workextra wrote:KRO52, that's the socialist-liberal movement desecrating the experiment called the United States.
They're on their to beginning a new American civil war.
And I'm not feeling for the commuters, Long Island is a bees hive of complaining, self richous, entitled cry babies.
But, that said. The average Joe blow commuter is getting screwed. Service does fail them, one cloud in the sky and the place shuts down. The poor management due to lack of institutional knowledge, and political interference where it does not belong. Has wreaked havoc in the LIRR. The commuters in addition to the front line employees see it.
But the employees have been brain washed with greed and politics and won't step up due to fear, the commuters are the only one they even pretend to listen to. Then say we can do it.
Seriously there is a huge problem here. And the problem is not the commuters protesting the carrier and or the MTA.
Any employee here truely knows the facts, some do the best they can, but can only go so far when the problem is well above them.
Then other delays are just to be expected. Such as weather and storm or act of God circumstances.
As for the snow storm. You Promiss much less then you actually deliver. Had the LIRR done that they would have fared much better in the eyes of the commuters
Just the fact.
Agreed here. Some folks have legitimate complaints, but others are just spoiled. On the LIRR's Facebook I notice the most vocal group of complainers are from the Babylon Branch and often whine everytime one of their three stop flyers gets combined with the Freeport Flyers which they have to wait a full 5 minutes later for. They complain a train is packed if there are people standing (those 3 stop flyers usually dont have many standees at all). They complain if the train is too hot, too cold, or if people from other towns are parking at
their station. This is the same crowd that left a train on their own a couple of summers ago when it stopped about 100 feet east of Bellmore.
Meanwhile folks on other branches who have their trains cancelled when there is a problem can wait 20-30 minutes for the next train, such as on the Huntington or Ronkonkoma branches, which are much more crowded in general. These Babylon folks get the best service, but they certainly don't deserve it. They got two of their stations remodeled (Massapequa & Seaford) while a third will start soon (Wantagh), all the while Hicksville's platforms are literally falling apart and no work done yet at all, despite probably getting more passengers than those 3 Babylon Branch stations combined.
I don't have a canopy to keep myself dry at Westbury, not even security cameras, or a train every 5-10 min in rush hour. Frequent delays due to aging infrastructure, cars on the tracks, flooding after rain.. Legitimate things to complain about, especially when service goes south and you're standing out there in the elements (or try to squeeze in a packed waiting room). I grew up in Wantagh, back in the 80s and 90s, it's a much different area now full of entitled business ppl from Wall Street with such an attitude about everything. I'm sure the crew of their trains probably don't get paid enough for dealing with these ppl.
Whenever there is a problem, people always seem to take it out on the first face they see, a train crew member. But the blame lies at the top, LIRR's top management. Yet whenever there is a public hearing about fare hikes or service changes, there is rarely a crowd. Lets see if the "wedeservebetter" crowd shows up at the next one...I doubt it.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
— Benjamin Franklin