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RIP Sleeping/Snoozing TTC Booth Collector :(
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| Stilez |
http://www.torontosun.com/news/toro...7/16344486.html
| quote: | The TTC ticket collector whose picture went viral after he was caught sleeping on the job earlier this year died Saturday.
George Robitaille suffered a stroke Thursday, according to the Amalgamated Transit Union.
“Here’s a guy who worked for decades with a flawless record and was even cited for saving a passenger’s life when he was a Wheel-Trans driver,” a “saddened” union boss Bob Kinnear said in a statement.
“It was not fair that he was subjected to relentless public derision in his last year of life because he nodded off on a slow Saturday night in an overheated collector’s booth due to the medication he was taking for the cardio condition that eventually felled him.”
After 30 years with the TTC, a then-55-year-old Robitaille took the ridicule that followed his January gaffe at McCowan station “like a man,” apologizing to the public and his coworkers, Kinnear said.
Robitaille took a medical leave after falling asleep on the job. Before returning, the motorcycle enthusiast and Labrador retriever breeder told Sun columnist Joe Warmington that he loved life and savoured every day, even the bad ones.
Robitaille was “a legitimate hero” who was “mortified that his health and medication that caused him to doze off made him a poster boy for those thinking TTC employees are lazy,” Warmington said.
“I saw him work before he was famous and he was the type who joked with the travellers, helped with directions and always had a smile,” he said. “It was ironic what happened because he actually was the poster boy for all that’s good for the TTC.”
— With files from Joe Warmington
tamara.cherry@sunmedia.ca |
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| bcope |
| joe warmington is to journalism what michael bay is to film |
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| evil_cookie |
| quote: | Originally posted by bcope
joe warmington is to journalism what michael bay is to film |
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| VDub |
| Tamara Cherry sounds like a stripper..... |
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| haqq |
| quote: | Originally posted by VDub
Tamara Cherry sounds like a stripper..... |
id hit it |
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| r5a |
was the info about his health released back when everyone ripped on him? i dont recall ever hearing about it i certainly wouldn't have been so harsh back then. i feel like a total trashcan now for being one of those that kinda ridiculed the ttc.
the dude sounds like a baller and a gentlemen of all kinds, stupid ing media blasted him for no reason and i just went along with it :(
rip |
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| Abercrombie |
RIP |
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| 1dawoman |
| Fatigue, lethargy or somnolence (daytime sleepiness) are very common symptoms of heart disease....considering he died of a heart attack, it's possible that his sleeping on the job was an early sign of his condition. I feel bad for the guy :( |
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| Euphorica |
oh kotsy . nice costume.
rip |
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| DavidC01 |
| Sleep it is quintessential to our lives. Every human being has the major basic functions in common. One of these vital necessities is the need to sleep. Though we all have different sleep patterns, sleep different amounts, and the quality of our slumber varies greatly, sleep is literally necessary to stay alive. Strangely, though it is just as important as breathing, many people live with agonizing and life altering sleep disorders. The importance of sleep is often overlooked. |
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| Salmon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
RIP |
Haha that was a great night, and ya chris you had the greatest custume of the evening, great work on that |
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| VDub |
| And since you resurrected this thread in the middle of night, maybe you should get to bed?? |
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