Posted on 08/14/2017 12:16:22 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
MTA accused of storing dead bodies in employee break rooms
By Elizabeth Rosner, Danielle Furfaro and Daniel Prendergast
August 14, 2017 | 1:45pm
tand clear of the dead bodies.
“Leaking” corpses of people killed by subway trains are often brought to employee lunch rooms and other break areas inside stations, disgusted union officials and sources said on Monday.
In an effort to restore service quickly, bodies are simply carted off to “whatever room happens to be nearest,” a union source told The Post.
“If a lunch room is the nearest, they’ll put it in the lunch room,” the source said.
And that’s enough to make transit workers lose their lunch.
“Transit does not care about morale,” Taytana A. Klimenko railed on a private Facebook group conversation for station agents, obtained by The Post. “They do not invest in psychological welfare for their workers. I am surprised we do not have a high suicide rate — we must have some strong workers. Very tough. Something the union should look to invest into?”
“Be a pro?” Tommy McNally, a TWU safety inspector from Staten Island posted in the group. “Station Agents walking over bodies in the bathroom? Uncovered bodies leaking fluids..be a pro…this isn’t Vietnam pal….be a pro and suck it up if you get hepatitis…? No, close the station, put the body in a bag, on the platform, wait for the morgue to take it…then open the station.”
Union officials said it takes at least two hours for a corpse to leave the station.
“The police are forced [to] store the bodies in utility rooms and other subway rooms while waiting for Medical Examiner’s Office staff to arrive.
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I think we should examine the statistics of how many times dead bodies have ended up in the lunch room in the past 15 years. Then we would have a clear picture of the problem.
Um, this sounds crazy to me.
Um, this sounds crazy to me.
You do have to wonder.
Although I have always wondered if Anne had a hand in it.
Is it any good?
Yes, it was very good. Very atmospheric. I was just poking around the library catalog and found a couple I’ve missed.
A really delightful book. And it shows that the more things change the more they stay the same.
Wrong MTA.When that song was written Boston's transit system was called the Metropolitan Transit Authority (the MTA).And NYC's transit system was,and still is,referred to as the MTA (but I don't know what it stands for).
Some years later (can't recall when) the name of Boston's system was changed to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).
The song you refer to mentions Scolly Square...Roxbury...and Jamaica Plain,all sections of the City of Boston (Scolly Square became "Government Center" after the song was released).
I am familiar with Phyllis McGinley, “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” but that’s the only one my library has.
I just bought two books by Joachim Jeremias, a mid-century Bible scholar, off Alibris.com. My pastor has been waving “Parables of Jesus” around for the last several weeks. He’s a big reader.
I wish I knew Greek better, though.
Uh...like maybe I was joking?
Anyway, as for that mythical doomed rider on the Boston MTA: his wife threw him a sandwich every time the train roared past; why didn’t she put his fare in one of them?
;^)
Sorry...didn't know where you're from and I didn't know just how well you remember the lyrics.I've ridden what today is the MBTA since I was a kid and NYC's transit system for years.
Anyway, as for that mythical doomed rider on the Boston MTA: his wife threw him a sandwich every time the train roared past; why didn’t she put his fare in one of them?
Good point!
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