Re: Violence on Sydney trains

["John" <johnst@aics.net.au>]

Hi,
If anyone has any problems with security guards go and see the Train Guard
who will put a report in to Cityrail Protective Services who push the matter
with Chubb. In fact, if there are any problems on the train at all the Train
Guard should be contacted first. At least they can ask for tickets before
asking people to leave the train.

John.

Santosh Bhat <santosh@student.unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
3771D902.DEE34276@student.unsw.edu.au">news:3771D902.DEE34276@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
> > trainman@ozemail.com.au
> > http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/