Yeah, so what he said that. I know I’m a bit late on this and I apologize. Here’s my .02…

Kalikow was not saying anything about the EMPLOYEES. He was looking at it strictly from a PERFORMANCE perspective. Face it, the Fail Road is what it is. They can mask/doctor/lie about their OTP numbers up to a certain point. Service sucks. And if you ride, you know what I mean.

If some employees get pissed off because Kid Kalikow hurt their feelings, maybe he’s onto something. If I had nothing to worry about, I’d pass it off as the ramblings of a rich moron and leave it at that. At the same time, his assessment of the Fail Road is a reflection of its employees. The trains and tracks don’t run or fix themselves. The employees do. And, if the riders and the guy in charge can see it as plain as day, why are the employees deluding themselves into thinking they work for a first rate operation?

I can’t tell you how many times people ask me how I get to work…and when I answer “LIRR” they wince like you answered “I have a headache”. People who don’t even take the Fail Road know what a piece of shit it is because of the horror stories.

In my opinion, Kalikow is right. Assuming he is basing his decision only on fact and measurable performance indicators, the Fail Road is an abomination. It is a pimple on the ass of NYS. It’s also what gets hundreds of thousands of people to work every day. So, we pretty much have no choice but so suck it up and deal with it…

I have also read/heard some Fail Road employees complaining there’s too much management involved. That the managers screw things up and there’s too much interference. Well, management only does so much. Why don’t you morons show some balls and call them out on their bad practices? Oh yeah, I forgot, you don’t want to “rock the boat” since the only reason you work there is for the pension and benefits….

The Fail Road is run by a bunch of morons. There’s no way around it. The management may be pretty bad but the employees are also at fault. Just accept status quo. It’s really hard accepting that pay raise when you do THE SAME JOB for 20 years….

If you don’t like what I say here, tough shit. This is my fucking blog.

In case you’re wondering, the graphic to the right says, “UNIONS SUCK IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR JOB GO GET AN EDUCATION”