She bought the tickets without knowing about the strike. We accepted the gift without knowing about the strike.
She’s a Republican and still wants to go and cross the picket line. She doesn’t care.
My wife understands my hesitancy, but says that it’s too late, and so we have to go regardless.
The kids are really looking forward to it.
I just feel so horrible. But I have to go with them.
What can I do to make amends?
The kids saw the strikers outside? May be a good teaching moment so something personally positive comes out of it.
So, there were about six strikers outside, two with signs. I let the family go through because I didn’t want to cause a scene with my in-laws, and I stayed back and talked with the strikers.
They recommended we go to the Pirate Adventure dinner theater instead, and I explained the situation, and said I would donate to the strike fund. We shook hands and I went and joined the family. The strikers seemed to understand the situation.
Apparently the scabs are from other non-union Medieval Times locations (trained etc.) so the show was a “normal” show.
But still, I couldn’t enjoy myself because the guilt just was too heavy.
Donating to the strike fund was a brilliant way of evening out the impact. You weren’t attending out of choice anyway but I hope your donation eases your conscience nonetheless.