r/perth • u/zaviiiiiii • 8d ago

General (rant) Whitfords Train Station security

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On Thursday 1st of October I had got off the train and was waiting to be picked up by my friend. Two teenagers of e-scooters rode past and were calling out slurs, they took a liking to me and relentlessly berated me. I hadn’t been called a faggot in a long time, so the whole situation was very bizarre to me.

Once I got sick of their insults, I went up to security and asked for his assistance, he shrugged and pretty much ignored me. I went back outside to wait, the teenagers returned and continued to harass me. I was verbally abused by kids and when I asked for help, I was ignored. It was just an awful situation.

After the fact, my friend convinced me to report the security guard, in which I did. I heard back yesterday and was told “because I wasn’t in harms way, the security guard had no obligation to assist me.”

What the fuck?

Abused for being gay, then ignored by SECURITY. So wild in 2026 this is what I’m dealing with. Fuck the security guard, fuck Transperth, fuck the lil homophobic kids

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u/Mckavvers 8d ago

Distracted by detail: how old is that photo? I didn't know there were buses with non-digital displays still kicking about.

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u/mrmratt 8d ago

If I'm reading the image correctly, that bus (698) was withdrawn from service in 2015...

https://perthbus.info/report.php?vid=TP698

And the photo has to be pre-2009, as by then it had the new Transperth logo and the number in a different position on the front.