Friday, November 30, 2012
Mcfarlane, always the bully, always takes the low road
We knew he was planning to send out letters saying his employees 'owed him money' He never sent them out. My theory is that if he did that he would finally create solidarity among employees! He in one swoop he would actually awaken the slumbering Trimet employees who keep on working as if nothing is happening. Most of them don't have the slightest idea as to what is going on behind their work lives.
And now he takes out his anger on his employees and does severe damage to his retirees by announcing there will be increases in medical costs and no cost of living increases for active employees because he has no agreement with the union.
HE ALWAYS TAKES THE LOW ROAD. Imagine if he took the high road and instead of forcing these increases down our throats he made an announcement like "we don't have an agreement with your union right now but in the spirit of cooperation I will not be forcing any of the insurance increases down our employees throats, even though I have the right to do that". But that is not his style. His style is take the low road, punish all the poor people that have nothing to do with the negotiations between union executives and Trimet executives. Mcfarlane has stolen 20% of my retirement, just because he can. There is nothing lower in the human spirit than that. If I wasn't such a lazy retiree I would have gotten up in the morning and told him what I thought of him at the board meeting. We'll see what happens over the next month. There is always another board meeting
HERE IT IS! US VS 'THEM'
Trimet pay and benefits vs other transit districts pay and benefits, It's a Trimet publication so we really CANNOT trust their figures without outside verification.
They are well known to manipulate facts and figures to their advantage. What they want according to this chart is for Trimet union personnel to take a 39% decrease in wages and benefits. Obviously that will not happen without resistance. At this time I am thinking "lets go back to arbitration again". In addition the only comparisons should be west coast cities, not places like Dallas and Salt Lake. They through those in there to lower the average!
They are well known to manipulate facts and figures to their advantage. What they want according to this chart is for Trimet union personnel to take a 39% decrease in wages and benefits. Obviously that will not happen without resistance. At this time I am thinking "lets go back to arbitration again". In addition the only comparisons should be west coast cities, not places like Dallas and Salt Lake. They through those in there to lower the average!
BRUCE HANSEN SAYS 'WE WILL START NEGOTIATING NOW"
But Trimet is determined to control access and reporting to maintain the secrecy of their organization.
This is a significant battle between the union vs Trimet because it represents tyrannical government against its citizens. ATU 757 is taking the lead in ending government secrecy. They are to be congratulated in this effort. It has country wide effects. Trimet will battle tooth and nail to prevent 'transparency' and continue to lie that they support it.
ATU has outed Trimet hypocrisy!
This is a significant battle between the union vs Trimet because it represents tyrannical government against its citizens. ATU 757 is taking the lead in ending government secrecy. They are to be congratulated in this effort. It has country wide effects. Trimet will battle tooth and nail to prevent 'transparency' and continue to lie that they support it.
ATU has outed Trimet hypocrisy!
Take the Joe Rose Poll about secrecy
Take the Joe Rose poll on Trimet's obsession with secrecy HERE!
NOT THIS AGAIN
Listen to same old BS, that they have said over and over and over:
TriMet no longer can afford the escalating costs of Cadillac health care benefits for union employees and retirees. We are facing nearly $1 billion in unfunded OPEB (Other Post-Employment Benefits) related to retiree health benefits that are the most generous in the nation.
The executives are scum and at this point I think the union should just wait for binding arbitration again. Screw you the Trimet bullies trying to turn the public against the transit workers with your propaganda nonsense.
http://www.trimet.org/newcontract/
TRIMET UNION MEMBERS SAY YES TO FUND THE FIGHT!
ATU
TriMet Active and Retired Members voted separately on whether they
wanted to pay a special assessment dedicated to contract negotiations
with TriMet management. Today, the ATU TriMet Executive Board and Extra
Board liaison officers counted those ballots. The final tally shows that
both groups voted overwhelmingly in favor of the assessment which will
take effect beginning January 1, 2013.
STEADMAN WANTS SUMMARY JUDGEMENT
Here is what I suggest-ASK FOR A JURY TRIAL jury trials are open to the PUBLIC!
