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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MightyAlweg: [QB] Thanks all for the replies and thoughts. [b]Railroad Bob:[/b] Yeah, that first car attendant was not nice. If I had been in a less relaxed mood her hostility would have been met with less restraint on my part. But honestly, it just wasn't worth the fight on that 40 minute trip. She was middle-aged, African-American, and had an air about her that she'd been doing this for a long time. [b]HopefulRailUser:[/b] No one mentioned a thing about a Metropolitan Lounge, and in my 1+ hour wandering around Union Station I saw no signage directing anyone to it. I see now after perusing these boards that it exists. I used the Metropolitan Lounge years ago on previous Starlight trips out of Portland. What's a bit sad is that the pictures posted here of this new lounge look like a dentist's office lobby, not the grand LA Union Station. If I ever take the Starlight again out of LA (and after this Amtrak experience I doubt that will happen now), I think I'd rather hang out at Traxx again instead. You can at least enjoy the magnificent architecture of the grand waiting room at Traxx. [b]smitty195:[/b] I saw no sign of any security or police presence in the waiting room or concourse. There was one lady out in front of the station wearing a yellow vest with "SECURITY" on it, but she seemed more concerned about cars dropping off people in the wrong zone than the homeless folks wandering through. Perhaps I just caught LA Union Station on a bad night? But the strong stench of established urine throughout both the north and south courtyards, and near the taxi stand in the afternoon, tells me that for at least the previous 48 hours at this facility there were humans peeing along walls and in planters repeatedly. Security didn't catch them, if there was security there. [b]Mr. Kisor:[/b] As for the presence of multiple homeless folks in Union Station, several of whom appeared to be mentally ill, I can be as charitable and sympathetic as the next guy. (And I do give to several charities, especially this time of year) But I also know that when I fly out of John Wayne Airport on Alaska Airlines or out of Long Beach on JetBlue, no homeless person smelling strongly of foul odors and babbling profanities to himself has ever collapsed into the chair next to me in the airport departure lounge. If Amtrak expects me to put up with that as a paying customer, then I'll make a note of it. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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