I have had it with the protestors by the Mayo

[RecycleMichael]

One private company is mad because another company is selling the product cheaper than them. They decide to go protest the customer.

This is like McDonalds being mad at Wendy's because they undercut the "Dollar Menu" by only charging 99 cents for a hamburger, then stalking me for choosing Wendy's.

[Gaspar]

One private company is mad because another company is selling the product cheaper than them. They decide to go protest the customer.

This is like McDonalds being mad at Wendy's because they undercut the "Dollar Menu" by only charging 99 cents for a hamburger, then stalking me for choosing Wendy's.

I think that's happened before.

[Townsend]

One private company is mad because another company is selling the product cheaper than them. They decide to go protest the customer.

This is like McDonalds being mad at Wendy's because they undercut the "Dollar Menu" by only charging 99 cents for a hamburger, then stalking me for choosing Wendy's.

and...

[Gaspar]

and...

Beat me too it.  I was saving that one.

[cannon_fodder]

For some reason, that clown is kinda hot.  If it's a girl clown.  Well, and wasn't munching on an arm.  And, of course, probably best if it wasn't dress up like a clown.

But otherwise,  she's kinda cute.

/issues

[carltonplace]

Fashia cannon fodder, that wins you some +K. Like you need more.

[sgrizzle]

Protesters mentioned in today's Tulsa World:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090406_11_A1_TheUni572271

Doesn't have all the details but it sounds to me like the anti-protester sentiment is growing. At least against this group.

I was told business owners in the area are afraid to complain, lest they be subject to protest.

[Gaspar]

I think that may be my favorite Tulsa World article EVER!

"Union protesters at the Mayo have called the police, alleging that Green Country workers were spitting and flipping boogers on them from the upper windows of the Mayo, records show. "

How good do you have to be to hit a protester with a booger from 8 stories up.  I mean, you have to correct for wind, and calculate distance based on the relative weight of the booger.

. . . and what a booger!  I mean, if you're a protester, and you can actually see a booger coming at you, that's got to be some booger.  I'd catch it and take it to the police for booger DNA analysis.

[RecycleMichael]

Did you catch the line in the story that, "The union also paid $341,000 to Midwest Drywall Co., of Wichita, Kan., for recruiting members."

That sounds very odd to me. The national union is paying an out-of-state carpentry business to recruit union members in Oklahoma?  Couldn't they pay an Oklahoma company to recruit Oklahoma workers? Are all the union carpenters in Oklahoma just jerks who can't make friends?

[Gaspar]

Did you catch the line in the story that, "The union also paid $341,000 to Midwest Drywall Co., of Wichita, Kan., for recruiting members."

That sounds very odd to me. The national union is paying an out-of-state carpentry business to recruit union members in Oklahoma?  Couldn't they pay an Oklahoma company to recruit Oklahoma workers? Are all the union carpenters in Oklahoma just jerks who can't make friends?

Perhaps they had to hire these "booger catchers" because the union carpenters in Oklahoma were so busy?  Isn't that a good sign?

They have so much work that they can't take time away from their busy schedule to protest work going to a competitor.  Irony?

I mean, there can really only be a small number reasons for hiring non-union "booger catchers":

1. Too busy working to protest.

2. Not enough work, but too lazy to protest.

3. Carpenters want to work and make money, union wants to protest and spend worker's money.

4. Union see's an opportunity during an economic downturn to exude a presence in a non-union state to build support.  Union chooses company out of a hat to harass.  Union has to grease palms with some serious money to get organizers motivated.  Organizers don't want to spend any real money on good protesters (college student mush-heads, local liberal orgs) so they hire homeless for the price of a bottle of wine and a Quizno's.

Remember who we're dealing with.  You know why I think it's #4? 

Do a news search (on the carpenter's union) and see the other non-union states it's happening in.

[wordherder]

Have these guys actually been protesting lately?  They've finally given up protesting in front of the Crowne Plaza the last two weeks I've walked past... then again, construction there has been finished for about a year or so.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Have these guys actually been protesting lately?  They've finally given up protesting in front of the Crowne Plaza the last two weeks I've walked past... then again, construction there has been finished for about a year or so.

They were out yelling at the mayo this afternoon and tooting a horn or something.

[Gaspar]

Just drove by Southern Hills.  They are sitting in the drainage ditch smoking cigarettes, with their sign leaning on the guard rail of the street.

I notice that the signs are made out of a PVC pipe frame.  I'm going to email the carpenter's union to make sure that they used approved union Pipe Fitters to build the signs.  I'll let you know what I find out.

[Gaspar]

I wish I had my camera today.  On my way back from lunch I passed by the Union Protester in front of Southern Hills. 

He is seated in a lawn chair, fast asleep, with his hand tied to the sign using a small piece of twine or something (because they have to be holding the signs, otherwise they are in violation of sign ordinances).  I gave a long honk (to show my support of course ) and he almost tumbled into the drainage ditch.

I think they have accomplished their goal.   Sleeping people protesting.  Excellent PR for union labor.

Way to go boys!

[custosnox]

I wish I had my camera today.  On my way back from lunch I passed by the Union Protester in front of Southern Hills. 

He is seated in a lawn chair, fast asleep, with his hand tied to the sign using a small piece of twine or something (because they have to be holding the signs, otherwise they are in violation of sign ordinances).  I gave a long honk (to show my support of course ) and he almost tumbled into the drainage ditch.

I think they have accomplished their goal.   Sleeping people protesting.  Excellent PR for union labor.

Way to go boys!

Now that is some funny S@#%