Re: XPT Whinge,(cont)

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

David Penna wrote:

>  but I don't know how many times I've seen poor shop
> attendants/flight attendants/waiters/bank tellers/etc etc "grin and bear
> it" when faced by all sorts of complete wankers who have nothing better
> to do than be disruptive and/or abusive.  Why should railway staff be
> any different?

Because we tend to have a lower class of wanker than most.  I would bet that
most people on this newsgroup would not know of Charlie Harris, but there was an
article on him in Ken Date's last Railway Digest.  I saw him running for my
train tonight, so I closed the doors and left.

> In fact the sort of abuse that bank tellers have to put up with these
> days seems to far exceed (except for the odd drunk&disorderly) anything
> I've seen on a train.

Catch the 01:55 from Bondi Junction to Cronulla, and see what you think of them.

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David Johnson
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