A Conductor's Behaviour To the Editor of the "Norru-Ciixa Dany News'
Sin—Till now. 1 have been _fortunate enough to have just stood by and be a sympathetic listener to the seemingly unending number of com-Faints that are continually coming, forth from those who have suffered, whether of indirect ible behan fof most of the conductors of Shanzhai General Omnibus Ca, And now, much that I regret to have been forced to do it, T want to bring to the notice of the public a typical example of their rascality which happened to have the misfortune to Jexperience myself. Now 1 quite un-[derstand the indignation felt by those who have signed Letters long an short, the outcry on the demerits of the Bus Company's service, which has fon occasions appeared in this your esteemed columns.
I will be the first one to admit that 1, by writing this letter and those Who have already written and others who will sUl write on this subject, will merely be wasting their time and consequently money. But 1 still ye the lingering ambition that the authorities of the S. G. 0. C. wi hot remain so immune as they apparently seem. tobe and that eventually they will make an effort teach their conductors to maintain the quality of service which "this company should have the right to Before yesterday 1 had occasion travel from Yates Road to Edinburgh Road, I gave the required fare of five "cents in postage stamps of which T have at Toast thirty cents in collected from three days of Travelling on the buses. But to my surprise, the conductor refused take the stamps. I tried my best to explain to him that 1 was only giving him back what he gave me, bul the only reply 1 got was a litany of insults, emitted under his breath one of his colleagues but clearly dis tinct tome and Lam sure to the other passengers as well, insinuating, that T'was nothing short of " beggar who cannot afford to travel on a bus. Thad the insight 10 keep cool, avert ing a scrimmage, which Tam sure would have occurred had somebody else been in my place, by telling him that T would wait for an inspec: for to settle the matter. "He continued his mutterings however, and when arriving at St Georges. and Seeing no inspector i determined to to the office there myself and explain the situation fo an inspector. that T hoped might be present. But, seeing that Twas going down. then asked me ta hand over to. him the live cents. And now Task. in the name of public decency, is not the conductor deliberately try:
ug to "squeeze" the five cents? Why had the postage stamps x0 objec: Honable to him at first become ex. ceptable to him now? Hf he had the Intention of giving me a ticket, why lid he not give it to me earlier when Thad told him that T had no other Jcurreney on me but stamps? T am /not pleading this one particular case, T consider this as characteristic of the behaviour of most of the conduct tors, and as such, they should be brought to light. To justify argument, 1 was later told by x for-Join inspector at the St. Georges Ofiice inthe presence of the smptide fent conductor whom T forced to come with me on the threat that Twas sing to report him, that stamps are forbidden to be given ax change on buses by conductors, that passengers accepting stamps, are doing so. their own risk and that conductors are likewise forbidden to accept stamps from passengers. These are the actual words of the inspector. If the conductor had adhered to alter part of this declaration, 1 sure all this trouble might not hi een caused, For reference, may 1 state that the conductor, the cause of this some-lengthy and 1 am attad fruitful epistle, was" wearing, numbered 4. "The bus was route. The inspector on duty at the St. Georges fice was present there fat 7 pan.
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