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Re: Charming Conductor and unpreparted passengeHow the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters |
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Posted by Howard Fein on Fri Jan 11 09:30:24 2008, in response to Re: Charming Conductor and unpreparted passengeHow the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by RonInBayside on Thu Jan 10 11:28:58 2008. Funny, but the actions of this conducturess sound identical to tactics imposed by similarly attractive female passengers on male conductors, when offering excuses as to why they not buy their tickets prior to boarding the train."Oh, the machine wasn't working." "Oh, I had trouble getting a space." "Oh, the line at the machine/convenience store was long." "Oh, my ride got me to the station too late." "Oh, I didn't know about the penalty." "Oh, I didn't know there was a machine." This is usually accompanied by shrugging, winsome smiling, batting of eyes and hair-tossing. And from my observations, it always results in the conductor NOT imposing the penalty but a mild admonition: "Well, I'm supposed to charge extra, but if it's just this once-" These tactics also seem to work for 'forgotten' monthlies. And if she's backtracking because she missed her station in a different zone (inattentiveness, having boarded express in error) but doesn't want to pay for the ticket from Babylon to Massapequa. What's surprising about your anecdote is that both male AND female conductors will cut female passengers slack. Male conductors might have be flirted into submission; female conductors might do so out of solidarity. But when is a MALE passenger ever cut slack? |
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