RE: [CBQ] Perfect gentlemen

["'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

I should have added that the railwaymen who are members of this List are
obviously of the type that the VP was seeking!


Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ|

 

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Sent: Friday, 23 May 2014 2:19 p.m.
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Subject: Re: [CBQ] Perfect gentlemen

 



Well I guess you could say that..."some were and some weren't"...Some have
observed over the years that you can't expect "gentlemanly" conduct when you
put a man who has been  "rassling boxcars for 40 years until he gets enough
seniority to run a passenger train to be a "gentlemen" at all times... 

 

I think that whether a guy is a "gentleman" or not depends on his own
personalty and moral values....I had the privilege of working with both
types.

 

Pete



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From: 'Rupert & Maureen' gamlenz@ihug.co.nz [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, May 22, 2014 4:07 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Perfect gentlemen

  

Pete 

Back in 1921, the Burlington's vice-president announced that the Burlington
was conducting a courtesy campaign among its employes. He said "In the
management of a property requiring 60,000 employes it is expecting too much
that every one of them will be a 'perfect gentleman,' but we are determined
that the percentage of 'perfect gentlemen' in our employ shall be as high as
we can make it."

 

Are you suggesting that the "old heads" were not perfect gentlemen?


Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