STRIKE SMARTER! STRIKE WISER!

• When you get to your bus and are out of sight of supervisors, take off your uniform shirts and insignias, instead,
• Put on a simple ‘Pirate’ costume, a blowsy shirt with ruffles or cuffs, no words, but obviously ‘private’ personal attire, perhaps a bandana or three-corner hat, an eye-patch only when not driving the bus.
• Accept no fare arguments, because when you are paid $12.50 per hour you will not think it worth the risk to come between people and their money.  I will NOT tell you to put the ‘out of order’ sign up on the fare box, or NOT to collect someone’s fare.  You could hold out your hand, and in a gruff, growling pirate’s voice ‘inform’ the passenger, “Argh, ye mate, we private pirates will make no argument if you refuse to pay your fare.”
• If you have a disruptive passenger, handle it as though you were a private pirate employee only earning $12.50 per hour.  “Alas, ye scoundrels, we private pirates will not intervene when you disturb the other passengers.”
• When you get asked for information, be cooperative, but say, “Growling Jim would say you could take the Line 9 bus, but a private pirate would not be inclined to answer your questions.”  Or, “Argh, ye highland cow, the time is 5:09, but a private pirate can tell the time by the sun in the sky if there’s no clouds.  Argh, in other words, don’t expect to have a timely system if it’s operated by private pirates!”
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