Well to our shame I guess France wins the Selfishness at Christmas Award. 3000 people became stranded in Marseille when their planes were diverted here due to snow in Paris. After two nights in hotels, paid for by Air France, the snow cleared up in Paris and everyone headed to the airport.
I got involved in this as two sons of friends were on their way to Kiev from LA and were diverted to Marseille, about the only airport in France still open. They spent two nights here before they contacted us. They were in line to go through security when an announcement informed them that all the security people had gone on strike and the airport was closed.
A number of planes that had landed took off empty as no passengers were allowed to board without having passed through security. The planes had to continue to make other connections. The state police were called out and tear gassed some of the frustrated travelers. I imagine after waiting two days for the weather to clear up and being told that now the security people were striking was just too much.
On the news even the French were upset, but admitted that the workers did have 'the right' to strike. In France, the right to strike is an 'unalienable human right'. Just as being selfish and egotistical is a part of the unredeemed human condition.
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