Originally Posted by
jackal
Originally Posted by
diburning
The seat checks ARE standardized across the railroad. In fact, they are no different from the ones they used back when they used to take ticket stubs.
Yeah, but different conductors do different things to them. Some fold them and put a crease where the pax is to get off. Some put a hole punch. Some write the code on the back. I've seen all these and more.
Yes, many conductors do have special systems, but even I can generally figure out what they're doing. So if I can do it, they can do it.
However, the real problem has nothing to do with standardization or the lack thereof for the seat checks. While I admit that this probably doesn't happen nearly as much on the overnight run; the main reason for the re-inspection of tickets is because so many people remaining onboard at NYP tend to jump seats when the crowd leaves upon arrival. And most of them don't bring along their seat checks.