South Korean train conductor’s 4-min toilet break led to delay of 125 trains | The Straits Times
Many of them were delayed 20 minutes from their originally scheduled arrival times. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
A hole in the conductor seat that drops waste directly onto the rails
didn't know amazon had a train company
As is his Right as the Train Master
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
“Maximizing operational efficiency”
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
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.
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.
The high frequency is essential, and definitely the part you notice when you travel functional cities
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...
Sounds like a staffing shortage.
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.