One Strike And They're Out

As I was walking from my car to the office, I noticed a small group of young people walking the same direction I was. Knowing that one of the companies I work for deal in promotions, I payed no mind and wrote it off as bunch of teenagers looking to score a job with them. But I was puzzled when I saw them entering the offices of our neighbors, the arquitects. Again, I dismissed my curiosity and went straight to clock in for the day.

An hour or so later, a contractor working for our department mentioned he saw a strike going in in front of our offices. Curiosity struck again and I hurried down to see what the ruckus was all about. Indeed there were twenty or so people, most of them the same I saw during the morning, rallied in front... protesting! And to make things worse, the various news stations, TV as well as radio, were covering the spontaneous event, fueling the fire of this whole mess; even the police came!

In summary, students from the University of Puerto Rico are still cranky about the raise in tuition and are looking for any means to make themselves seen or heard at the cost of other's productivity. There's a saying which I believe it's in spanish so I'll try to translate: "The rights of one person end where another's begin." If they want to protest, fine, but don't get in the way of other's who have nothing to do with your plight.

I'm just yammering away at what I saw happen today and how we as puerto ricans fall prey to the drama.