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Offline Chris_

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Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« on: November 02, 2012, 01:27:14 PM »
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Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider

Angry residents pelted utility crews with eggs as they tried to restore power in Bridgeport, Conn., after the mayor claimed the local power company had "shortchanged" the state's largest city as it tries to recover from superstorm Sandy.

United Illuminating workers reported eggs and other objects being thrown at them a day after Mayor Bill Finch said the utility was taking care of wealthy suburbs while his constituents suffered. The unrest caused United Illuminating to pull its workers out until the city agreed to provide police protection.

"Citizens began throwing things at the crews," Michael West, a spokesman for United Illuminating, told FoxNews.com. "It started to get pretty hairy. They did not feel safe."

West said it started with verbal abuse and escalated.
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2012, 01:33:52 PM »
I knew a guy who used to be a telephone lineman.  He quit working in East L.A., when  someone tried to shoot at him while he was up on the pole. 
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2012, 01:36:45 PM »
Oh my God, Bridgeport is gawd-awful.  When I was job-seeking, all Bridgeport items were crossed off the list.  A deep blue hellhole.  And now they won't have power for even longer.  If ever.  People never think of consequences.  What happens in square 2?  Duh.  They get what they deserve.

I've lived through two natural disasters with aftermath like this.  Utility crews?  You treat them like old pals, hale well met.    
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2012, 01:45:24 PM »
Superstorm Sandy?

 :whatever:

I know hurricanes aren't a lot of fun but you can hardly call Sandy a "superstorm."

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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2012, 01:48:54 PM »
**** 'em, let 'em shiver.
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2012, 07:06:52 AM »
I guess the folks there never figured out the old Navy adage of never ****ing with the corpsman, the cook, or the pay clerk.

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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2012, 09:15:47 AM »
I guess the situation... egg-scalated into a bigger problem
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2012, 09:22:06 AM »
The idiot has tweeted "Please be kind to to the United Illuminated workers"
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2012, 10:41:30 AM »
Libs say conservatives should not be allowed to use government services during crises.

Libs should refrain from anything produced or provided by the private sector.
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2012, 11:56:27 AM »
A dog will bite the hand that feeds it, too. Oh, wait. Is that a racist comment? </snark>
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Re: Utility workers pelted with eggs after Bridgeport, Conn. mayor blasts provider
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2012, 12:01:39 PM »
So these people are throwing FOOD at people trying to turn their ELECTRICITY back on?  They can't be that starved...
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