Business Hurt by Transit Strike?The Metropolitan Transportation Authority strike created major headaches for people who rely on public transit to get to work, and it also proved disruptive disruptive /dis·rup·tive/ (-tiv) 1. bursting apart; rending. 2. causing confusion or disorder. to many employers. So the Business Journal asks: Did the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. strike have an impact on your business? Tom Hardaway Hardaway may refer to: People
Chief Executive H&B Manufacturing We have been really flexible with our employees because of the strike. A good number of them take the bus to work and they have had to take taxis taxis (tăk`sĭs), movement of animals either toward or away from a stimulus, such as light (phototaxis), heat (thermotaxis), chemicals (chemotaxis), gravity (geotaxis), and touch (thigmotaxis). or find other means of transportation. We understand if they are late to work. It makes life very difficult for people when they can't get around. Even for those who do have cars, traffic is heavier and it is causing problems for them, too. We just hope this gets resolved very soon. Manuel Manuel may refer to:
Manager Senor Pancho's It hasn't really affected our employees as much as it has affected our customers. Most of our employees have cars or they walk. But we are located near a bus stop and we rely on those people to come and get coffee or breakfast on their way to work. We have lost a significant portion of our customers because of the strike. I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what we will do if this doesn't end soon. Lee Kim Owner Premeire Clothing Co. Since we are right downtown, a lot of our business comes from people who ride the bus. When the buses aren't running, people don't bother to find some other way to get here, I guess. It has really hurt us this week. You look out at the street and it doesn't even seem like L.A. Anthony Robinson Owner Robinson's Cleaners This has really impacted our business. We are near a bus stop and a number of our customers drop off their cleaning on the way to work and pick it up on their way home. With the buses not running, we don't have those customers. We are doing less than half of our normal amount of business. Hopefully this will end soon and our customers will come back. We need them to come back. Ricardo Salazar Owner Western Cards & Gifts It is unbelievable. Business has been so slow this week. I would say that we are probably doing about half of the business that we usually do. The buses generate a lot of business for us and without that, the streets are deserted. Also, many of our staff members usually take the bus and they are being forced to find other ways to get here. There has been a lot of shift switching and we are just in general chaos General Chaos is a 1994 video game developed by Game Refuge Inc. and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis. General Chaos is a satircal arcade/strategy game. right now. I had no idea the strike would affect us so much. Kevin W. Shultz Managing Director The Seidler Cos. The strike has not affected me at all because my hours are so long that I go in early and stay late, so I miss all of the extra traffic. Linda Marcos Manager A Petite Boutique Boutique A small investment firm specializing in offering specific, but limited services to a select number of individuals. Notes: These investment firms are the alternatives to large financial supermarkets. They provide a highly personalized environment for investing. It has not really affected our business, but it has taken me twice as long to get to work in the morning. I commute TO COMMUTE. To substitute one punishment in the place of another. For example, if a man be sentenced to be hung, the executive may, in some states, commute his punishment to that of imprisonment. from the Valley and it is just a nightmare this week. All of the other employees live nearby, so it hasn't been that bad for them. Most of our customers are regulars and they are still coming in, so we haven't really seen much impact from the strike. I am just looking forward to less cars on the freeway |
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