Cricket fans have welcomed working from home during the Tube strike by celebrating the England team’s success at the Ashes.
Union action from 6.30pm on Wednesday night forced thousands of employees to work from home on Thursday.
But the strike – caused by a dispute over the implementation of 24-hour Tubes from September – had a silver lining for cricket fans, who took to social media to celebrate as they were able to kick back and enjoy the unusually exciting match.
Broad is on fire! Thank you #tubestrike and #tfl for allowing me to work from home! #Ashes2015
— niall haughey (@officialNiallo) August 6, 2015
Broad taking strike day literally! #Ashes2015 #tubestrike
— Mike (@Mikekelly88) August 6, 2015
Good day to be working from home.... #5 #ashes
— just euwen (@tehbus) August 6, 2015
working at home due to #tubestrike and now watching the #ashes...work productivity today will be NIL.
— Tara Sethi (@tarasethi) August 6, 2015
Cricket fans 'stuck at home working' because of the #tubestrike suddenly favour industrial action #ENGvAUS #ashes #thrashes
— Stephen Hull (@stephenbhull) August 6, 2015
Is there an Australian batting strike? #ashes #tubestrike #honestlyiamworking
— Chris Webb (@webbyyeah) August 6, 2015
Amazing day for a #tubestrike. Working from home listening to the #ashes
— Sam Brown (@sambrownblog) August 6, 2015
Dear @RMTunion thanks for keeping me at home on the day of the most amazing #ashes game (and for promoting #driverless trains) #tubestrike
— Simon Johnson (@simon_r_johnson) August 6, 2015
So, #tubestrike's worked out well for a few people, stuck at home... #ashes
— Matt Biggs (@PawnSacrifice) August 6, 2015
Stuart Broad took two Australian wickets in first over, delighting the crowd in Trent Bridge and those watching from home while ‘working’. England now lead the Ashes series 2-1, and could secure victory for the series in the Fourth Test.
Not that you need tell anyone #WorkingFromHome that.
What an amazingly timed tube strike @TfL Come on England! #ashes #tubestrike #iamactuallyworking
— Luke Tansley (@rams_luke) August 6, 2015
In fact, the only problem – as many on social media pointed out – was that tomorrow they would have to return to the office. We only hope their bosses don’t follow them on Twitter.
