tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post1143628629933516039..comments2023-11-05T04:03:35.548-08:00Comments on BART Musings: It's also up to the passengers!bartmusingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327844700926513435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-17850945396472895252008-08-10T10:42:00.000-07:002008-08-10T10:42:00.000-07:00I'm a train operator. One Saturday night, after c...I'm a train operator. One Saturday night, after coming out of the Richmond breakroom tower told me "You have a new train on transfer 1". This meant that I wasn't taking the train coming in, that train was out of service. <BR/><BR/>I walked through the new train, and noticed all six cars had been cleaned, quite well I would add. Maybe a piece of cellophane or a tiny scrap of paper - i could tell that the car cleaners had enough time to clean this train and did it well.<BR/><BR/>An hour later, I reached Fremont, and started walking back. Every car had enough newspapers, food wrappers, beverage containers, retail packaging, etc., to fill two trash sacks. I could not walk more than three seats without having to kick something out of the way! Every car. And a passenger remarked - "Don't you ever clean these trains?" I told him that this was a perfect train an hour ago, this is the litter of one run!<BR/><BR/>It is amazing how much litter is left on these trains!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-72966715491485059062008-08-06T21:16:00.000-07:002008-08-06T21:16:00.000-07:00It's Japan's culture I think. And I agree with the...It's Japan's culture I think. And I agree with the previous anon, Californians are pigs and as much as I point my finger at the patrons, I also point it at the BART employees, some who are just as guilty when leaving their trash behind.<BR/><BR/>There is only so much time when trains get to the end of line for EOL cleaners to do what they need to do. I agree BART has to take a portion of the responsibility, but so does the ridership and I don't see them getting any better any sooner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-60760684757888192562008-08-06T11:42:00.000-07:002008-08-06T11:42:00.000-07:00I always clean up after myself, but one way I diff...I always clean up after myself, but one way I differ from the Japanese passengers you describe is that I don't clean up the messes of others.<BR/><BR/>It's, like, icky. :-)SongMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186514862221578307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-38794071096442638732008-08-06T11:07:00.000-07:002008-08-06T11:07:00.000-07:00no, i am not implying that at all. i just added a ...no, i am not implying that at all. i just added a sentence in case there are others who might jump to that conclusion on my behalf.bartmusingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327844700926513435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-59710526448176800422008-08-06T10:59:00.000-07:002008-08-06T10:59:00.000-07:00so what you're implying is that there isn't a sing...so what you're implying is that there isn't a single person in Japan who would make a mess on the train?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com