by Keevan
How does the conductor know it's your stop when he walks by and picks up the seat check (assuming he does his seat checks like he should)?
I know there are numbers on the little piece of paper, but only rarely do the conductors I have on the M&E-Gladstone actually punch out the holes based upon the station's distance from/to the terminal. Most of the conductors I've seen just fold the rectangular seat check under the leather handle built into the seat in front of you. Sometimes they just slide it under without even folding it at all. It sure doesn't look they are putting much thought into it when they're doing the seat checks for entire cars at a time, yet after each station they know which checks are for people whose stop is next. Are they just that good at folding it the right way so they know?
Can't figure this out so I'm wondering how it's done without the hole punch method.
I know there are numbers on the little piece of paper, but only rarely do the conductors I have on the M&E-Gladstone actually punch out the holes based upon the station's distance from/to the terminal. Most of the conductors I've seen just fold the rectangular seat check under the leather handle built into the seat in front of you. Sometimes they just slide it under without even folding it at all. It sure doesn't look they are putting much thought into it when they're doing the seat checks for entire cars at a time, yet after each station they know which checks are for people whose stop is next. Are they just that good at folding it the right way so they know?
Can't figure this out so I'm wondering how it's done without the hole punch method.