Strike during interviews in NYC?

[grunermann]

Hey gang,

I'm in NYC right now visiting with my parents. I am supposed to be staying on 110th st and have an interview at SUNY downstate on the 20th. I am sooo worried about this subway strike. Does anyone want to get a hotel room closer in midtown/downtown or have a space available or any suggestions? I am at a loss for what to do.

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[Orange Julius]

Don't worry about it. They threaten it every time there's a contract negotiation. It never happens.

 

[BklynWill]

you might want to make an appt with a local car service just in case.

 

[ExtraCrispy]

If you go to http://mta.nyc.ny.us, they outline a contingency plan, mostly Metro North trains & a few buses in Brooklyn (which should help you for Downstate).

Since you're also down by Columbia's campus, go to www.columbia.edu - they've set up a series of shuttle buses to help people commute to and from Morningside.

 

[kassie]

I can't believe there was actually a strike on the day of your interview - how did it go?

 

[cyanocobalamin]

Don't worry about it. They threaten it every time there's a contract negotiation. It never happens.

How I wish this were always true.

 

[DeLaughterDO]

I don't think public transportation workers should be allowed to strike. Physicians are not allowed to - how is public transport any less important?

 

[grunermann]

I can't believe there was actually a strike on the day of your interview - how did it go?

If only the interview happened. They cancelled it (I emailed many days in advance about a contingency plan; this is what they came up with). They had the nerve to call at 10:30 this morning and said I could still come interview if I wanted. Maintaining decorum and propriety was rather difficult at that point but I managed. I figured that any place where the PD wouldn't even call and say, 'sorry' was no place me.

 

[3dtp]

I don't think public transportation workers should be allowed to strike. Physicians are not allowed to - how is public transport any less important?

They aren't. Neither are teachers. They do.

 

[rugtrousers]

I actually had an interview in Manhattan today - everyone showed up. I had to walk 35 blocks from Grand Central to get there. Yikes.

 

[orientedtoself]

I actually had an interview in Manhattan today - everyone showed up. I had to walk 35 blocks from Grand Central to get there. Yikes.

That's a good hike in a suit. I'm assuming all of the cabs are tied up?

 

[rugtrousers]

The cabs were hard to get. They can refuse you if you're not going where they had planned to go, they can stop to pick up as many as 3 more passengers, and it's a minimum $10 for a ride ($5 extra for each "zone" crossed). The walk downtown was fine, but I took a cab to get back (it was cold and dark).