So the other week they upgraded the surface of platforms 3 and 4 at St Peters station, and in doing so, they removed the bins that had been there for years and years. Now the whole area around the station is a lot more rubbishy, especially the laneway the runs from King St to the station. This is not pleasing me, as it compounds a problem already made annoying by people dumping their MX newspapers on the ground in the allyway. So I went to the cityrail website and complained.
And this was the response I got;
Dear Mr. name deleted by me,
Thank you for your email concerning the removal of rubbish bins on St. Peters stations.
Following the Federal Government’s information on terrorist activity, CityRail removed garbage bins from its busier stations as a security measure.
While it is acknowledged the removal of bins may be inconvenient to passengers, CityRail’s priority is protecting passengers and staff.
I am advised CityRail will consider returning the bins should the threat to public safety be considered to have subsided.
CityRail is currently running a campaign to encourage passengers to be responsible for removing their rubbish from trains and stations.
Should you require any further information on this matter, you may wish to contact me on phone number deleted by me.
Yours Sincerely
Name deleted by me
Case Manager
RailCorp Customer Relations
This of course leaves me with a few questions. What information has cityrail recieved that makes it so vital that the bins be removed now, when events such as 9/11, or the bali bombings, or the london bombings, or the many many many other bombings that have taken place in the last few years were not enough for them to be removed? Why has the cityrail employee designated to fob me off used a plural when referring to St Peters station? Why isn’t cityrail taking more responsibilty for keeping the areas surrounding the station clean? What should I do now? Should I follow this up myself? Or perhaps I should forward the information to a crack investigative agency like Today Tonight and let them go to town?
What do you think readers?
Hmmm.
I think you should fix your HTML first.
Then take your rubbish with you.
Perhaps you can collect the remainder in large bags and take it directly to the Stationmaster… or mail it to CityRail’s head office?
I wouldn’t bother with TT, or ACA, or any other of the mass-media, commercialist propaganda agencies. Who watches them, anyway? They’re just glorified infomercials sandwiched between Two Minutes Hate sessions. How very blah.
Comment by Send Your Hate To Me — January 10, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
(Why do my postages not post?!?!?!)
Hmmm.
I think you should fix your HTML first.
Then take your rubbish with you.
Perhaps you can collect the remainder in large bags and take it directly to the Stationmaster… or mail it to CityRail’s head office?
I wouldn’t bother with TT, or ACA, or any other of the mass-media, commercialist propaganda agencies. Who watches them, anyway? They’re just glorified infomercials sandwiched between Two Minutes Hate sessions. How very blah.
Comment by Send Your Hate To Me — January 10, 2007 @ 3:00 pm