tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post843553249579764124..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: The Asshole and the Conductorjoehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-831943596926019662017-04-29T17:30:05.578-04:002017-04-29T17:30:05.578-04:00All this for $3.75? I think even Walmart has a rul...All this for $3.75? I think even Walmart has a rule about not pursuing shoplifters if you steal something below a certain value (like $10 or $5...can't remember).Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-3683240768069284722017-04-20T09:09:41.134-04:002017-04-20T09:09:41.134-04:00i think conductor would have thought another way t...i think conductor would have thought another way to stop him only not all the others because of him .they both were......<br /><br />when i was married newly in early nineties we too had no cell phone there and had often fights when hubby was out and quite late for home .technology helped alot [may be] bailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498012175058870980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-69613755505280599402017-04-19T20:14:41.979-04:002017-04-19T20:14:41.979-04:00I agree completely!!I agree completely!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-70671845878003646542017-04-19T20:00:35.136-04:002017-04-19T20:00:35.136-04:00I agree with him not being allowed off the train, ...I agree with him not being allowed off the train, I agree he needed to spend some time "visiting" with transit police, and I agree with him getting home about 8 hours late. But I do NOT agree with holding the entire train hostage. Seems to me you were all being "held against your will" and might have had some legal recourse, or at least some compensation.Lowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-38688277049736707782017-04-19T19:28:47.589-04:002017-04-19T19:28:47.589-04:00It's bad enough he wouldn't pay, it's ...It's bad enough he wouldn't pay, it's worse the conductor decided to handle it this way.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-3883961496675690352017-04-19T17:53:17.301-04:002017-04-19T17:53:17.301-04:00Well...after teaching for 28 years, I am familiar ...Well...after teaching for 28 years, I am familiar with the concept of the many suffering for the actions of the one. Not that I agree with it, of course. Policy is policy.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-87951343224028192612017-04-19T11:03:23.945-04:002017-04-19T11:03:23.945-04:00The train management should have had a better solu...The train management should have had a better solution for rule breakers, holding up the train for one person is ridiculous.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-35782438394717872052017-04-19T10:44:53.056-04:002017-04-19T10:44:53.056-04:00I was with the conductor till it turned out he did...I was with the conductor till it turned out he didn't have a quick solution. There were other options but it got to be a peeing contest.Sorry about that. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-37266502993672226772017-04-19T10:05:34.625-04:002017-04-19T10:05:34.625-04:00He could have refused that jerk but let others off...He could have refused that jerk but let others off the train, and taken him all the way to Trenton, or waited until he got his identification and had a summons issued later or crap anything! Plus he could have handled it with a bit more diplomaacy and avoided the confrontation altogether. I understand your point, and you are welcome to it, but the problem is these conductors and sometimes flight attendants are given power, but they are not well trained on how and when to use it. These conductors are not brain surgeons. Some are nice people, they are reasonably intelligent, but they have no training commensurate with the power they are given on the trainjoehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-10068191776576679932017-04-19T09:22:13.736-04:002017-04-19T09:22:13.736-04:00I'm kind of on the conductors side this time J...I'm kind of on the conductors side this time Joeh...sorry about that....I'm willing to bet that particular customer and everyone else on that car learned a serious lesson that day. It doesn't seem fair that others have to share a punishment but sometimes that is the very best way to teach the lesson. If that conductor had backed down his authority would have been in question from that day forward. Again, sorry to disagree with you but there it is....freedom of speech lol.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-44157156683602311532017-04-19T09:20:02.347-04:002017-04-19T09:20:02.347-04:00Everyone does get punished because of the asshole....Everyone does get punished because of the asshole. There are too many assholes anymore. I would not have been happy either.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-86494877835171229322017-04-19T08:48:00.364-04:002017-04-19T08:48:00.364-04:00It often seems that everyone gets punished because...It often seems that everyone gets punished because of the actions of a few.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-44741501775677822622017-04-19T08:31:48.938-04:002017-04-19T08:31:48.938-04:00Yes! Plus all the trains behind us had to wait.Yes! Plus all the trains behind us had to wait.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-26405134769424351272017-04-19T07:32:49.141-04:002017-04-19T07:32:49.141-04:00You mean to tell me no one could get off the train...You mean to tell me no one could get off the train? I find that absolutely asinine for a 'crime' of a few dollars. Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-12085360444100338612017-04-19T04:55:42.254-04:002017-04-19T04:55:42.254-04:00I've got some sympathy with the conductor but ...I've got some sympathy with the conductor but then, I wasn't on that train ;-)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402703967636964187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-49575499900997924652017-04-19T04:20:00.770-04:002017-04-19T04:20:00.770-04:00It's the domino effect.
Your ticket rules are...It's the domino effect. <br />Your ticket rules are similar to ours, what's so hard that people don't understand them? surely people can't be...sigh, yes they can.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-21974152075367362212017-04-19T00:59:07.482-04:002017-04-19T00:59:07.482-04:00I think I'd be miffed if I had to wait for for...I think I'd be miffed if I had to wait for for two guys to play their little gameBelvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01402558570483074059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-66862582106868475012017-04-19T00:27:38.332-04:002017-04-19T00:27:38.332-04:00This would have definitely "pissed" me o...This would have definitely "pissed" me off. I would have offered to pay the money myself just to get off the train. It would not have pleased me that the conductor was not willing to consider any such thing like this and basically held the whole train hostage. There may have been a letter I would have written to voice my complaint to those higher up in the hierachy.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-5944743292747846622017-04-18T22:21:04.887-04:002017-04-18T22:21:04.887-04:00I actually think I'm with the conductor on thi...I actually think I'm with the conductor on this one. Except you gut should have take your frustration out like the passengers on the comedy Airplane.Rick Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005727239466916086noreply@blogger.com