Re: Countrylink Alcohol Problems

["Glen O'Riley" <glen.oriley@DESPAMlinx.iwarp.com>]

I lived in Taree till a month ago and at least once a week heard police
getting called to the station  on my scanner.



ROBERT SCHROEDER <bobschroeder@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
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> Non-alcohol carriages no longer exist on Countrylink XPT's (never did
> on Xpl's).
> Most problems with alcohol are caused by people joining train already
> tanked up and it then only takes a few more drinks for them to become
> a problem.
> Better to get rid of them early in the journey when it is easy to get
> police. After Maitland difficult to get any prior to Taree. Therefore
> better to have full strength beer as they take longer on light.
> Why should 99% of passengers be brought down to the lowest common
> denominator because of a few yobbos?
> Better to train staff to deal with alcohol problems and treat the
> majority as the decent people that they are.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 09 Jul 2000 03:55:30 GMT, usenet.spam@gunzel.net (Michael
> Kurkowski) wrote:
>
> >eikkert@my-deja.com wrote in <8k8p4n$5cp$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:
> >
>
> >
> >Countrylink also have a couple of cars (C and D??) where alcohol is not
> >allowed to be consumed. It would be nice if they offered the passengers a
> >choice of alcohol or non alchohol accomodation. As far as I go, I don't
> >drink alcohol much, so where possible I request seat C21 both ways. The
> >only downfall is the buffet is right in the middle of the alcohol
> >consumption exclusion zone, so you still occasionally have to cope with
the
> >alcoholic drongos making a nuisence of themselves, fully tanked, trying
to
> >walk through your non-alcohol car. This is not to say that all people
under
> >the influence are drongos of course, but there are the few, as mentioned
> >above that spoil it for all.
> >
> >Michael
>