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To: tejek who wrote (467859)	3/31/2009 11:34:37 PM
From: Joe NYC	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 1574539

Ted, And you know that how? As a rider of MTA, how are you able to ascertain that its the workers' fault; that its anybody's fault? How did you come to that conclusion? You have to be blind not to see lack of productivity, waste. If there are people doing nothing, it is not a management decision, it is a labor union forced rule that was written into contract. Take any train. It has a driver doing nothing while the train is in motion and the guy who opens door, who does nothing while the train is moving. So 100% of the time you have at least one of them not working. Take millions of dollars invested in replacement of labor inteninsive tokens with smart cards, that now 100% of riders use and can be purchased from a machine. That was supposed to eliminate 1000s of token booth clerks. They are still sitting there doing nothing... The local papers and news stations followed the maintenance people and had reports on their (lack) of productivity. It was an outrage. Now why is it that you feel you need to defend these excesses? BTW, Do you know who gets screwed by it the most? Those for whome the subway ride is the biggest percentage of their pay - the poorest people... Another thing that's kind of funny - funny if you have given up hope: The last 2 substantial fare hikes (while nothing else went up other than the union labor costs) had larger increase in rates labor saving weekly or monthly cards compared to time and labor wasting per ride cards. So it seems that the politicians who (rather than management) ultimately set the fares want less productivity. They want to make it so that it is actually "cheaper" to stand in line to buy a card for a single ride (tying up the passenger's time, and creating need for more token booth clerks). Joe

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