FUKUOKA, Jan 05 (News On Japan) –
JR Kyushu has determined to discontinue displaying the identify tags of prepare drivers and conductors, which have been beforehand posted contained in the trains on typical traces.
The function of those identify tags was to boost the sense of duty amongst crew members and supply a way of safety to passengers. However, this follow has been halted.
JR Kyushu: “From New Year’s Day, we will no longer display the name tags of our crew members.”
This choice was made to guard privateness and stop buyer harassment.
A former prepare driver commented, “When passengers were complaining, they would look at the staff’s name tag and address them disrespectfully by name, even though they didn’t know them personally. I always thought this was not good.”
Railway workers, together with prepare crew and station workers, are already susceptible to buyer harassment. Other incidents have additionally occurred.
For instance, when a station worker warned a young person who was leaning out to {photograph} an incoming prepare, {the teenager} grew to become enraged and bodily confronted the worker.
In one other case, a person in his 70s requested a feminine station worker for instructions and instantly grabbed her chest.
“Some passengers tend to look down on staff. If the staff can’t respond confidently and loudly, they hesitate, making them a target for such harassment,” the previous prepare driver defined.
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