Melzer:
Also, as Gene Poon has
reported, fresh eggs are once again being made available in the
morning.
Jackson: Only if you want an omlette. No eggs made to
order.
Melzer:
The SDS menu concept
is fluid and constantly evolving. Our vocal criticisms can help shape
and improve future food service.
But we better have our facts straight unless we want to be discredited. The caption to the
photo of the diner on train 6 on our home page --
especially the use of the term "Diner Lite" -- puts us in that
exact kind of danger.
Jackson: Call it what you want. I find it very
objectionable that we are asked to go along with whatever Amtrak calls
it, when responsible rail advocates are duty bound to say what it OUGHT
to be. The picture caption drives home the point that it AIN'T
WHAT IT USED TO BE; nothing else. And who is going to put us in
danger? Like all responsible journalists, I stand by my
writing. I do not apologize for my 25 years of
advocacy. When others stand around apologizing for what Amtrak
does, when others just wait for Amtrak to act and then are expected to
fall in line in support, that's not consumer advocacy to
me. Thanks for your comments, though, and I will be more accurate
when the occasion arises. As I write this our VP South, James
Smith is on train #1 out of LAUS, where he will test the food service,
whatever it's called, and let us know.
Melzer:
Just my two
cents, Matt Melzer
Jackson: And now you have mine. Russ Jackson
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