Re: Drivers and guards to be sacked.

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

<signal_spotter@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8o22u0
>   "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote:
> > <signal_spotter@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8o1gg5

> > > Our company has a dress code and we stick to it because we want to
> and because we're proud of what we do.
> >
> > So are most train crews, despite managements efforts.
>
> How are management to blame for your pride (or lack of) in your job.

I was referring to management stuffing the railways.


> > > In the office it's smart casual ie
> > > polo shirt, trousers etc
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea for Drivers.
>
> But we don't get a uniform. I have to buy the clothes that I wear to
> work each day.

Join the railways, you'll get a free uniform.


> > . When we deal with clients it's business shirt
> > > and tie.
> >
> > Drivers don't deal with clients.
> >
>
> Every paying passenger that you haul around in your train is a client.

Again, Drivers don't deal with them.


> > >Now I could say to the boss, no I don't want to wear a tie, I
> > > want to look like a slob at a meeting but that will not only tarnish
> > > the company's image but personally mine as well.
> >
> > Drivers don't have meetings.
>
> But they do attend signal sighting meetings with us and other pertinent
> folks.


That's not part of a Driver's duties. Drivers, as such, don't have meetings.