Keep Your Hands Off the Train Conductor, Please!

By Jean Akins
July 26, 2008

Yesterday during my Amtrak ride home on the Capitol Corridor I noticed that the train conductor was wearing a sign that read: "CAUTION -- KEEP HANDS AWAY".

I asked him if people had been putting their hands on him or if he had been attacked.

Well, it turns out that some women in their 60's who had been drinking a bit too much couldn't control the urge to grope him.

So he made the sign that he now wears arounds his neck.

Open message to those women:

HANDS OFF THE TRAIN CONDUCTOR! He needs to focus on his job which includes being responsible for the safety of everyone on board the train. Yes, he happens to be extremely good-looking, but that doesn't entitle you to grope him as he walks by collecting tickets.