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oreosfly t1_je33ta4 wrote

Just fucking get rid of them. Their role has not be useful in YEARS - for an agency who cries for money every time the sun rises it would be nice if they actually looked internally and eliminated useless ass roles

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StevenAssantisFoot t1_je3dkux wrote

They won't do shit if you're getting murdered right in front of them. They can't refill cards. They literally have no purpose but to sit there and do nothing. No point in having them there for years now.

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soontwobee t1_je3esfz wrote

But I feel less lonely seeing them there

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duaneap t1_je3jn1w wrote

Stop hanging out in the subway station, Dennis.

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sumgye t1_je3hxhy wrote

You will feel even less lonely when they are out of their booths.

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VodkaSliceofLife t1_je47vhp wrote

They give directions, especially when trains aren't running or shit is rerouted. I watch them give directions all night to dumbasses who don't/can't read the posters plastered all over. And they are eyes an ears for like 25 an hour tops. You think that's where mtas money issues lie? They call for cops constantly, many times over the intercom when they know cops are at the station but in a different area or on the mezzanine. I swear most of you dudes just like to bitch all day about nothing like goddamn babies.

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joyousRock t1_je60knh wrote

booth agents are the most glaring example of the waste and inefficiency of the MTA. they have not had much responsibility for years, and have been downright useless since 2020 when they stopped accepting cash. they should have been eliminated a while ago, but of course unions and bloated bureaucracy don't allow for rational decision making

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Grass8989 t1_je35ymf wrote

This is why we have unions.

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Definitely_wasnt_me t1_je37mmq wrote

Or more like this is what unions can create.

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sumgye t1_je3hzzb wrote

Yeah unions are not always good. Look at the police or teachers unions. Reddit just likes unions a lot for some reason.

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augsav t1_je3rbvx wrote

What’s wrong with the teachers union?

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JohnnyRelentless t1_je48k1j wrote

Unions are good. Teacher's unions are good. Police unions are the exception. The working classes of the entire world like unions, outside of right-wing Americans obediently lapping up every scrap their uber wealthy masters throw them.

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Dont_mute_me_bro t1_je4fw0k wrote

  1. But there are "right wing" union members. The Rockaway Republican club has or had several union members as its leaders.

  2. Why are police unions bad? Either one supports unions (as I do) or not. Are there any other unions that are "Objectionable"?

  3. Only internationalists care what "The Working Classes" of the world like. Why should I care about what Peruvian metal lathers or Polish mill workers like? I don't even care what many Americans like.

  4. Most working class people don't identify as "Working Class" because they don't romanticize their socio-economic position and aspire to "move up".

  5. If you don't see the irony of someone from one of the toniest areas in your borough playing Socialist, you should check the mirror. East Tremont to West Farms, maybe, but Riverdale isn't exactly "the hood. Just saying.

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OHYAMTB t1_je3jre9 wrote

They should not be fired, they should be offered new positions and retraining within the MTA. Protect their salaries too so they don’t lose anything, but make them do something productive. It is absurd that the union is protecting literal do-nothing jobs.

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