The Archive · 1941

A Courteous Conductor

To the Editor of the "Norra-Cumva Dany News"

Sm—So much has been said and written concerning the outrageous behaviour of the French Tramway conductors and motormen in their utter disregard of the rights of pasand the general public (a [situation which has considerably worsened since the recent formation I was surprised and I may led when I saw the 2 8 sig women of the working class.

Throughout the trip this conductor Bort Struck me as the acme of court-oonsness and consideration for the safety and comfort of the passengers. from At two different turnings he even took the trouble to lean out of the window in order to shout a friendly warning to rickshaw pullers to pull up to the side near the kerb to avoid their being struck by the bus, which was being driven in a somewhat reckless manner.

The number of the bus in question Ma; was 850 and that of this very unusual conductor 312. And what seemed to me very puzzling was the fact that the said conductor was wearing on his service cap the ubiquitous blue enamel badge of the Tramway Workers Union.

What a blessing would it be to us, members of the long-suffering public, if other conductors and motormen of the French Tramways should decide to mend their ways taking a leaf out of No. 312's book. Courtesy and consideration. as shown by this very unusual servant of the public, even though he is a member of his union, would go a very long way indeed toward gaining for the said union the respect and.sympathy of the users of the French trams and buses, in their fight to attain an amelioration of their present living conditions.

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