Even the threat of a transit strike stinks

There was a threat of a transit strike for 12 midnight.  I commute from Queens to NJIT in Newark, NJ.  I take the subway to Penn Station and from there New Jersey Transit to Newark.  If there was a transit strike, I would have to drive across the Bronx to the George Washington Bridge and down to Newark.  Traffic would really be a nightmare.  Who needs the aggravation.  If there was a transit strike, I would take vacation time.  Even the threat of a strike creates anxiety.  When I woke up this morning, there was no settlement, but the trains were still running.  I decided not to go to work. I was just afraid that the union would commence a strike in the middle of the day leaving me stranded.  It turned out that the trains were running all day after all.  There is a threat of a strike now for Tuesday.  By being absent today, I missed a boring staff meeting.