JUST LIKE MCFARLANE DID TO ME WHEN I SUED HIM.
HEY MCFARLANE-HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE F-KED WITH JUST LIKE YOU DO TO EVERYBODY ELSE?
BRUCE HANSEN PREVAILS IN ROUND 1
Trimet's addiction to paranoia and secrecy is heading to the Labor relations board for review. One thing we the pubic know for sure is that the SUPER SECRET PHONY "we believe in transparency" mantra is nothing but a hoax. What would be the explanation for Trimet trying so hard to keep the public out of the union negotiations. No citizens, Trimet is our enemy, trying to suck the life out of its employees and riders . The system is in shambles, the riders are tired of being subjected to the fare gestapo and the employees are tired of being mistreated and abused. Govenor Kitahaber where are you. You were elected by the unions, yet you are a Judas to their cause
Union and TriMet Agree to Seek Legal Ruling
The transit workers’ union announced this morning that TriMet management has accepted the union’s proposal to submit their legal dispute about whether negotiations are to be public to a neutral third party.
“We look forward to quickly resolving this issue and moving forward with negotiations,” says Bruce Hansen, union president. “Once that occurs, negotiations can begin.”
Thursday, November 29, 2012
THE PRESS IS DEFINATELY ANTI UNION
TRIMET SAYS I HAVE TO 'PAY BACK' MY UNION DUES
And I said "yes fine whatever"
Hi Windy,
Al will have to be reinstated and pay back $7.10 for every month dues were not received. He should mail that to the Union office so it won’t mess up your payroll.
Also, dues could change for retirees to $12.10 as of January 1, 2013 if a vote goes through. Ballots will be counted tomorrow. Will let you know.
Taylor
ATU'S BRUCE HANSEN PLAYS HARDBALL
TRIMET EXECS OBJECT TO 'NO MARY' PHOTO
PORTLAND'S DISABLED COMMUNITY LEFT TO SIT IN COLD
#trimet continues screwing its disabled population-bus is full next bus is full-the disabled sit in the cold
— TriMet Scanner (@trimetscanner) November 29, 2012
OPAL IS THE HERO IN THE PLIGHT OF BUS RIDERS
Even though the Trimet board of sock puppets ignored them completely they bravely continue the fight. I never joined them because I thought my presence might harm there battle plans. Knowing that I am a very controversial figure and not respected by the 'powers that be' I thought it best if I stay out of their business. But I know without them there would be NOBODY fighting for the riders and hope people can help them as much as possible.
Click HERE to OPALS web site.
Click HERE to OPALS web site.
SINCE TRIMET IS AGAIN BLAMING THE UNION BENEFITS AS THE CAUSEOF ITS DEMISE
Which of course is a lie since they won the arbitration (so far) its time to take a look at some facts which are oddly presented by arch conservative John Charles
ANOTHER SAFETY FAIL
My coworker was 45 minutes late because @trimet #19 hit a parked car so bad they had to call a replacement bus. Daaaaaang.
— Natalie Baker (@NatalieBakerrr) November 27, 2012
MORE LIES AND DECIET FROM THE PIG EXECUTIVES
TriMet calls union claims false
Sorry about the profanity but sometimes that is the only way to express my complete contempt for these people
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
THIS IS HOW SHITTY TRIMET IS TODAY
This is a sample of the public that has been SCREWED by Macfarlane and his careerist minions. These pack of wild dogs called Trimet careerists have RUINED Trimet, yet there they sit, up on their thrones, "LET THEM EAT CAKE" say the Trimet careerist who are getting rich while screwing the public.
EVIL AMONG US
And then watching him at work really became scary, this man is polished. A careerist of the first degree, probably has a net work of several million.
Well today he committed pure evil. He blamed all the service cuts on the union, A BALD FACED LIE but did what Mcdickhead ordered.
Its not enough they won the arbitration, (we shall see if that stands up) but they are still blaming the union.
Good luck to you Warner, you shameless careerist piece of shit. Lying with a straight faced is pure evil. And you better pray that there is no god, because if there is HELL AWAITS YOU! (and macfarlane)
Missed the puppets meeting
So rather waste me time there I slept in and watched a movie, a much more productive use of my time.
