Re: Is this the start of something?

[facetious@my-deja.com]

In article <37BBBD7B.9A4B1A23@efs.mq.edu.au>,
  Eddie Oliver <eoliver@efs.mq.edu.au> wrote:
> On a Sydney - Newcastle interurban this afternoon 19/8, the guard gave
> the usual stations-to-be-stopped-at announcement after departure from
> Strathfield, then warned people against smoking, and finally said
>
> "If any passengers desire any assistance during the journey, the guard
> is located at the rear of the train."
>
> There were expressions of astonishment from many passengers in the
> carriage I was in, with declarations that they had never previously
> heard an announcement in which a guard offered assistance and stated
his
> location.
>
> Is this the start of something new? Is it
>
> (a) a new policy
> (b) a personal initiative by this guard
> (c) something which is supposed to be done but is not normally done
> (d) none of the above?

The RTBU is recommending that guards do it so that the public knows what
a guard is when the governement tries to sack them all in 2003.


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