Re: gaurds suck? drivers suck? nope...its Cityrail station staff that do!

["JoeC" <jcostello@ozemail.com.au>]

ahhhhhh.............David has returned.

Good to see your back to get what is rightfully yours.

Sic him gents.

Joe
"David Mayall" <davidmayall@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What the hell wood you know Anita?
>
> "Anita Lukaszyk" <neety@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
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> > Santosh Bhat wrote:
> >
> > > <begin gripe>
> > >
> > > Ok from a passenger or customer point of view, I think its the
Cityrail
> > > station staff that are giving the railways a bad reputation.
> >
> > Generally, yes.
> >
> > > But, as for station staff! They don't know their trains, they don't
know
> > > their stations,
> >
> > I know my trains, I know the stations.
> >
> > > they don't know how much to even charge!
> >
> > A lot of station staff don't actually sell the tickets, and therefore
> > would not have any idea what the prices are.
> >
> > > I was attending
> > > the cricket final at the SCG - a simple request to the staff at my
local
> > > station "Is there a combined ticket to the SCG?" reply: "where's
that?".
> > > Do they go out of their way to hire and then train complete idiots?
> >
> > Not everyone is familiar with abbreviations.
> >
> > > Another recent experience highlights the uselessness of station staff.
> > > Three staff members sitting by the ticket gates, directing passengers
to
> > > use the open wide gate rather than bother to push their electronic
> > > tickets in. Why bother buying a ticket at all when they actually WANT
> > > you to not show a ticket?
> >
> > Central Station? :)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Anita Lukaszyk
> > neety@iprimus.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~neety
>
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