Re: Violence on Sydney trains

[Santosh Bhat <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au>]

Yes the gaurds are a bit of a Joke. I mean i've been told that if i am
ever questioned by them and they ask for details, i can safely say "Papa
Smurf", and as they cant search me, when asked for proof of
identification that im Papa Smurf, i can claim i left it in my mushroom.

	And i do use the trains at odd hours occasionally (the university
social life is to blame for that). And i've never been in any dangerous
situation, I think Mr Carr standing in the mist at Granville station is
a bit of a scare though.

David Johnson wrote:
> 
> Santosh Bhat wrote:
> 
> > Interesting point that,Why are about 80~90% of the Chubb security gaurds
> > of Indian origin, maybe not now, but when they were first introduced. As
> > these "security" gaurds dont seem to be able to do much, other than
> > prance about trains threatening people with their pens to behave, i
> > doubt there was a need for a level of qualification not avialable in
> > Australia but for a few.
> >
> 
> They are basically there to provide an image.  Sydney trains are not nearly as
> unsafe as the media makes out, but having the Security Guards on board makes
> people feel safe.  When it comes to the crunch, the Security Guards rarely do
> anything to help.  I have found the anglo-saxon Security Guards are more willing
> to help when trouble arises than the Indian ones.
> 
> >         Surely there are unemployed people already in Sydney who would be able
> > to stay up the late hours to walk up and down two carriages. And im not
> > being racist, i am an Australian-Indian myself.
> 
> --
> David Johnson
> CityRail Guard
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