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Re: [Melb] Announcements heard



"Andy B (Temporary)" <laurelb@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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| OgO <quentisl@leaves.qjc.cjb.net> wrote in message

| The other day, coming home on Frankston line:
|
| "To the guy in the red shirt in the fourth carriage, WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP
| BREAKING THE WINDOWS. THOSE WINDOWS ARE WORTH 3 AND A HALF THOUSAND
DOLLARS
| *EACH*."
|
| <3 second pause>
|
| "You know passengers, window vandalism alone costs $800,000 a month in
| taxpayers money.  Taxpayers pay for the windows, not the private
companies.
| The vandal this time is in the red shirt, in the fourth carriage.  I
suggest
| everyone in the fourth carriage look at the guy in the red shirt, and you
| can see what type of people vandalise the trains, and the damage they
cause
| that YOU are paying for."

Why the hell are taxpayers paying for damage to a privately owned train?