Re: Bad attitude

[Neil D B <anb727@hotmail.com>]

In article <8yLh4.7036$3b6.34533@ozemail.com.au>,
  "Garry Hoddinett" <hoddos@netspace.net.au> wrote:
>
> David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
> 388710CD.AC9872EF@ozemail.com.au">news:388710CD.AC9872EF@ozemail.com.au...
> >
> > "Passengers are not to talk to the driver.  Guards will give any
> information."
> > That is the sticker on the driver's door.  At least he answered
your first
> > question.
> >
> If you want to be pedantic about it - I was not a passenger.  I take
it you
> are inferring that it is perfectly satisfactory if the guard didn't
pick up
> on the incorrect station indicators (and I've seen this) and the
driver
> did - for the train to continue on its merry way inconveniencing many
people
> when they found the train didn't stop at the stations they were
expecting?
> I'm sure the inconvenienced passengers would have a different
perspective on
> the matter.  You seem to miss the point - it was just a simple matter
for
> the driver to contact the guard to say "are those platform indicators
> right?" - yet he wasn't prepared to do that.  A simple action that
could
> have averted inconveniencing a number of people.  I've seen train
driver's
> give a short blast on their horn to warn station staff as they have
passed
> incorrect platform indicators.  That is probably not in the rule book
but it
> is doing the right thing for CityRail's customers.  I think the
majority of
> CityRail's drivers would have done the right thing by their
passengers -
> this was just one mean spirited driver.
>
>
 Drivers are not paid danger money to deal with the public. I believe
guards are. Correct me if Im wrong.
--
CityRail driver, and big fan of HO and 5", 71/4" guage trains.
My opinions are from myself and I do not represent any company, person,
animal, object.


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