But I did get a report the the union is attending the first 'negotiation'. That's very disappointing indeed.
I wouldn't talk to the company under the terms they are dictating. Alas it appears our 'union' is caving again.
They have an 'unsustainable budget' which of course is all blamed on the union contract per the world wide movement against unionism. The reality is that Trimet expanded itself into unsustainablility and is just using the union as a scape goat (as is the template of the power elite to destroy workers pensions and pay)
In the end its the employees who will undue the union, working RDO's, bus trades, and fills, no solidarity, everybody that works at Trimet is making a fortune (a crime unto itself while chopping service into little pieces)
Fuck the puppets, its a stage show and I'd rather not be part of it
THE PIGS THAT RUN TRIMET
Contact Bruce Hansen
TriMet Continues to Resist Open Negotiations
The Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents the area’s transit workers, is continuing to stand firm on its statutory right to conduct negotiations that are open to the press and the public. TriMet’s executive director of labor relations, Randy Stedman, is continuing to refuse full access.(a known union buster who brags about it on his website)
A last minute wrinkle is that TriMet now wants a list of all union-side participants and wants these people screened by TriMet’s security guard.(why would you even show up under those terms) Additionally, Stedman changed his position somewhat with regard to the press. He states that he will allow a few members of the press(the corporate press which is bought and paid for by Trimet) to attend but only those TriMet considers “bona fide.”(there is only one thing to say about that, F'K YOU STEADMAN)
“Randy Stedman’s response is disappointing. To keep the public and our members out, he’s relying on a 1976 court case about a totally different situation.(f'k his court case, let him take you to court) And that case was decided before the 2005 changes to the statute,” said union president Bruce Hansen. The case referenced by Stedman involves a different statute, cites words that do not appear in 192.660(3) and is about the press seeking access to an executive session that both the employer and the union did not want the press to attend.
The transit workers’ union, however, wants public negotiations. “We continue to believe that open access to the process is in the best interest of our community and the workers who provide the community with transit services. We are talking about public monies and a public service so members of the public deserve a seat in the room as do the people who serve them,” Hansen stated.
See attached correspondence.
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MY ADVICE TO BRUCE HANSEN-DO NOT ATTEND THESE MEETINGS-EDUCATE THE BUS DRIVERS AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THESE MONSTERS WHO CALL THEMSELVES EXECUTIVES ARE DOING. GET THESE BUS DRIVERS/RAIL OPERATORS TO STOP DOING DOING BUS TRADES-FILLS-AND WORKING RDO'S. ITS THE BUS/RAIL OPERATORS THAT ARE ALLOWING THE COMPANY TO SHIT ON US
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
TRIMET BOARD MEETINGS ON CABLE
Subject: Play Dates for Program "Trimet Board
Meeting: November Briefing"
The following 5 dates are scheduled for the program "Trimet Board Meeting: November Briefing", Project: Trimet Board Meetings, starting 11/18/2012.
Friday 11/23/2012, 3:30 PM, Channel 22
Monday 11/26/2012, 10:00 PM, Channel 11
Wednesday 11/28/2012, 9:30 PM, Channel 23
Monday 12/3/2012, 4:30 PM, Channel 22
Thursday 12/6/2012, 9:30 PM, Channel 23
The following 5 dates are scheduled for the program "Trimet Board Meeting: November Briefing", Project: Trimet Board Meetings, starting 11/18/2012.
Friday 11/23/2012, 3:30 PM, Channel 22
Monday 11/26/2012, 10:00 PM, Channel 11
Wednesday 11/28/2012, 9:30 PM, Channel 23
Monday 12/3/2012, 4:30 PM, Channel 22
Thursday 12/6/2012, 9:30 PM, Channel 23
Saturday, November 24, 2012
TRIMET MAKES NEWS OUT OF NOTHING
And the corporate media spits out everything Trimet tells them to spit out.
