Re: [Melbourne] W-class trams

["Mike Alexander" <malex@bigfoot.com>]

Point taken. Although I expressed my frustration to him more as "this is
what your company should do" rather than "this is what you should do".

One big difference between a "conductor" and station staff is that a connie
could at least ask the person to leave the vehicle if they refuse to buy a
ticket. Or ask the driver to not move the vehicle until the person got off.
I remember the old connies doing this, and the cries from fellow passengers
soon shamed the fare evader. I agree that the options for station staff are
much more limited.

But I agree, I though afterwards that he probably went home to his wife and
said "Jeez, you can't win, fine people and they hassle you, don't fine
people and they hassle you" :-)

But really, I wasn't agressive to him at all, but just let him know that I
was dissatisfied with "the system".


Regards,

Mike Alexander
(malex @ bigfoot com)



"Sam Eades" <seades@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Mike Alexander" <malex @ bigfoot com> wrote in message
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> > And all of them, without exceptions, got away with it, after a piss-weak
> > "you shouldn't really travel without a valid ticket" spiel.
> >
> > I ended up questioning the "connie" about it, told him I was pissed of
> with
> > subsidising these people, and he told me there was nothing they could do
> > about it, as they were only providing "Customer Service". I told him
that
> > they should start thinking about providing some "service" to the people
> who
> > are paying their way, and stop letting *obvious* fare evaders get away
> with
> > it.
>
> Oh, come on... give the poor fellow a break!! He probably already feels
> frustrated that he is not able to fine people for not having a valid
ticket,
> and then you come along and blast him for not doing what he is not allowed
> to do.
> As a station officer, I have the same problem. I see people travelling
> without valid tickets all the time, and the most I can do is tell them
that
> if they meet a ticket inspector they will get a fine.. We are supposed to
> provide a "Barrer Presence" when possible and ask for tickets. It is very
> frustrating when some low-life rubs it in your face that he/she doesn't
have
> one, or a passenger chastises you for the fact that you haven't "Booked"
> them. It makes you feel prostty horrible. Please, think twice before
telling
> someone how to do their job.
>
> Sam
>
>
>