• @logicbomb
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    973 days ago

    The toilet break was described as “urgent”.

    I’m surprised that they don’t have some contingency plan for this sort of thing. You know, like radio ahead and have a substitute conductor waiting at the next station. Because shit happens.

    Maybe they do have a contingency plan and it failed.

    • @[email protected]
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      3 days ago

      It’s incredible how seemingly no business of any kind seems to understand this.

      Skeleton crews with no backup plans are seemingly just fine for all of them. I imagine because the cost of retaining extra staff to prevent problems is higher than simply “hoping nothing goes wrong and dealing with the disaster if it happens.”

      It’s cool though, since nobody needs jobs or anything. Lol

      • @Archelon
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        63 days ago

        “Maximizing operational efficiency”

    • @FireRetardant
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      383 days ago

      A hole in the conductor seat that drops waste directly onto the rails

    • @residentmarchant
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      12 days ago

      I can only imagine even if you had a plan in place, many people might not be comfortable calling their coworkers and telling them they have to take a fat shit soon

  • @[email protected]
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    943 days ago

    But there might not have been any major inconvenience to passengers, as trains continued to arrive and depart at the same intervals as usual.

    This is a big thing. They come every 5 minutes going every direction in Seoul. No one checks the schedule before they get on.

    • @FireRetardant
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      3 days ago

      The benefits of such a high frequency really makes transit so much more user friendly. In my area we only have buses, and risking waiting a full hour or more if you miss your bus cause it was a tad early sucks a lot and isn’t even trying to compete with the convenience of a car.

      • @[email protected]
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        103 days ago

        The high frequency is essential, and definitely the part you notice when you travel functional cities

  • atro_city
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    303 days ago

    If they need the toilet, they will have to use the restrooms in the stations, which are not near the platforms.

    Sounds like a planning mistake…

  • @Etterra
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    62 days ago

    Sounds like a staffing shortage.

  • @Maggoty
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    52 days ago

    But there might not have been any major inconvenience to passengers, as trains continued to arrive and depart at the same intervals as usual.

    Looks like it was fine, none of the riders would have even noticed.