Snarky Train Operator
This morning on the L Taraval the operator certainly gave his riders “what for”.
I was sitting on the train. We came up to 40th and Taraval. The train stopped at the train stop but didn’t open its doors for about a minute. The doors finally opened, people got on and then the train operator started yelling at the passengers over the loud speaker telling them that pushing the button to open the doors does not work until he releases the lock. He is not a man that will be rushed. He opens the doors on his own time and nobody is going to make him release the locks before he’s ready.
From 40th Avenue all the way to West Portal the driver would stop at every stop and then pause for about a minute before opening the doors. Once the new passengers got on he would give his speech again.
I wonder if people learned a lesson or just thought it was as funny as I did.
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Written by: Andrea
Was he a white, middle-aged man, with a (sort of) bald head? If so, I hate this guy with a passion. I was waiting with a huge crowd of people at the end of line by the Zoo and he wouldn’t let anybody on the second train, and was yelling and screaming at everybody, and making really jerky stops.
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I didn’t see him. I was on the 2nd car.
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I guess his is the vehicle the others bunch up behind.
Seriously, though, next time you shuold note the train number or something and send a note in to Muni.
Sincerely,
-daniel
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