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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: Falafel Breaks and Brake Lights</title>
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<title>la</title>
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slow news day?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292803</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:15:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>not norm</title>
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norm, you're an idiot; you're fired!]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292792</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>craig</title>
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Just one question: was the streetcar door open while the driver was in the restaurant?  If so, it's against the law for the taxi to pass the open door.  Just curious.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292735</link>
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<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>norm</title>
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Inane post, fire author (and on that note, why am I still reading this hipster doofus blog?).  This belongs on Twitter.

I don't know much but I do know that TTC drivers are on a schedule and need to slow down if they're running fast, I've had streetcars wait out full traffic light cycles at night.  So why not grab a bite. 
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292734</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292734</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:30:21 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Jogn</title>
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The TTC is shite. I ride transit in cities all over the planet, only Toronto has this kind of obscene behavior. I hope more people abandon it for walking/biking/skateboards etc.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292731</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292731</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>bbpsi</title>
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Retail store manager here.

Think of it this way;  what if you were twenty-fourth in line at Tim Hortons, there was only one person on cash, and they just suddenly walked outside and lit up a smoke?  I seriously doubt you'd be making excuses for the employee, you'd be outside demanding to know why the @#$! they are having a smoke when there are two dozen people waiting for service inside.

The appropriate action for the fictitious Tim Hortons employee is to wait for a dead period with nobody in the store, and the appropriate action for the TTC operator is to take the break at a terminal/station.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292704</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292704</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>soren</title>
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That driver took four minutes from each passenger and countless others who he'd jammed up in traffic because he wanted a hot sandwich. His sense of entitlement is galling. Surely the union contracted meal breaks, so who does this jerk think he is? Sadly, this selfish behaviour, sanctioned by a bussload and others in this thread, is becoming more acceptable in our society.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292681</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292681</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:31:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>AF</title>
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It's absolutely unreal that there are people supporting this driver's actions. The guy drives a public transit vehicle that's fixed to the middle of the friggin road. It's one thing for a bus driver to pull over and run in for a coffee. It's another thing altogether for this bozo to stop his streetcar smack in the middle of Dundas West in the early evening. Even without the cab in the way, this creates a bottleneck of traffic as people switch lanes to get around this prick.

And count me among the chorus of people who say that comparing a four minute break at a desk job to this brain fart isn't anything close to comparable. If I'm not on deadline or in a meeting, taking four minutes to check my email, make a phone call, etc., is well within the scope of reality. But if I'm stuck in a meeting or scrambling to meet a deadline, I'm not getting up to take a piss, much less get a falafel. In that case, either I plan ahead and bring a bagged lunch, or wait until I'm done my work, or I'm screwed. When this guy is driving around a load of paying customers and sitting in the middle of Toronto traffic, he's 'on deadline.' If he doesn't like it, he should find another line of work.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292680</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292680</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Daniel Martins</title>
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TTC drivers are actually not allowed to be "ahead of schedule".  a bus can be on-time or late.....not ahead.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292671</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292671</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:28:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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It's true -- I'm making this comment while not driving a streetcar myself.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292670</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292670</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:16:23 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Ryan L.</title>
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I like bacon bits on my mashed potatoes.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292669</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292669</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:13:39 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>judgejuryexecutioner</title>
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I think there's been more than 4 minutes worth of breaks taken by some people to comment on this story tsk tsk tsk....]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292661</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292661</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:51 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>harlla</title>
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each time you see a TTC employee engage in misconduct (such as stopping in the middle of the route to get a damn sandwich), file a complaint. Give all the details you can (hey, maybe pictures, too) and let's hope that at some point TTC will start to pay attention to those things. This behaviour is unacceptable.

Link: https://wx.toronto.ca/inter/ttc/feedback.nsf/icomplaint?OpenForm]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292660</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292660</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Dean</title>
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personal attacks aside, though they are always fun and somehow strengthen any argument being made, this ttc driver is entitled to scheduled breaks; however, this doesn't mean that he can just stop his route wherever and run some errands for a couple of minutes.  my doctor just doesn't get up and go for a break in the middle of surgery. Teachers don't just walk out of class for five minues for a smoke (well, except for my grade 5 teacher).  Office workers just don't get up in the middle of a meeting to run out of the office for 5 minutes. Cooks just can't decide to take a break in the middle of the dinner rush.  Etc. etc. etc.

The TTC is a service organizations (yes, i am cringing when using service and ttc in the same sentence). Provide the service then take a break; don't provide the service only when you feel like it.

For the personal attacks that will probably come of this, yes I realize I am retarded (mentally, physically, emotionally, athletically), or whatever other politically incorrect word people use to make their case on these things.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292659</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292659</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:37:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sal</title>
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One more quick comment.

"ahead of schedule"

yeah...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292658</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292658</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Chris Orbz</title>
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In Weston, I'm used to drivers taking stops longer than this to go into the Tim Horton's / Wendy's building... it happens to be one of the least efficient Tim Horton's I've ever been in, even just to grab a drink.

I can relate to this driver - I've put funerals on hold in the middle for a falafel craving.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292654</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292654</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:13:10 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Adam L.</title>
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As Ryan L. reiterated; keep the arguments relevant...PLEASE!!  I'm getting tired of reading about all of these 'baked potatoes' - again, comment found here on Internet Arguing, for reference...

http://blogto.com/city/2008/06/morning_brew_june_24th_2008/]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292652</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292652</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:05:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Arpeggi</title>
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Gloria 

Thanks for proving once again that your argument is flawed and you are a hypocrite for accusing people of the same things that you yourself do. lets get back to the real issue here.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292646</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292646</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:36:42 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Sal</title>
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Happens all the time. Yesterday I was pretty shocked when I was on an express bus and the driver stopped 2 mins from the station to go into Tim Hortons for 5 mins.

I don't usually mind when they stop for a few minutes. Except when they are running late. I've had drivers show up about 5-10 minutes late, only to stop 5 mins in, to stop at Timmies.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292645</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292645</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:33:26 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>Gloria</title>
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I called you an asshole because you actually said things that might warrant that name -- throwing around colourful, baseless accusations that are completely unrelated to the topic. 

Nowhere did I say your being an asshole meant that your points were invalid (even if they may be anyway). But it remains that the way you tried to advance them was childish and excessive. 

Maybe you should get laid? 

(Oh ... now *I'm* an asshole too! We should have a party.)]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292644</link>
<guid>http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/07/falafel_breaks_and_brake_lights/#c292644</guid>
<category>Toronto, City</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:23:31 PDT</pubDate>
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