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Old 06-02-2017, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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I was told by friends who work for Septa that they don't have to give you any additional information if they don't want to when asked questions.
Come back, Kim Scott Heinle! All is forgiven!

(Heinle was - and I believe is still - SEPTA's Assistant General Manager for Customer Service. He devoted much time and energy to promoting a customer-oriented attitude among the front-line personnel. Or so I was told. Sounds to me like the folks between him and the front line are reverting to form, or have reverted to form.)
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Old 06-03-2017, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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SEPTA is short for "SEPtic TAnk", didn't you know that?
We knew this dirtball that worked for SEPTA, 'SEPTA John' ... Some referred to him as 'SEPTic Tank John.'
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Old 06-03-2017, 10:36 AM
 
Location: Montco PA
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I was told by friends who work for Septa that they don't have to give you any additional information if they don't want to when asked questions.
It's probably against union regulations to have to work.
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Old 06-03-2017, 11:26 AM
 
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It's probably against union regulations to have to work.
Do you ride it? The MFL works. The BSL works. The subway service/green line works. The buses run. The NHSL works as do the regional rails(granted last summer was a mess regarding rolling stock). Would anyone posting here actually want to drive a bus? Want truly surly? Try to engage MTA workers in NYC. They make septa people look like sweethearts.
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Old 06-03-2017, 11:29 AM
 
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Come back, Kim Scott Heinle! All is forgiven!

(Heinle was - and I believe is still - SEPTA's Assistant General Manager for Customer Service. He devoted much time and energy to promoting a customer-oriented attitude among the front-line personnel. Or so I was told. Sounds to me like the folks between him and the front line are reverting to form, or have reverted to form.)
Sidebar comment. Is it true that the WMTA has "stolen" some Septa management over the years in an attempt at fixing what's wrong down there?
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Old 06-03-2017, 04:36 PM
 
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SEPTA teaches customer service but it's the passengers and management that make driver bitter. NYC MTA drivers are worse than SEPTA drivers and now MTA drivers sit behind partitions so it's worse. Customers are horrible and entitled.

Thanks for your review. I can agree with most of it.
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Old 06-03-2017, 04:41 PM
 
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Do you ride it? The MFL works. The BSL works. The subway service/green line works. The buses run. The NHSL works as do the regional rails(granted last summer was a mess regarding rolling stock). Would anyone posting here actually want to drive a bus? Want truly surly? Try to engage MTA workers in NYC. They make septa people look like sweethearts.
I just can't understand why it's a problem for some of the drivers to answer a simple question. If they are that miserable they need to quit and look for something less stressful.
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Old 06-03-2017, 11:13 PM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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I just can't understand why it's a problem for some of the drivers to answer a simple question. If they are that miserable they need to quit and look for something less stressful.
I have a friend who studied landscape architecture in college, pursued work in the field for a while, then signed on with the Railroad Division, something he had long wanted to do. He's now a conductor.

He tends not to suffer fools gladly to begin with, but the job has made him even less charitably inclined towards his fellow human beings after the stunts some riders pull.
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Old 06-03-2017, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Germantown, Philadelphia
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Sidebar comment. Is it true that the WMTA has "stolen" some Septa management over the years in an attempt at fixing what's wrong down there?
Hadn't heard that, but wouldn't be surprised if it had.

However, the things at WMATA that really need fixing probably can't be repaired with borrowed managers from a more competent transit agency. From what I've read and some things I've heard from people with some knowledge of Washington mass transit, WMATA has a really toxic workplace culture with an abysmal safety culture laid over that.

The sainted David Gunn even tried to do something about the mess. He couldn't either. (Gunn was largely responsible for getting SEPTA into decent shape in the early 1980s; he can be credited with bringing the Broad Street Subway back from near death.)
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Old 06-04-2017, 08:15 AM
 
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Hadn't heard that, but wouldn't be surprised if it had.

However, the things at WMATA that really need fixing probably can't be repaired with borrowed managers from a more competent transit agency. From what I've read and some things I've heard from people with some knowledge of Washington mass transit, WMATA has a really toxic workplace culture with an abysmal safety culture laid over that.

The sainted David Gunn even tried to do something about the mess. He couldn't either. (Gunn was largely responsible for getting SEPTA into decent shape in the early 1980s; he can be credited with bringing the Broad Street Subway back from near death.)
Gunn solved the graffiti problem here and in NY. He came along at a critical time for Septa.
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