Greece on Strike

You may or may not be aware of the strange way the people of Greece are protesting. They have rolling strikes by those that provide services to the country. One day the metro workers, the next might be the antiquity workers, next might be the airport workers, etc. 

I can understand their frustration of no longer being in control of their economy; it really sucks. The European Union has a base made from rich or advanced product based countries like France and Germany. Greece has a lot going for it but it is simply not of the same development. Being in the EU, they cannot correctly value their money and to me, a non economist, non bank guru, it seems really stupid for them to try to keep up with the Jones' so to speak.

So out of frustration, the people are reverting to rolling strikes and using (or abusing) any power they may have. Point in case, @Delta flight 133 Athens to JFK on 13 October 2011 was supposed to leave at 1120; a mechanical failure delayed the flight 6 hours... While sitting in the airport lounge, I noticed each departing flight was delayed somewhere around 4 hours due to "air traffic control restrictions". After waiting 6 hours one would think we paid our Greek dues; but, no! The air traffic controller needed to have our last farewell with an additional 3+ hour delay. Needless to say some moronic passengers raised hell instead of rolling with the flow. One guy got out his mandolin and entertained... What a trooper he was and it was excellent music too.

Back to my riff with Greece... Rolling strikes that must be advertised a minimum of 24 hours in advance and only last a day really won't do too much for your cause. You need to revamp your government; but then, who doesn't need that advice... I think all the governments around the world could use a revamp.

When you mess with the people that bring tourism monies into your country, you get bad mouthed like I'm doing now. I would suggest replacing your government (we need to do the same). And get hell out of the socialistic EU economy, be your own country!

@greece, @greek, ATH