Recording Secretary's Notes

CHAPTER 2 in THE CRAP AT 1^ST TRANSIT Tuesday 10/6 2009 I was in Bus 6073 starting route67 on my 1^st trip. Debra Dodd

sent a message over VMS “per safety Manager, He viewed you making an unsafe turn at 67^th Ave and Van Buren, and quoted the Smith System, ( he must read it daily). Now my mind is back at that location trying to figure out what she is talking

about. I confronted Greg Williams in Jeff’s office with Dana present, and asked him what he saw that was unsafe? Williams said I made the turn too fast, and that I should be making the turns at 5mph ( DOES WILLIAMS HAVE A RADAR GUN BUILT INTO HI EYES), I feel this to be unrealistic as not all turns can be made safely at 5 mph. I also told him that such a unspecified message took my attention away from the present moment, Williams said that Dodd did not send the exact message that he told her to send ( GO FIGURE EH?) and that he will fix the problem. (MR PREVENTABLE ACCIDENT SEDING OUT DISTRACTING MESSAGES TO MAKE YOU TAKE YOUE EYES OFF THE ROAD) I wonder if Williams indeed reprimanded her for not following instructions from her superior. ( OR DID SHE ACTUALLY SEND THE MESSAGE WILLIMS GAVE HER?) If Williams was generally concerned he would have confronted Dodd in person with Dana and me present.

Jan Nelson told me that Debra Dodd called on the handset while she was on the freeway, she pulled off the freeway to answer thinking they may need her somewhere else ( SAFETY FIRST AT 1^ST TRANSIT ALWAYS!!! OK FOR OCC TO HAVE YOU USE THE HANSET WHILE DRIVING BUT NOT A PHONE GO FIGURE) Debra Dodd told her, per the Safety Manager you need to back off, insinuating that Jan was driving to close to traffic. (HOW THE HELL WOULD HE KNOW?? OR WAS HE FOLLOWING HER??)

10/15 or 10/16 Company gave Steven Blackwell a written/ Verbal warning for not attending the TARR class. Before he stepped down from dispatch (SMART MAN) they scheduled him for the last class. He missed that class and the make up class due to illness and has a Dr’s note for both occasions, but apparently being sick with a DR’s note is now CHARGEABLE ( SO I GUESS AT 1^ST TRANSIT YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET SICK ANYMORE).

The week before last while starting my route I was having problems with front end suspension. I downed the bus at 67^th Ave and Van Buren as the front end was slamming down hard on every little bump and felt it was unsafe to continue. Jimmy Washington was there with his broken down bus as well. Debra Dodd’s comment was “So you are there hanging out with Jimmy” as if I chose this location to break down and have a SOCIAL HOUR with another driver!!!!!! Irene agreed her comment was totally unnecessary and said she would talk to her, Perla also said he would talk to her. (GUESS WHAT SHE IS STILL THERE MAKING HER SMART REMARKS!!!!!!!)

Wed. Sept 2 I downed bus 6090 for 2 unsafe issues. Bus was so slow I could not clear intersections before light turned red and R/S mirror glass was wavering in motion. OCC DEBRA DODD said on VMS we have no more buses, they traded me out with a loop bus and kept 6090 on standby for the next victim. (REMEMBER SAFETY FIRST AT 1^ST TRANSIT ALWAYS!!!!!!!). First Transit is constantly compromising safety for the sake of service. I informed not only Debra Dodd but Irene Hurt as well as Gregg Williams ( MR. SAFETY) and Cecil Blandon of the safety issues yet they ALL CHOSE TO LEAVE THE BUS OUT THERE!!!!!!!

REMEMBER NOT TO TAKE ANY BUS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A 5inch spot mirror intact on it as per the CBA. STAY TUNED FOR FOLLOWING CHAPTERS IN THE SAFETY SAGA OF FIRST TRANSIT.

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THE LATEST CRAP AT 1^ST TRANSIT

PERLA, MOORE, WILLIAMS AND HURT NOTHING MORE THAN CINCINNATI’S PUPPETS ON A SHORT STRING

Here is a few days of pure hell out of the life of a 1^st Transit Operator.

Friday 10/16/09 “I went to see Irene as my name was on her list, she had my incident reports and said the man in the wheelchair can get on the bus without the ramp if he chooses and proceeded to RIP up the incident report in front of my face, which I found to be rude and disrespectful. Irene said she listened to the recording on the 2^nd incident report and felt that Debra Dodd was not rude to me as I had stated ( GO FIGURE), which is not what I had stated in the report. Irene said Debra was nice to me and turned it around to say that I was insubordinate by not following instructions, per OCC and not turning on Cholla St per the Detour ( AGAIN GO FIGURE Debra Dodd NOT RUDE TO A OPERATOR ANDASUAL NOTHING DONE ABOUT IT). She said I could have gotten stuck by going against the detour posted. Moore also stated I should have followed the detour ( GO FIGURE MOORE AGREEING WITH HURT). I told them I was there for the passengers and doing my best to accommodate them as a 2 ½ mile detour was a BIG inconvenience for a lot of them. I also stated that we are their (OCC) eyes out there, and was just trying to inform OCC about the detour situation as I have always done in the past, which has always been welcomed from other OCC Operators. Other Operators are always over heard talking about Debra Dodd’s negative attitude, and they will not do any extra for her like they will for other OCC Operators ( I CAN ONLY WONDER WHY< AND THE PUPPETS WON”T DO A THING ABOUT IT AS USUAL). Dodd is not a team player and refuses to cooperate with and or show respect to the Operators. Dodd Continuously violates 1 Transit’s code of Conduct which the Operators get terminated for, why not the Supervisors????????????

Tuesday 10/13/2009 My schedule is 600am to 137 pm and 330pm to 544pm 4 days a week, the company chose to send me for a so called RANDOM just before CLOCK OUT at 544pm, a little coincidental?? Could it be because of my UNION status??? I finally clocked out at 720pm not that the Company gave a RATS ASS as usual, and then had to drive home dog ass tired. I confronted PUPPET WILLIAMS about how fatigue driving is just as bad as Drunk Driving and ability impaired by drugs. This would appear to be nothing more than retaliation on me.

Friday 10/9/2009 I was in dispatch making copies for the bid, Debra Dodd accused Alfredo Gutierrez of being on his phone while driving a relief vehicle in the yard. He is at the dispatch window to my right while Dodd’s fat ass is in front of the VMS screen to my left. She says to Lisa “ tell him he is not to be on the phone while driving” Alfredo said “ I do not appreciate you accusing me of doing something I was not doing” Did Dodd ever apologize? NO and just mumbled something to herself. Alfredo and Jose who was in the car with him said neither were on the phone, but once more DODD gets away with it.

It has become quite apparent that Debra Dodd is just plain rude and ignorant to the operators and that the Puppets refuse to do anything about it, could it be that she has something on them??? If this was an Operator that Operator would have been out on the street so long ago it wouldn’t have been funny. But I guess 1^ST Transits motto must be “the more you can screw an operator the better review you will get” or who knows maybe 1^st Transit has taken a page out of Beau James book at Phoenix and are offering a set of BBQ tools for the Supervisor that can be the biggest PRICK towards the Operators, stay tuned for Chapter 2 to follow soon.