Posted by: Susan
Comedy in the making - 02/04/08 03:22 AM
If you're going to travel via Amtrak, take your kits with you.
A large snow plow fell through a trestle and landed on some railroad tracks in the Sierras, stranding about 400 passengers on two trains.
Amtrak, true to the American way of management, didn't tell the passengers what happened, just that the snow was falling too fast and heavy to keep the tracks cleared. I guess they thought the idea of a few tons of metal sitting quietly on the tracks was too much information to provide.
The people whined and complained. The smokers tried to rip the doors and windows open when they were refused permission to go outside to smoke. Kids ran and screamed through the cars. Some teenagers got to the PA system and were making announcements like they were Amtrak officials. The wedding party crawled through the snow to the highway where wedding guests had gathered to collect them.
Not exactly a survival situation, more of a Whiner's Convention. Toss a few paperbacks into your kits for entertainment, and some duct tape to gag the kids. And their parents.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/BAM5UR81M.DTL
Sue
A large snow plow fell through a trestle and landed on some railroad tracks in the Sierras, stranding about 400 passengers on two trains.
Amtrak, true to the American way of management, didn't tell the passengers what happened, just that the snow was falling too fast and heavy to keep the tracks cleared. I guess they thought the idea of a few tons of metal sitting quietly on the tracks was too much information to provide.
The people whined and complained. The smokers tried to rip the doors and windows open when they were refused permission to go outside to smoke. Kids ran and screamed through the cars. Some teenagers got to the PA system and were making announcements like they were Amtrak officials. The wedding party crawled through the snow to the highway where wedding guests had gathered to collect them.
Not exactly a survival situation, more of a Whiner's Convention. Toss a few paperbacks into your kits for entertainment, and some duct tape to gag the kids. And their parents.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/BAM5UR81M.DTL
Sue