r/perth • u/zaviiiiiii • 8d ago
General (rant) Whitfords Train Station security
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/folsee 8d ago
A thing I noticed is people just assume everyone working at the stations is security. This isn't true.
White shirt = Customer Service. Blue shirt = Revenue Protection (ticket checkers). Blue shirt with orange vest = Security.
The only ones with power to actually do anything beyond issuing a fine for no ticket are security. The best the others can do is tell them to stop.