evandyk
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I mentioned in another thread that the Path seems busier too than it has been, at least from Tuesday-Thursday.
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drum118
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evandyk
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I wonder if this is more of a trend?
CIBC calls some corporate bankers back to the office full-time
Canada's fifth largest lender is following in the footsteps of JPMorgan in calling workers back to the office five days a week. Read on.
financialpost.com
Jonny5
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An important distinction here is the type of employee being called back.I wonder if this is more of a trend?
CIBC calls some corporate bankers back to the office full-time
Canada's fifth largest lender is following in the footsteps of JPMorgan in calling workers back to the office five days a week. Read on.
I'm willing to bet their "capital-markets bankers" being called back have 20 to 25 vacation days per year (ie. an entire month off), they travel a lot for work so they aren't in the office anyway those days, and they have generous leave and benefit packages.
And after all that they probably can still have one or two WFH days per month because most banks require that for business continuity purposes, meaning you prove you are capable of working from outside the office to meet regulator requirements.
Bojaxs
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Why do we tolerate this nonsense?
T3G
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Because no one, rightly, wants to get into a confrontation with a possibly violent criminal.
nfitz
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T3G
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For the same reason I don't think that TTC drivers should be obliged to enforce fares, I also don't think that regular riders are under any obligation to police asocial behaviour. The people who engage in said behaviour are frequently violent and/or strung out on drugs, and the average person is not trained in any way to respond to such a situation.
Maybe if you're built like a mountain and trained in some kind of martial art (and wearing a bulletproof vest for good measure), then you can think about engaging in vigilante justice on the TTC. For anyone without the physique of a bouncer, they would be idiotic to even think about it. The only thing the average private citizen should be expected to do is to hit the yellow alarm if they see something untoward going on, and let someone else - who, one hopes, has the training to do so - deal with it.
Life isn't a John Wick movie, and people intervening in dangerous situations without the training and equipment to do so have gotten themselves hurt or killed.
Northern Light
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Up to a point, I'm sympathetic w/this argument, but I do think it needs to be situational.
If we're going to insist that no one can ever call out anti-social behavior unless they are either 'John Wick' or willing to press the alarm and potentially hold up an entire train of people for 20 minutes, then too much ill behavior will proliferate.
Taking a pass on saying something for a minor transgression of etiquette is fair; and so is avoiding a direct confrontation with someone who appears unstable or dangerous.
But there is a space between there, and letting everything go.
I let a lot of people go when are openly (no earbuds) playing music on their phone, even though I consider that irksome, and rude, because I weigh the costs of intervention vs the nuisance value of non-intervention.
On the other hand, I've told people to get their feet off the seats more than once.........
And last year, there was someone who was definitely unstable getting up in the face of a female passenger and clearly scaring her. I stood up, inserted myself between them and backed him up off the train. I'm not a hero, it was a move that carried risk, it was also the right thing to do, and I'm not particularly young, nor a martial artist.
But passivity to excess is as corrosive to society as constantly inserting yourself into the business of others.
Mr.Tang
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I tiny minority of individuals who can not fit in with the most basic of society's norms cost massive disruption, cost and harm to the other 99%. Whether on transit, in our emergency rooms, public spaces or crime. If we dont do something moderately more forceful on the issue - I think a politician will come along and get mass approval for doing something maximally forceful on the issue. It feels like a cross between a zombie apocalypse movie and the Weimar republic.
evandyk
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Certainly there are a bunch of reasons that investment bankers are more likely to be told to work in the office five days a week than other workers. The investment banks led the trend in New York (to the extent you can call it a trend, since hybrid work is completely dominant now and that isn't likely to change). But it may be an indication more companies are requiring an additional day for people or are likely to in the near future.
nfitz
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What's shocking in those cases, is still the younger generation sits there and doesn't react.
I got spit on once for my trouble when there was a drunk verbally sexually harassing a mortified looking high-schooler. But at least I distracted him until the streetcar came (not even a passenger).
But I'm an idiot, so if someone is crossing the line that far, I'm going to say something. I draw the line at urinating on streetcar doors or masturbating standing in the aisle no matter how stoned they are. I really don't care if they beat me to a pulp ... I can't imagine living with myself if I became that meek.
denfromoakvillemilton
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TTC riders in for longer weekend subway closures, earlier weeknight service suspension in 2025: report
The TTC says there will be more full weekend subway line closures and earlier weeknight suspension of service in 2025
toronto.citynews.ca
T3G
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In my book, it depends on what sort of person is engaging in said anti-social behaviour.
If you told a teenage girl to take her feet off the seats in front of her, sure, you'll walk away from that interaction without a scratch on you.
But confronting homeless people and crackheads is a different kettle of fish entirely. If one wishes to, then by all means (especially if you have multiple normal people ganging up one weirdo, which is what I think would be prudent to do), but I don't think it's fair to shame people for not sticking their own necks out for doing the same. Concerning the behaviour depicted in the video that started off this discussion, I would keep well clear of this individual. I am a slight and not at all fighting person, and the juice would not be worth the squeeze. As far as the people described by nfitz who were urinating on doors or masturbating in the aisle, I am putting as much distance between myself and those individuals as physically possible.
Monarch Butterfly
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Because of privacy laws, the cameras on the train and platform cannot "monitor" behaviour. Can't do automatic facial recognition so that a police officer can do a visit to their home and issue a fine or arrest them... at the moment, unless the laws change otherwise.