This time its:
Crews will weld 80’ long rail segments together in downtown Portland
(sheesh)
Monday a Big Day for Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail
This time its:
Crews will weld 80’ long rail segments together in downtown Portland
(sheesh)
Monday a Big Day for Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail
Is it illegal for operators to answer calls from dispatch
I heard that on a dispatch call and started investigating.
ORS § 811.507¹ makes the following rule:
(k) Is using a function of the mobile communication device that allows for only one-way voice communication while the person is:
(A) Operating a motor vehicle in the scope of the persons employment;
(B) Providing transit services; or
(C) Participating in public safety or emergency service activities.
That does say ONE WAY-NOT TWO WAY communication.
It appears the bus driver may be correct.
ORS § 811.507¹ makes the following rule:
(k) Is using a function of the mobile communication device that allows for only one-way voice communication while the person is:
(A) Operating a motor vehicle in the scope of the persons employment;
(B) Providing transit services; or
(C) Participating in public safety or emergency service activities.
That does say ONE WAY-NOT TWO WAY communication.
It appears the bus driver may be correct.
IT IS AGAINST TRIMET CODE FOR BUS OPERATORS OR SUPERVISORS TO SEIZE YOUR PROPERTY
If a rider hands a bad transfer to a bus driver and they 'steal' it and throw it away the bus driver has basically committed a theft. Thefts are reportable to the police. There are rouge bus drivers out there that apparently think they can do anything they want. Trimet management has failed to recruit or train these people properly.
ROUGE BUS DRIVER STEALS PROPERTY AND CHARGES ANOTHER $5
This guy needs to be sent back to TRAINING because he should not be on the road with an attitude like his.
Friday, November 23, 2012
MORE TRANSIT PORNOGRAPHY
The executive class in the TRANSIT INDUSTRY operates with an arrogance and opulence that is pornographic to the people that are suffering at their hands. Here we have another of an arrogant executive class:
Top NJ Transit execs get cars for business and commuting | NJ.com
Top NJ Transit execs get cars for business and commuting | NJ.com
Ever wonder what garage your bus comes out of
Well wonder no more, Lane Jensen breaks them down:
TriMet Runs by Garage Breakdown | Portland Transit Lane
TriMet Runs by Garage Breakdown | Portland Transit Lane
Who exactly is this guy Randy Steadman
- Won 60+ administrative claims of discrimination as in-house counsel; no settlements.
- In private practice, won 100% of trial claims, motions, arbitrations, and NLRB hearings argued.
- Reduced outside legal expense by 40%.
- Managed a two-year, highly visible effort to reverse an IT union representation vote that went 55% for the union initially. After appealing and securing a new election from the Public Employee Relations Commission, prevailed in a 93% vote against union representation.
- Served as executive contract negotiator in multiple labor contract negotiations.
- Workplace Practices Group - Randy Stedman - W-P-G Founding Principal
This has happened several times at Trimet
But TRIMET has a lock on the corporate media so we never hear about these incidents, we have had a dozen of these that I know of:
Second OC Transpo driver sent to hospital after reported exhaust leak
Second OC Transpo driver sent to hospital after reported exhaust leak
TRIMET SAFETY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES FAILING
There continue to be more collisions now than the same period last year? So what about all this safety nonsense? The facts are clear, things operated better BEFORE the safety campaign started. Trimet's own chart tells the story
TRIMET EXECUTIVES: LIARS AND THIEVES
Trimet executives, professional liars predicted a $12 million dollar shortage.
Well guess what? They had it backwards. (or they just plain lied which is what I believe to be the truth) Trimet has exactly 15.9 million MORE THAN IT PREDICTED! Where is the media? NO WHERE? And now the tyrant Mcfarlane hits his retirees with more additional expenses. Hard to believe that he can actually get away with this behavior.
Figure it out for yourself using TRIMET'S OWN CHARTS and figures:
Actual revenue $466.70 million vs budget $450.8 million
Well guess what? They had it backwards. (or they just plain lied which is what I believe to be the truth) Trimet has exactly 15.9 million MORE THAN IT PREDICTED! Where is the media? NO WHERE? And now the tyrant Mcfarlane hits his retirees with more additional expenses. Hard to believe that he can actually get away with this behavior.
