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One Red Line conductor gets props for honesty
By adamg on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 9:29am
James O'Leary is on a Red Line train just sitting on the tracks due to a dead train between Broadway and South Station. He tweets the conductor just announced:
Sometimes you can't help but be late when you ride the T.
Meanwhile, Stacy McNary, who is actually on the dead train, tweets:
Waiting for another T to come push us to South Station (from broadway). Stuck in tunnel going on 15 mins.
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The conductor told everyone
The conductor told everyone that once the train gets to South Station and is out of service, it would be better to walk rather then wait for another one. I enjoy the honesty, though the platform was completely packed.
I wish they would have told us.
I got to the Park St platform at 9:10am and there was a decent amount of people waiting. We didn't hear anything for over 15 minutes, when they decided to tell us that we were going to experience delays due to a disabled train at South Station. Every few minutes they'd reassure us that the disabled train was about to come through and there was plenty of service behind it. The disabled train didn't come until after 9:40am. I couldn't get on a train until 9:50am. I could have easily walked to Kendall by then. That's 40 minutes I can't get back, but at least I got to know a stranger as I waited...
You should bring a book or
You should bring a book or something else to do so that wait time isn't waste time.
Poor T customer communication
Agree. The lack of information for so long was inexcusable.
Agreed.
I was on the train that had to push the disabled one, too. I gladly took the conductor's advice and schlepped up to Government Center. What a painful commute.
Yesterday I got a Red Line
Yesterday I got a Red Line conductor who spent more time on the PA than not, repeatedly telling us to not forget long lists of items, and that we should have a 5-star day. Multiple times per stop.
Enthusiasm is nice, but so's peace and quiet, especially early in the morning.
i had this guy for my morning
i had this guy for my morning commute.
i found him to be a welcome change to the usual sounds of rustling and gibberish over the speakers.
In addition to "have a 5-star day", he would sometimes go with "have an all-star day" and "have a blessed day".
Favorite part was, amongst the long list of things not to forget, "don't forget your pet snake".
"Have a 5 star day and don't let anyone bring you down "
I thought this conductor was great. It a change from riding with mute conductors and the miserable people who just want to walk though you into the train. His little announcements surprised and amused everyone. It was nice to hear strangers talk to each other rather than be rude and miserable. I say thumbs up!