ConnecticEnergy tells us about an interesting flare-up on the train from Stamford this morning. A woman with no ticket–and, apparently, no money–was getting grilled fairly hard by the conductor. She was giving it back to the conductor with some vehemence as well, enough to yank some commuters out of their sleep, newspaper, Blackberry, etc.
After a few minutes of pyrotechnics, a man–nattily dressed, black–from a few rows back spoke up, said he’d cover the woman’s fare, and extended a 20 to the conductor.
You’d think it would end there, but it didn’t. The conductor continued to dress down the woman (she was black as well) even after taking the man’s money and issuing a ticket. The well-dressed man spoke up, something to the effect of, she’s got a ticket, leave her alone.
The conductor made it clear to the well-dressed man, the woman who had no ticket, and everyone else on board, for that matter, that the woman really, truly needed to understand that she was not to ride trains without tickets.
ConnecticEnergy seemed to think he was a bit hard on her.
Wow, the same week I got harassed by an MTA conductor for taking pictures – *in Grand Central – on St Patricks Day!*.
I think MTA needs to have a talk with these two conductors about customer relations. Maybe its the same one.
I specifically say these two, because on a daily basis I always find the conductors extremely friendly, professional, helpful, and polite.
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Seems pretty simple to me: no ticket, no ride. She got off lucky–she should have been arrested for fare evasion. He was too easy on her.