Figure it out for yourself using TRIMET'S OWN CHARTS and figures:
Actual revenue $466.70 million vs budget $450.8 million
Supervisor reports
What's interesting about all this is the fact that Trimet set up its system with completely open stations and never did a thing about fare inspections since the light rail opened. The reason for that is TRIMET wanted to brag about its system being 'the highest ridership per capita' in the United States, which they achieved.They also had the 'fare evasion square' which operated for years. Now the Federal funds have dried up the 'rulers' of Trimet have decided its time to make the sheeple pay up using GESTAPO like tactics.
Mcfarlanes 'hack' Steadman been here a year now
TriMet : News Release - TriMet names new Executive Director
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Negotiations between ATU and Trimet fail before they start
Trimet is determined to maintain secrecy! This has been Trimet's M.O. for decades, complete and total secrecy, no accountability to the public and here we have Mcdickheads hack Steadman refusing to allow the pubic to be part of the union negotiations. This is Trimet at its best, a self serving, secretive, unaccountable agency. And now they proved it to the world.
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
In Salt Lake City it was big news that a former general Manager walked away with an obscene pension. But in PORTLAND awash in fake 'greenness' and phony 'sustainability' baloney, not one article in our corporate controlled press about the pornographic pensions of FRED HANSEN and BRIAN PLAYFAIR. As a matter of fact nobody even asked about it till I did!
HUMANITY ON WHEELS-THE MOVIE
Thanks to Jason Mchuff for providing us with "Humanity on Wheels, the Movie"
(some really great stuff here)Tuesday, November 20, 2012
SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW I EVER MADE IT THROUGH 15 YEARS OF TRIMET BULLSHIT
One of the highlight of my career was the management idiots who made the decision that we should all drive our buses with chains on, in the rain!
INSTANT REPLAY
This was the call the got me started on the down hill road with the new Trimet management, illustrating for the public just how AWFUL THIS JOB CAN BE! The public never hears this! The media doesn't cover it. They have no interest in covering the real story of Trimet bus drivers. You take a job as a bus driver, understand EXACTY what you are getting yourself into because they won't tell you this in training.
TRIMET KILLED ME WITH 1000 PAPER CUTS
TRIMET RETIREE WAYNE JOHNSON SPEAKS TO THE BOARD
His testimony is quite profound and worth listening too. How much has changed since Mr Johnson came on board.
Blast from the past!
Bus Drivers and NE Portland Neighbors Push TriMet to Tweak Cuts
"TriMet management has deemed not to include enough time in their
schedules" to continue to the route to Jubitz, where there is a bathroom
bus drivers can use 24 hours a day, reads the union's letter, signed by
President Bruce Hansen. "For the local businesses that have the outside
cafes, we totally understand the annoyance of diesel fumes your
customers are subjected to."
Though it bungled the roll-out of the #8 reroute, TriMet has made some changes in response to neighbor complaints. The agency posted signs saying that all idling buses must be turned off and TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch says that as a temporary fix, 40 percent of the buses will use a different layover location in the spring.
Blogtown, PDX
Though it bungled the roll-out of the #8 reroute, TriMet has made some changes in response to neighbor complaints. The agency posted signs saying that all idling buses must be turned off and TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch says that as a temporary fix, 40 percent of the buses will use a different layover location in the spring.
Blogtown, PDX
Monday, November 19, 2012
TRANSIT PORNOGRAPHY
We have our very own FRED HANSEN raking in $188,400.00 a year while they steal our health insurance benefits and cuts service to the public! The guy in Salt Lake was there 35 years. Our criminal made a fortune for just 10 years.
Why is that we're paying a man in Salt Lake City, Utah, that has one of the smaller transit agencies, that kind of money?" she said. "This money will go on forever, and no one should be able to get rich and pad their pocket while we have people and bus lines being cut."
Why is that we're paying a man in Salt Lake City, Utah, that has one of the smaller transit agencies, that kind of money?" she said. "This money will go on forever, and no one should be able to get rich and pad their pocket while we have people and bus lines being cut."
