Despite having a captive cliental that even a Jim Carry character could have turned a profit with, it has been revealed that Amtrak’s food service has lost $834 million since 2002.
The causes are waste, employee theft and lack of proper oversight according to government auditors.
Anybody surprised?
What is the incentive for there to be oversight to stop theft and waste? The overseers have nothing to gain but aggravation by stopping the waste and theft, and they are going to get paid no matter what. Why not be popular with the rank and file and maybe even get cut in?
Of course, if they were the ones who had put up the money to buy the stuff getting wasted and stolen it would be an entirely different story.
Here’s a question to ponder: what do those who run and work for Amtrak have to gain by increasing the number of riders other than more work for the same amount of pay?
Now, ask yourself that regarding SEPTA.
Hat tip TrueBlueLiberty.com
I can remember when riding on a train was inexpensive and affordable. Then the government came in to help.
I rode amtrak a long time ago. It was affordable but not very comfortable and the conductors at that time were rude and obnoxious. SEPTA is a joke. When my wife’s SUV got clobbered by one of their “not in service” buses I watched in amazement as another bus went by and all the riders were trying to read the bus number so they could say they were on it. SEPTA paid out millions in fraudulent claims and when real claim came in (my wife’s accident) we got screwed…never trust a lawyer who says the “specialize” in suing SEPTA. They’re shysters.