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Posted by G1Ravage on Sun Dec 16 03:14:31 2007, in response to busted for moving between cars at Woodlawn......, posted by (4) Lexington Av Exp on Sat Dec 15 16:35:56 2007. As a conductor, it's annoying as hell when people try to cross between the cars at my position on trains with single cabs. The train operators never have to deal with this.When I'm standing outside my cab (as per regulations), people will throw the door open right behind me, not only startling me, but almost causing me to fall backwards as well. One time a person lost his balance after crossing into my car, and fell right into me. Can you say "Injury On Duty Form"? I don't like people (I don't know) hanging around me when I'm outside my cab. When the car is crowded, I'm permitted to stay inside my cab with the door closed, but it's too stuffy in there. When inside the cab, the BANGING sound of the storm door slamming shut echoes into the cab, because the upper latch of the door actually ENTERS the cab. A tall employee needs to keep his head away from that area! And boy is it LOUD. And you know how those doors can take a couple of bangs before they close for good. It's annoying as all hell to be trying to make a PA announcement, when all of a sudden someone walks between the cars, and the incessant banging drowns out my voice. And produces a headache. I make occassional announcements warning people not to cross between the cars. Some listen, and some don't. But the reactions to my presence is often hilarious and unexpected, as most people don't know just how much "power" I do or don't have. I'll be standing outside my cab. I see someone walking through the cars towards me from the distance. They stop outside the second car from my position, see me, and quickly duck away from the door. At the next station, they use the platform to enter my car. Walk to my end of the car, wait for the next station, and repeat. Then they resume the car crossing at the next station. In another scenario, they walk between the cars into my car, suddenly notice that I saw the whole thing, and quickly sit down at the nearest seat, and either stare at the ground, or, if an inner-city youth, bury their head under the three hoods that they wear so you can't see their face. Sometimes they walk right up to me, and stand there, pretending to be innocent. And then as soon as I enter my cab and close the cab door because we're about to stop at a station, I hear the all-to-familiar slamming of the storm doors. If the person in question doesn't look like the type who would kill me, I'll speak to them, and remind them that it's illegal. Sometimes it works, other times they feign ignorance, and other times they say they don't care, and they're in a hurry. I've discovered that women are more likely to ignore the rule and simply brush past me in their hurry to get to some other end of the train. I *have* had cops on my train (and sometimes in my car) pull people off and ticket them right then and there. They're usually not happy about it, but oh well. An inner-city male youth at Jamaica Center - Parsons Boulevard threw a HUUUUUGE fit over it, and was arrested as a result. The cops had to drag him up from the (J) platform kicking and screaming. And boy, did he have a mouth! Aspiring rap star, to be sure. His girlfriend was present also, and while she wasn't arrested, she was led out by hand, as she was screaming and carrying on, "That's my boyfriend!! What yoo doin' to him?? Yo, come on!! Stop it!!" So, for numerous reasons, it's incredibly annoying and somewhat hazardous for people to be trying to cross between cars at my position. I'd lock the two storm doors at my position, but that'd only make it more difficult for me to do my job. I believe we've had two deaths recently as a result of people riding between the cars. Fast moving train hits a curve, and that's all, folks. I understand that a lot of people don't like the rule, but for once, can people just accept that a rule has been passed for the well-being of EVERYONE, and just follow it? Like people follow the no-spitting rules, no feet on seat rules, no holding doors rules, no music-playing rules, no misusing the emergency exit rules.... |
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