From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 5:38:37 PM UTC-5, JG wrote:   
   > On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 11:45:15 AM UTC-5, Clark F Morris wrote:   
   > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 09:05:58 -0700 (PDT), JG    
   > > wrote:   
   > >    
   > > >> much snipped   
   > > >   
   > > >Last week Pace Express Bus got plus $16, Metra BSMF minus $22 and CTA   
   minus $8 from me.    
   > > >BSMF must promote their maggot suburban staff on seniority from freight   
   yards. Maggot tried to save $5 in air cond. for Buffet by closing TWO frickin   
   cars on an express Saturday from Union Sta.    
   > > >   
   > >    
   > > It may have also saved a crew member which translates into real   
   > > dollars.   
   > >    
   > > Clark Morris   
   >    
   > At least close off the FARTHEST 2 cars from the entry gate, NOT the FIRST 2   
   cars near the station, which forces any poor ADA wheelchairs to roll 2 blocks   
   to the only accessible car.   
   >    
   > In contrast, Union Pacific ALWAYS has the cars nearest the station open at   
   OTC. The car at the end of the train next to the engine may be closed,   
   sometimes.   
   >    
   > I'm glad to have the option of the Pace Express Bus during the work week.   
   >    
   > Oh, and the bozo trainman did open the 2 BSMF cars eventually.   
      
   Oh, now they are getting fussy about pass holders too:   
      
   "A Metra rider contacted Getting Around about an incident she observed on a   
   Metra Burlington Northern Santa Fe train last week.   
      
   "Metra has a lot of nerve to direct conductors to charge riders an extra fare   
   if they have monthly passes that are marked with the wrong gender," K. Kelly,   
   who did not want her full name used, wrote in an email.   
      
   "A young man explained to the conductor that he must've grabbed his wife's   
   pass instead of his own pass from the kitchen counter," Kelly said. But the   
   conductor charged the man almost $10 (the zoned full fare plus a $3 service   
   charge for paying a cash    
   fare) because the conductor concluded the pass couldn't possibly be the   
   passenger's due to the "F" box being checked on the pass."   
      
   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-getting-around-   
   et-0824-20150824-column.html   
      
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