my public transport gripe
As a consequence of going out with the talking head of the PTUA, I am increasingly being drawn into conversations about other people’s public transport gripes – even when he is not present.
Increases in ticket costs – whinge, whine, whinge. (Hey, you should pass that on to Daniel, Marita).
No conductors/poor behaviour on the part of ticket inspectors – whinge, whine, whinge. (Hey, you should pass that on to Daniel, Marita).
Lack of services in the western suburbs as compared to the eastern suburbs. Whinge, whine, whinge. (Hey, you should pass that on to Daniel, Marita).
etc
Etc
ETC.
If I spent all my time passing on messages then I’d basically spend ALL my time moaning about the inefficiencies of the system.
That’s not the only thing we talk about!
Ok, so that’s MY public transport gripe off my chest. (For the moment at least.)
If you think that’s bad, you should try BEING the talking head of the PTUA!
Yesterday as a colleague and I caught a tram down Collins Street to a meeting, she was trying to help a bewildered tourist validate his ticket. Neither of them could figure it out. Says she loudly “You know, you should really complain to the Public Transport Users Association about that”.
I was muttering under my breath, and sprinting out of sight to the other end of the tram.
February 11th, 2004 at 9:29 pmOh, good, you’ve reminded me. I really hate how people don’t move down in the tram / train carriages unless prodded with a stick, it doesn’t matter how much the driver / boarding passengers ask. Could you get Daniel to fix that too? Ta. 🙂
February 12th, 2004 at 2:24 pmKathy, your attention is drawn to
February 12th, 2004 at 2:45 pmhttp://www.danielbowen.com/2004/01/19/21 🙂
And hey, carrying a stick might not be a bad idea…
And what about those dudes who sleep on the trains? I had one of those this morning, people were beginning to think the guy was DEAD… until he actually moved, snorted, farted and then rolled over for another snooze.
February 12th, 2004 at 4:28 pm