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Re: GBS made this up (Re: Conductor opened the wrong side) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Mar 22 20:35:05 2007, in response to Re: GBS made this up (Re: Conductor opened the wrong side), posted by Olog-hai on Thu Mar 22 15:37:45 2007. Ummm ... no ... he's showing PROPER "professionalism" very clearly. Motorpeople have an ENTIRELY different view of geese on the platform. They don't CARE where any of them want to go, many of them really want the OTHER train that runs on those rails. What motorpeople look for and care about SOLELY is whether or not one of that crowd is going to do a swan dive in front of their train or fall or get pushed in front or maybe one of them is going to try to put a brick through your windshield. After that, spotting the 8 or 10 marker and stopping where you're supposed to so that your partner is on the board. As motorpeople, all you see is a sea of humanity and PRAY that none of them will throw or end up under your train. And you go through this at EVERY station stop. :(You're showing a rather nasty bias there by expecting that transit professionals aren't going to be THOROUGHLY professional in the "performance of their official duties" and if their partner screws up that they WON'T bang them in. If you let your partner slide, you're JUST as guilty as they are of malfeasance. Professionals do it RIGHT, PERIOD. But bear in mind also that with today's "quiet" trains, the person up front can't tell which SIDE of the train opens and closes and they're not going to put the brake handle in full service and let go of the controller to check up on it. Once the train is stopped, there's things to check and you sit there waiting for your indication light to come on so you can go to the next stop and worry about the crowd THERE once again. IRT/O is obviously like MOST people on the railroad, there to do their job, to do it safely and go HOME instead of "downtown." Ain't no stabbing here, just people doing what they're PAID to do. |
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