THE MESS THAT IS TRIMET

Many of us out at MERLO have been roped into this bullshit ADA call stop nonsense.

The assholes we work for don't even attempt to verify a so called report of not calling stops. (For example, there is a trip that supposedly didn't call the stops, there is no effort made to see if this is a pattern or a one time aberration , TRIMET operators are expected to be PAVLOVIAN in nature, never actually being human and tiring.)
THE MANAGEMENT HAS NO IDEA HOW TIRING IT IS TO CONSTANTLY BE CALLING THESE FUCKING STOPS BECAUSE THE ASSHOLES THAT RUN THIS PLACE FAILED TO UPGRADE THE EQUIPMENT TO ADA COMPLIANT!

In my case, I know for a fact that the report was a blatant lie.

Others have the exact same experience.

Yet the slimy management persists in torturing its employees with these anonymous FIRST TRANSIT spy's that ride our buses and pretend to be actual riders.

One of things I like about working here is hanging out with my fellow operators at the MERLO GARAGE.

Many of us pool our experiences and compare notes, and of course I BLOG EVERYTHING, and sometimes am in a position to check out various aspects of experiences.

Recently a fellow operator called dispatch and requested a call stop list. The dispatcher said they would "get it to them."

After some delay it was finally relayed to the dispatcher that no such thing existed and that they should inform the operator to

CALL OUT ALL MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND TRANSFER POINTS.

The dispatcher told the operator to CALL OUT ALL MAJOR STOPS AND INTERSECTIONS.

There was no reference made to calling out 'every time you turn the bus' or anything else for that matter.

THE MANAGEMENT THEMSELVES DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS.

AND THIS IS WHO WE WORK FOR AND DISCIPLINES US, A COMPANY WHERE THE MANAGEMENT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE PROCEDURE.