Re: Drivers and guards to be sacked.

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"L & D" <daisyw@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor wrote:
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> > "L & D" <daisyw@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > Dave Proctor wrote:
> > >
> > > > "Tony Gatt" <baulko@tig.com.au> wrote in message
> > > > 8nog68$oeg$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au">news:8nog68$oeg$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au...
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> > > > > > Guards not wearing ties and Drivers with wrong shoes is not
costing
> > > > > > CityDerail any business. Failing to adequately train new Drivers
> > most
> > > > > > assuredly is.
> > > > >
> > > > > Convenient interupting of my paragraphs. Well done.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lets see how much incompetence is left after October 1.
> > > >
> > > > I presume this was from Tezza?
> > > >
> > > > Guards not wearing ties contributes to an image of slovenliness and
> > > > incompetence, thus driving people from the railways into their cars
> > >
> > > CRAP
> >
> > No it isn't - I now of two people who have said that they prefer not to
> > travel by train because the staff look like slobs, and if they aren't
> > prepared to look after their personal appearance, how can they be
expected
> > to look after other peoples safety? For myself, I look after my own
> > appearance first (before I leave home) and then go from there. Someone
who
> > is lacksadaisical in their own personal appearance will be
lacksadaiscial in
> > most things.
>
> Personnel appearance for a lot of workers in the same industries are
different
> all around Australia in all walks of life so how can you make a statement
like
> that? It might be all well for you, because you  may have time to look
after
> your appearance before leaving home but not every body has the time
available to
> them all the time.

Buit people who are supplied with a uniform, who refuse (or fail) to wear
that uniform is indicative of an overall culture of a failure to conform.

WRT the people who have indictaed their positions to me, it has basically
been along the lines of "They look like slobs, they can't even bother to
dress properly, how can they be trusted to handle a train properly." This is
from people who are not gunzels, who only use a train when they have to, so
if people like this are deterred from travelling by train when they have an
option, how are the railways supposed to turn themselves around and get the
off-peak patronage that they need to boost revenue?

> > > > (thus
> > > > reducing fare revenue and increasing taxpayer subsidy). Drivers with
> > wrong
> > > > shoes incurs WorkCover fines as well as increased premiums due to
> > increased
> > > > claims from workplace injuries - increased premiums and fines
results in
> > > > higher costs and thus, increased taxpayer subsidy.
> > > >
> > > > So why is Tezza complaining? He is, after all, concerned about
taxpayer
> > > > dollars being spent on appeals over unfair dismissal - if he is so
> > > > concerned, why isn't he concerned about these matters?
> >
> > Notice you did not address this point.
>
> Why should I

Because it was a valid (IMHO) point that you left in. If you thought it was
irrelevant, then you should have snipped it out.

Dave