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The Daily News isn't just the rival to the NY Post or the paper behind fouled up Scratch'N'Win promotions: It's become the leader using subway riders' cameraphone pictures to catch sleeping subway clerks. Today's bust involves a photograph of a very slumped-over C train clerk at the 163rd Street station. According to the photographer, who took the picture at 2AM, the clerk was sleeping for at least 20 minutes, even with loud construction work going on in the station. Earlier this year, the Daily News published a photograph of a sleeping Brooklyn subway clerk on the cover - and that clerk was suspended without pay for five days. The Daily News sent a reporter to talk to the 163rd Street station clerk and ask him whether or not he was sleeping:
"I wasn't sleeping," said the man, who appeared to be in his 40s and declined to give his name. "I was probably just reading a paper or praying."We wonder if the clerk will use the "I was praying for the pope" excuse. Admittedly, it's been a while since Gothamist has seen the inside of a church, but these pictures look more like sleeping than praying. Gothamist doesn't want to criticize the clerks any more than we have to, because they do get some crap treatment from riders; we're actually concerned about how much oxygen they are getting. Maybe the MTA needs to give clerks some exercises to do, like the exercises recommended to do on planes to avoid deep vein thrombosis, in order to keep their senses alert.The man was slumped forward as he held a burgundy pocket "Holy Bible" and appeared to be reading it closely as a reporter approached during his overnight shift on Saturday.
"I pray. I am a Christian," he said.
Some ideas on how to stay awake from the Mayo Clinic. And this should go for subway riders too - there's nothing more annoying than sleeping through your stop.
Photo by subway rider from the Daily News
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Maybe the problem is that they earn so little that they're forced to work overtime and are -- who wouldn't be ? -- exhausted.
I don't buy that "I work hard, long hours for little money so therefore I get to sleep on the job" excuse.
Well, It was 2AM. Maybe the sheer boredom caught him...
Token clerks are easy targets.
The Daily News and NY Post like easy targets...or the better term is "cheap shots." Why don't they pick on the management?
A lot of riders too like easy targets and use their cell phones to get "cheap shots."
Well, it was 2AM and maybe the subway riders are bored. Finding someone to get angry at keeps the subway riders awake.
My doorman has a little tv and a radio to keep him entertained. Do they have anything in those booths?
HOW TO TELL IF YOU NEED TO PRAY AT WORK
When a co-worker comes in a little too happy singing "good morning"
to everyone and you think, "Somebody needs to slap the shit out of her"
..You need to pray at work.
When someone comes in and announces, "Office meeting in 5 minutes,"
and you think, "what the f..k do they want now?"..... You need to pray
at work.
When your computer is mysteriously turned off and you want to say,
"Which one of you sons of bitches turned off my computer?" ..... You
need to pray at work.
When you and a co-worker are discussing something, and a third
person comes in and says, "Well at my last office...", and you want to
throw a stapler at him...... You need to pray at work.
When you hear a co-worker call your name and the first thing that
crosses your mind is, "What the hell does this bitch want now?" and
you try to hide underneath your desk........You need to pray at work.
When you are asked to stay late and help do someone else's work and
the first thing that pops in your head is, "Both of y'all can kiss
my ass!!" ..
You need to pray at work.
When you're in the elevator and it stops to pick up someone who stood
for five minutes waiting for the darn thing only to go DOWN one floor,
and you say "that lazy bastard"..... .You need to pray at work.
When you take some vacation time and come back to find a mountain
of paperwork sitting on your desk because no one else would do it
and you think, "sorry ass M#$^%F%&#s"....... You need to pray at work.
If you have ever thought about poisoning, choking, punching, slapping,
or flattening someone's tires that you work with.....You need to pray at
work.
If you avoid saying more than hello or how are you doing to someone
because you know it's going to lead to their life story...You need to pray
at work.
LET US ALL BOW OUR HEADS
five days without pay seems a little harsh for falling asleep. not that the MTA has even been nice to me, in fact once they made me cry, but still... it seems kind of creepy to use your camera phone as social survelliance. maybe the next time you check your e-mail on company time someone should pop over your shoulder and send the snap to the boss.
FM: You don't "buy that excuse?" Hope you're not at work, reading these sites on company time (10:36 AM). Next time you check your e-mail at work, or quickly see how one of your ebay auctions is going, I hope you lose five days of pay.
@*$#@&$% president of the MTA gives himself a raise and claims he has no choice but to raise metrocard fares again, and we're going after the poor chumps who work in the booths, pretty much because it's a larf to do so. And having the mainstream media encourage people to use their cellcameras to tattle on people- Big Brother is in all of us, now.
And yes, I am posting this from my work computer, but I for one have no problem with goldbricking.