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"The chair of the TTC is going undercover to recover chairs on the TTC"
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| quote: | Considering the high drama of Toronto’s current transit spat, we were pumped for this week’s episode of Undercover Boss Canada featuring TTC chair Karen Stintz. Would she have to throw riders off an overcrowded streetcar? Start laying the rails for the Eglinton LRT herself? Things start out promising, with Stintz explaining she would use her week as a working stiff to weigh the impact of potential cuts and to improve customer service (sounds logical to us). Plus, the dark wig with bangs that she dons for her transformation actually look pretty good. Transit chic! So, did Stintz ride the train all the way to everyday hero status? Find out after the jump.
Sadly, the rest of the episode contains too much PR and too few LOLs (though Stintz’s day reupholstering streetcar seats does yield the line, “The chair of the TTC is going undercover to recover chairs on the TTC.” Top notch!). As Stintz learns to drive a subway train, clean stations and refuel buses, we were told the public is to blame for all our TTC headaches. Rude transit employees? Riders should learn to appreciate how hard they work. Stations and trains are dirty? Riders should learn not to litter. Angry over fare hikes? If those damn riders didn’t vandalize seats, the commission would sail in under budget. There’s some truth in that (and several riders learned their lesson), but we thought Undercover Boss was about ridiculous disguises and inept bigwigs! |
http://www.torontolife.com/daily/hy...ode-3-tv-recap/
Watch it here: http://www.tv-links.eu/tv-shows/Und...on_1/episode_3/ |
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| Swamper |
Tried a few of those links but none of them worked...
I like the idea of shows like this but it's too bad you can't get the same quality/viewing angle from hidden cameras to see how things would *really* go down |
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| Summerlover |
| quote: | Originally posted by Swamper
I like the idea of shows like this but it's too bad you can't get the same quality/viewing angle from hidden cameras to see how things would *really* go down |
I agree, I watched part of this on tv the other night. Never "really" know what's going down, however...
Have you seen the Hooters episode? The store manager of one of those restraunts defintiely did not hold back LOL :haha: |
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| kotsy |
| I only saw this episode and the one that aired previous (Johnny Rockets) and it seems like they bring out the most model employees (some with overly dramatic sob stories) to paint a pristine imagine of a company's workforce. I could go on and on about the jaded s I worked with at TTC that stopped at nothing to get out of doing work, screw the company out of money or be a prick to passengers, but I'm sure you've had encounters with some of them (maybe even me :p). Having said that, it was still an interesting show to watch that gives some perspective into jobs that the general population wouldn't otherwise know about. |
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