Randal – No, but they did have the giant, inflatable rat outside. Classay!
MeToo – Ha! it’s funny because it’s true.
What about the giant inflatable Rat? When my daughter sees that she exclaims with glee: “Daddy! They have a moon bounce!”
We don’t get a lot of union picketing up my way in the woods of PA. Unless it’s a teacher’s strike and then one of our illustrious school board members marches with them in “solidarity”.
Toads.
The same thing happens here. It is a mess. Thankfully, they don’t converge on a parking lot. But they do fill the sidewalks.
You should have shot the rat.
Look fo-o-or, the union la-a-abel, when you are buying a shirt pants or,….whatever,..I forget the damned jingle.
When I see them picketing WalMart I make a detour and buy something… anything, even just toothpaste I don’t need yet. Then when I’m driving out I hang the bag out the window and beep my horn.
Fuck unions. They are nothing more than a legalized mafia.
Jason – Moon bounce. Heh.
Kim – Sidewalks are okay, just stay away from my pizzeria!
RT – The inflatable one or the union goons?
B.A. – Look for the label . . . and you’ll find corruption.
Woody – I agree 100%.
The preceding demonstration that pissed you off, Wyatt, is endorsed by B.H. Obama, Esq. and funded by the stimulus package approved by A.S.S.H.A.T. Specter (D-ex-R-Senility).
Bob – If there is any justice, that old fossil will be ousted next November.