Geddes said UTA, which is considered a quasi-government agency, should become a department of the state.
"When you're using government funds, you should have government oversight. That should be a no-brainer," she said.
Latest SEEN and HEARD on #TRIMET (aka #Trimess)
TrimetScanner Tweets are HERE!
| It's too bad it doesn't rain inside train cars too just as an added 'fuck you.' |
ATU 757 TAKES A GIANT STEP FORWARD
NO MORE SECRECY!
Wagging the (bomb-sniffing) dog
Read the Max Faqs post HERE!
Stolen off the MAX
pt6fw-3410426342@comm.craigslist.org[Errors when replying to ads?]
Hello,
I had a silver and black Trek hybrid bike stolen off the max today sometime between 8am and 8:30am on the blue line. I boarded the train on 7th and Holladay and got off at 181st and E Burnside when I noticed that it was gone. I've already reported the bike to the police and Trimet. The bike had a flat rear tire and had Michelob Ultra decals on them. I would be much appreciative of any information leading to the recovery of the bike. Thank you and God bless. I can be reached at 503-877-5586.
PostingID:3410426342
I had a silver and black Trek hybrid bike stolen off the max today sometime between 8am and 8:30am on the blue line. I boarded the train on 7th and Holladay and got off at 181st and E Burnside when I noticed that it was gone. I've already reported the bike to the police and Trimet. The bike had a flat rear tire and had Michelob Ultra decals on them. I would be much appreciative of any information leading to the recovery of the bike. Thank you and God bless. I can be reached at 503-877-5586.
- Location: Lloyd Center to Rockwood
- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
ATU WANTS MORE $
All I can say is this, if you have been doing your job properly you would not need to ask that of us. Obviously you are admitting defeat by even asking us for more money. It's too late! Throwing good money after bad is not going to help.
You have put us in this situation now do something about it.
Disrespect Is Running Wild and Apparently It Rides Buses
The latest installment of public transportation workers gone wild comes courtesy of the MTA system in Baltimore,
where a stocky, middle-aged female driver physically fought and gave
the business to a young girl on board, allegedly for refusing to turn
her music down. “It’s about respect,” the uniformed victor explained to
another passenger, who ostensibly asked her why she whooped on that
child like she stole something.
Read the article HERE!
Read the article HERE!
And here is what McFuhrer has to say about making us pay for our health (again)
I went through my open enrollment packet yesterday – and I wanted to share some observations.
No
surprise to you, escalating health care costs are among the more
difficult challenges we face.This
continues to be a top-line issue nationally, in Oregon, and certainly at
TriMet. We continue to enjoy among the highest quality benefits
available anywhere, but we are struggling to afford them. (you're sure not struggling to afford them)
I guess nobody but me see's the number of employees that Trimet is hiring. You better believe you will have trouble affording anything if you keep expanding like there is no tomorrow. The man is full of shit. OPAL proved that the budget was not as bad as they predicted. The media is fully controlled by Trimet corporatists so it got no coverage. Mcfarlane reminds me of Bush. Lets cut taxes and start a war and then complain that we have budget problems.
Neils latest BS
(He's proud of where 'we' stand, and quotes a travel and leisure magazine, everybody loves Trimet right? I guess he isn't reading my "seen and heard on Trimet" daily report. You gotta read that survey, it's a real hoot)
Larry Hanley with Mike Papantonio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nio1h0yn3aQ&feature=bf_prev&list=UUYWIEbibRcZav6xMLo9qWWw
It is nice to hear these type of discussions when there are avenues on the radio for labor to be heard.
It is nice to hear these type of discussions when there are avenues on the radio for labor to be heard.
IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 24 HOURS BEFORE THE NEXT MAX FAILURE
Almost snuck past me but an operator informed me
Friday, November 16, 2012
TODAY TRIMET DID A BLOG POST ABOUT THEIR EXCELLENT POLICE STATE
These are the winning comments by thumbs up-funny the second place winner, all the other top thumbs up were critics so something is wrong there
Latest SEEN and HEARD on #TRIMET (aka #Trimess)
TrimetScanner Tweets are HERE!
