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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Tue Jul 17 21:32:07 2012, in response to Re: MTA Metro-North Railroad To Test Smartphone Ticketing This Summer, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Sat Jul 14 10:31:11 2012. "But I guess in some ways we should only blame ourselves, us the transit/rail folks!! Had the vast number of screw-ups among us been doing our jobs properly ALL THE TIME (i.e., not sleeping, not operating while heavily distracted, being more diligent to duty, etc.), agencies and companies would not have undertaken looking for technology to do what we, as humans and railroaders/transit pros, should be doing properly. :-("I know not all railroad employees are bad, but it doesn't take too many to foul it up for the good guys. And much of the job is essentially simple; it's just a matter of going and doing it. Last night on the LIRR the ticket collector punched out both the E and W on my ten-trip west of Jamaica, so I figured he was done with me and wouldn't bother me again. He came along later after Jamaica and I said, "you got me." He said, "we check them again after Jamaica." I had to bite my tongue or else I probably would have been thrown off the train. I've been riding the LIRR for fifteen years-- I know full well that he's supposed to check after Jamaica, but why on Earth did he punch both the E and W west of Jamaica? Why did he have to improvise or be creative? It's a simple job-- just do it the way the book says and no one will get upset. It's these guys that make the suits long for automated fare collection. And the diligent, conscientious collectors who just diid their jobs the way they were supposed to get laid off along with all the rest... |
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