Yesterday evening, on returning to my home, and then taking the RER A, I had an experience that can be described as original (or fart-balls in a language more raw). arrived at Nanterre-Prefecture, the poor passengers that we are experiencing the same ritual for over 20 years: change driver! Yes, because as stupid as it seems, RER A change of driver 2 times: once when arriving in Paris, one in spring (the line goes from east to west). Normally this process takes less than 5 minutes. That seems long when you talk just to change drivers, and I can confirm: it long.
Except this time, it lasted too long. Some people came out to smoke on the platform (and the Evin law then!?), Others have gone into after wharf to understand the situation. Quickly the answer came: the train does not leave because there is no driver!
First issue of passengers to the poor servant attached to his walkie-talkie:
"Why you do not spend ad? - Because the sound of the station has not operated for years ... - And why the driver is not there? - Because he is not coming from the suburbs yet arrived ... - It restarts when? - When he arrives ...
All in a mood swinging between sigh / resignation and desire to hit someone like that to relax a little. The funniest in history: in the half-open door into the rest room for drivers, the TVvision broadcast the monologue of Our President.
Finally, after 25 minutes, a driver showed up and everyone went back to the train.
While conclude from all this: you begin to understand all the concern does not come from these "lazy drivers" because they do not vote budgets, do not break the rails, do not destroy the catenary etc..
The purpose of the leaders of the RATP / SNCF is slowly advancing the notion that privatization is the solution, because the utility does not work. Except that the idea has been applied in Britain with the success we know it.
As the famous proverb: if you want to kill the dog, saying he has rabies.
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