Today while listening to the radio, I heard number 48 call downtown Commuter opporations and tell him that "we're stopped at Geneva, we've got like 70 people going around the gates...I guess there were no announcements made...I tried to call the station agent but she didn't answer." Sadly, this isn't anything new. From what I am told people go around the gates there all the time. They have all trains call the Geneva ticket agent when the station is staffed, to inform the agent about what track they are coming on so the agent can make announcements for passengers. In instances like today, though, it sounded as though the crew of number 48 let these, for lack of a better word, "people" on the train, even though they ran the gates.
My philosophy on that is: if you do something unsafe around the train and the engineer or conductor sees you at it, no ride! No ifs, ands, or buts about it! Who cares if a whole group of people did it, and if announcements weren't made. By letting those people on the train they are reinforcing the message that doing that is "okay".
My philosophy on that is: if you do something unsafe around the train and the engineer or conductor sees you at it, no ride! No ifs, ands, or buts about it! Who cares if a whole group of people did it, and if announcements weren't made. By letting those people on the train they are reinforcing the message that doing that is "okay".