Post by musicradio77 on Apr 4, 2005 17:17:11 GMT -5
From the Daily News:
Catching Z's at "C" Booth
BY VERONIKA BELENKAYA and PETE DONOHUE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Another token booth clerk apparently has been catnapping on the job.
A subway rider snapped several photographs early Friday of a token booth clerk seemingly out cold in his booth at the C train station at 163rd St. in Manhattan.
The images show the clerk slumped in his chair with his head down, resting on his left arm and a console.
The clerk did not rouse for the approximately 20 minutes the Manhattan deliveryman waited for a train at 2 a.m. - despite loud construction work in the station, the rider said.
The new report of a snoozing subway worker comes as Brooklyn clerk Cornelius Seon, who was photographed asleep in February by another rider, accepted a five-day unpaid suspension in a deal with the Transit Authority, sources said.
"Obviously, we frown on that type of behavior, sleeping on the job," said TA spokesman Charles Seaton, who would not comment specifically on Seon or the disciplinary action taken against him.
"That's not what we expect. That's not what our customers expect."
The C train booth attendant said it may be a mixup.
"I wasn't sleeping," said the man, who appeared to be in his 40s and declined to give his name. "I was probably just reading a paper or praying."
The man was slumped forward as he held a burgundy pocket "Holy Bible" and appeared to be reading it closely as a reporter approached during his overnight shift on Saturday.
"I pray. I am a Christian," he said.
Seaton said the TA would investigate and determine if any disciplinary action is warranted.
In February, subway and bus fares jumped for the second time in two years. Weekly MetroCards rose to $24 from $21, monthly passes jumped to $76 from $70, and the express bus fare went up to $5 from $4.
Union and elected officials constantly tout token booth clerks as the eyes and ears of the system - key staffers who are paid to be alert enough to keep watch over riders and call police in emergencies.
Friday's subway rider said he deliberately stands near token booths and hopes for alert clerks.
"In case something happens, at least a token booth clerk will see me and call for help or something," said the man, who declined to give his name.
"It's messed up," he said. "They are getting paid out of taxpayers' money."
Catching Z's at "C" Booth
BY VERONIKA BELENKAYA and PETE DONOHUE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Another token booth clerk apparently has been catnapping on the job.
A subway rider snapped several photographs early Friday of a token booth clerk seemingly out cold in his booth at the C train station at 163rd St. in Manhattan.
The images show the clerk slumped in his chair with his head down, resting on his left arm and a console.
The clerk did not rouse for the approximately 20 minutes the Manhattan deliveryman waited for a train at 2 a.m. - despite loud construction work in the station, the rider said.
The new report of a snoozing subway worker comes as Brooklyn clerk Cornelius Seon, who was photographed asleep in February by another rider, accepted a five-day unpaid suspension in a deal with the Transit Authority, sources said.
"Obviously, we frown on that type of behavior, sleeping on the job," said TA spokesman Charles Seaton, who would not comment specifically on Seon or the disciplinary action taken against him.
"That's not what we expect. That's not what our customers expect."
The C train booth attendant said it may be a mixup.
"I wasn't sleeping," said the man, who appeared to be in his 40s and declined to give his name. "I was probably just reading a paper or praying."
The man was slumped forward as he held a burgundy pocket "Holy Bible" and appeared to be reading it closely as a reporter approached during his overnight shift on Saturday.
"I pray. I am a Christian," he said.
Seaton said the TA would investigate and determine if any disciplinary action is warranted.
In February, subway and bus fares jumped for the second time in two years. Weekly MetroCards rose to $24 from $21, monthly passes jumped to $76 from $70, and the express bus fare went up to $5 from $4.
Union and elected officials constantly tout token booth clerks as the eyes and ears of the system - key staffers who are paid to be alert enough to keep watch over riders and call police in emergencies.
Friday's subway rider said he deliberately stands near token booths and hopes for alert clerks.
"In case something happens, at least a token booth clerk will see me and call for help or something," said the man, who declined to give his name.
"It's messed up," he said. "They are getting paid out of taxpayers' money."