I had a parcel to pick up this morning so I trotted down to the sorting office. Once there I discovered that today is the national strike action being taken by CWU workers. Not sure what to do, I dithered in the car for a minute, then I decided the best course was to ask one of the picketing workers, who told me that the pick up office was still open, and gave me a leaflet.

They didn't have the parcel anyway, probably (and it's just a guess here) because most of the workers are on strike. But here's the ethical conundrum for you: If workers were picketing Sainsbury's, I wouldn't go in there to do some shopping. Is it any different if I go to pick up a parcel (even if the parcel contains urgently needed presents for loved ones)? I mean, it's not as if I went in, donned a uniform and started delivering mail, but it's hardly in keeping with the notion of solidarity, now is it? The only plus side was that the guy behind the counter was clearly management, and looked uncomfortable in his current customer service role.
If it makes a difference I did give the thumbs up and say "good luck, mate". ETA: To the workers, obviously. Not the manager, he can fuck off. 
I'm not totally convinced there's an ethical problem here at all, but it does seem to contradict behaviour I'd display in other, similar, circumstances.

Anyway, enough ethical wrangling, here's some cracking birds:

217.23.238.16/birds

Just paste it into your browser and it should launch Media Player for you. It's a live stream from a school in County Durham, but I won't go into any more details as it's work-related.