The call comes out on the radio “All trains stop. Trespasser on the tracks” and everybody’s heart sinks. There are several disturbed individuals, known to us all, who get a kick out of disrupting trains and who despite being banned from railway property, return again and again to trespass where they can create the most havoc.
But this is not one of them. 15 minutes later the trains start again, and railway security are lecturing a slim man out in the front of the station about the dangers of walking on the track. Apparently, he “overstayed” last night in one of the trains, woke up in the yards and alarmed some poor train driver by walking out along the tracks this morning. The guy is let go with a warning and the trains start again. He goes over the Woollies opposite and treats himself to a hot potato gem breakfast (I know this because he comes back to the station to eat it) I suspect the “overstay” is no accident – someone looking for a safe place to sleep. Though it’s a mystery how he managed it. Station staff check every carriage for sleeping bodies before the trains go into the yards and there is nowhere inside to hide.
Indeed. They really should. We are letting things get out of hand at the moment.
Indeed they can and should.
A homeless man? How sad. Can’t Australia do better than this?