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So glad I pay $100 a month for the privilege of getting screwed by the worst bus system in the country.
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Trimet gets ready to herd the cattle
Yet they won't secure the stations-it's sorta like gill netting, put out the net and catch as many as you can!
TRIMET TWITTER COMES OUT OF HIDING
They hadn't responded to anyone in about 10 days but just now they came out of hiding!
BLAST FROM THE WAY BACK PAST
This was one of my first blog videos, from 5 years ago now. This is where I developed the bad boy image also. The glasses, the voice, it was all an act but it stuck for some reason
ATU 757 UPDATE
It's been 2 weeks now since the union has been informed that once again the ruthless leader of Trimet (Mcdickhead, sorry to be so disrespectful Neil but you obviously have no respect for us) will once again force us to pay for our health insurance. This is after he had won the arbitration and degraded our health care coverage. So here we are again. What does the union have to say?
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| NOT A DAMN THING! |
CLASSIC BUS DRIVER VIDEO
Another bus driver snaps and is forced to leave, its the nature of the shitty job, you can only take so much and some people snap finally
Thursday, November 15, 2012
YOUTUBE MAKES ME WATCH A STUPID MOVIE
Because things that have been posted for years are all of a sudden getting busted for copyright infringement. I hate YouTube and never use it as my primary host anymore.
http://youtu.be/ZLq1i6KCFbk
http://youtu.be/ZLq1i6KCFbk
Mcfarlane makes a joke to the sock puppets
He is explaining the crash in the tunnel to the puppets, they just have a gay old time Neil and his merry band of sock puppets. Laughing away at all the events that screw up peoples lives.
BOARD OF SOCK PUPPETS BRIEFING
Watch the sock puppets here!
Latest SEEN and HEARD on #TRIMET (aka #Trimess)
TrimetScanner Tweets are HERE!
| fare inspector trying to accuse me of using an expired ticket. Fuck you, you illiterate prick. Learn to read. |
Trimet has NOT answered a tweet since November 9!
What the heck is going on over there? They turn off their social media and go into LOCK-DOWN?
It is possible to deal with budget issues WITHOUT cutting services
Not at Trimet however, where a dysfunctional union combined with an arrogant management along with its bloated bureaucracy makes everybody miserable. (everybody that uses the service and works providing the service that is)
Chicago’s Pace Bus finalizes 2013 budget - News - METRO Magazine
Chicago’s Pace Bus finalizes 2013 budget - News - METRO Magazine
PORTLAND TRANSPORT EXAMINES THE 'BUS BRIDGES'
A bus bridge consists of a fleet of busses transporting passengers
between two out-of-service segments on the line. Nobody likes it--it is
inconvenient for rail passengers, who have their trip times lengthened
considerably (but certainly preferable to being stuck). It is
inconvenient for bus passengers, who often see runs cancelled due to the
need to service the bus bridge, and it is expensive for TriMet, who may
have to pay operators overtime due to the unplanned additional service
need, as well as pay for lots of unplanned deadheading.
Read the rest of this excellent essay HERE!
Read the rest of this excellent essay HERE!
WHY IS IT THAT NOBODY THAT WORKS AT TRIMET KNOWS ANY FACTS?
From Trimet's website:Upgrading 1-Zone and 2-Zone tickets
Through December 31, 2012, you can upgrade your leftover 1-Zone and 2-Zone tickets to All-Zone for 40 cents, either on the bus or at the TriMet Ticket Office at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
HERE!
Now listen to this: (and yesterday some dumbass threw a rider off for drinking KOMBUCHA)
Through December 31, 2012, you can upgrade your leftover 1-Zone and 2-Zone tickets to All-Zone for 40 cents, either on the bus or at the TriMet Ticket Office at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
HERE!
Now listen to this: (and yesterday some dumbass threw a rider off for drinking KOMBUCHA)
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
I'M GLAD THESE A-HOLES ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN
While they destroy their retirees these people are laughing and having a great time at this board meeting. It just makes me sick, really.
