"The only good employee is a scared one," our HR head told ATU 757 Local President Shirley Block. https://t.co/lrsp5L2vmm
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) January 1, 2021
A private collection of material focusing on the never ending joys of the Trimet industrial complex-Follow the Twitter feed for complete coverage and trimet scanner calls https://twitter.com/AlYourPalster
"The only good employee is a scared one," our HR head told ATU 757 Local President Shirley Block. https://t.co/lrsp5L2vmm
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) January 1, 2021
IN HONOR OF TRIMET'S DECISION TO BE CHEAP SCROOGES FOR NEW YEARS EVE I REPOST
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 31, 2020
DANCING ON YOUR GRAVE: FUCK TRIMEThttps://t.co/74vkPUUtX2
HIGH PRAISE FROM A REAL TRANSIT PROFESSOR pic.twitter.com/mbwjkk6Crg
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 31, 2020
Dear Mr. Kelsey,
I would love for this to be a ‘congratulations’ for a well deserved retirement. Unfortunately, with how COVID has been handled at this agency, especially regarding Operators…. I cannot.
President Trump is not the only one refusing to accept election results. The general manager of TriMet, Doug Kelsey, is claiming that the $3 billion Tigard light rail project is still alive, even though Portland-area voters rejected a proposed funding measure by a wide margin last month.
TRIMET SOCK PUPPETS PART 5 https://t.co/p9A94SjSvD via @AlYourPalster
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 28, 2020
TRIMET MAX SCANNER-CHRISTMAS DAY https://t.co/MKlcWhzTKV via @RealPootie
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 27, 2020
TRIMET BUS SCANNER-CHRISTMAS DAY https://t.co/60NQfF1PBN via @realripcity
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 26, 2020
Jets vs. Sharks - A PNWest Side story. Dance off / finger snap battle at the Portland Transit Mall, or 99th Street TC. Bring the musical ensemble. In order to participate you must purchase a regional day pass. 🦈🕺🚌💃✈ @ctranvancouver @trimet https://t.co/cXMBCgcLlU pic.twitter.com/5DwXndEeaG
— 🚌Shawn M. Donaghy🚌 (@shawnmdonaghy) December 25, 2020
Bus operators see the devastation of this pandemic. Every shift is a "reality show" that we'd rather not watch. Good people have lost jobs. Wages that are barely enough to sustain even the poorest accommodations have vanished. https://t.co/8cniVEKy2X
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 25, 2020
The calls below are from @realpootie TWITTER @realripcity calls are below pooties
TRIMET: A QUESTION OF ETHICS https://t.co/AEADIQTxli
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 21, 2020
Travis Stovall was present for all of this!
And one more comment on the departure of Travis Stovall as he climbs the ladder of “success” in da land of sociopaths becoming mayor of Gresham
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 20, 2020
He presided over every single cut to our #TriMet benefits from the very beginning
He’s 100% neoliberal elitist
Patrick Coomer for TriMet general manager!https://t.co/q7ceOXddnL pic.twitter.com/bOtXYQECkg
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 18, 2020
TRIMET DECEMBER BOARD MEETING PART 1 https://t.co/DsLMMO4XvS via @AlYourPalster
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 18, 2020
Trimet head hack Bruce Warner said this to mainstream media:
THE TRIMET SCANNER WILL BE GOING DOWN TEMPORARILY.
IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME HOW LONG THIS DISRUPTION WILL BE.
ALL THE CALLS CURRENTLY POSTED WILL NOT PLAY UNTIL ITS BACK ON LINE
TriMet public records requests
Anytime I do a request I go through them. In this case I did a request to get them to post their board meeting which is supposed to be up in 72 hours according to their own web site
ACE HAYES-AMERICAN PROPHET https://t.co/EL6v1VShOg via @AlYourPalster
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 16, 2020
Long ago in this blog, I outlined some Operator Math. Each 10-hour shift, a bus operator will press the air-brake pedal of a bus an average of 800 times. It's a repetitive motion which requires several times more pressure than doing so in a personal vehicle. Worker's Comp often insists our pain stems from "past injury" to management's fiscal delight. To our collective plight, it's pain built up from about 175,000 constant presses of the right foot. A human part that sees more work than any joint of a mouse-pusher's body who oversees our work.
"They find a lot of mistakes in the manual they have never experienced behind the wheel," an operator said to me this week. "Their idea of a 'mistake' is something we see as a necessary tool, to offset the reality that could happen if we don't do it."
TriMet operator says he "snapped" and physically threw rider off bus
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 15, 2020
This is the Reddit discussion on our SCANNER STAR that snapped the other day https://t.co/gS1RmlPUQ4
DOUGIE #TriMet TOWN HALL PART 2 (and some scanner calls) https://t.co/oHLbWlVRuv via @AlYourPalster
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 12, 2020
CTRAN HANDS OUT HAZARD PAY BONUSES.
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 12, 2020
The $1.6 billion TriMet nothing pic.twitter.com/BSVSYuNzU8
OMG! Classic! https://t.co/WYIsHYPDIu
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 11, 2020
Dougy Dec,3 2020 Townhall (part 1) https://t.co/AodvOj9KHI #trimet
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 10, 2020
Wally Fiest has died.
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 10, 2020
I didn’t know the man but I remembered he had a role in TriMet history.
Low and behold the only record of it after a google search is my blog https://t.co/HwrTxej0DK pic.twitter.com/5Mq5RKBDNJ
TRIMET MOST WANTED-THOMAS LEE CANSLER https://t.co/y1AwS3fCEs
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 8, 2020
Doughnuts for me were a sweet life preserver this year while Portland fell apart. I thought a lot about them, the city's past, and its future while driving the 12. #Portland #doughnuts #PortlandProtests #publictransit #trimethttps://t.co/ux0G9HuZsg
— Don Iler (@doniler) December 7, 2020
and i did another trimet board retreat video-don't watch it
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 8, 2020
total waste of timehttps://t.co/KqHRFPYFem
Public transportation is the last refuge for the Amerikkan dispossessed
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) October 22, 2020
Meanwhile the “leaders” bail out stock portfolios and want to build useless light rail pic.twitter.com/z851f3ETbP
I relieved this man during several signups, a truly nice guy and gentlemen
Theses calls are courtesy of @realripcity https://twitter.com/realripcity
These calls come courtesy of @realripcity twitter https://twitter.com/realripcity
Ellen Fox dead.
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 4, 2020
This woman sued me TWICE, she lost both times pic.twitter.com/1lFqkrGbBB
And Trimet executives/managers thought I was a tough cookie to crack. This guy is 1000 times worse!
⭐️⭐️⭐️TriMet top scanner stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️https://t.co/sfNTSI9PVfhttps://t.co/0XCrVzUaf3https://t.co/ehv1AwLHbb
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) December 1, 2020
The GO AHEAD pic.twitter.com/GthrokbLXF
— Al M (@AlYourPalster) November 30, 2020