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08-01-2014, 11:27 | #1 |
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He was more aggressive than I would like but not outright rude. There was a student he pulled up over not having a student card which was fair enough but I didnt like the way he spoke to the 2 girls who may or may not have been using valid 'child' tickets. If they were actually entitled to use them I would be upset at his manner and the aggressive way he spoke to them was uncalled for in my opinion anyway.
In fairness he was fine with me although he gave my annual ticket more scrutiny than anyone I've ever seen in about 10 yrs commuting
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He probably was put on a course to train him to behave that way. The problem is that serious aggression is such a common trait in us Irish that he has to go in aggressively so as to get his retaliation in first.
If he goes in all nice as pie, people will just walk all over him so he has to be seen in the first place as being unwilling to take any crap from anyone. It is exactly the same everywhere with ticket inspectors - there is no other way to get the job done. I reckon he'd want to be wearing a stab-vest the way a significant minority behave in this country. |
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As I said before, this is the first time I've ever seen RPU staff on a train and I thought their behaviour was reasonable. I can't speak for the wider experience as I personally think it is absurd how rarely my ticket is checked by either rude or nice staff. |
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I really have no problem with them being 'assertive' with people who have no ticket / wrong ticket / someone elses free pass etc etc etc. In fact I am often delighted to see the offenders nabbed and put in their place.
However, I do not think they should be quite so 'assertive' in their manner to us 'law abiding' passengers with valid tickets. There has to be a happy medium.
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