Comments on: Do The Right Thing, Hire Darius McCollum

By: Lewis Derkins

Lewis Derkins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:14:48 +0000

Catorina -

We couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t see why they shouldn’t hire Darius McCollum - he obviously knows a lot more about the systems than most of the employees, and he seems to genuinely love the job. They should give him one.

By: Catriona

Catriona — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:50:09 +0000

I am a person with Asperger’s Syndrome and as such can understand the obsession Darius has with trains. His Asperger’s is what causes his behaviour and he needs help not jail. I agree he is being discriminated against and he should be hired as an employee he would do a really great job.

By: thedailycommuter

thedailycommuter — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:28:30 +0000

If it is true that Darius has Asperger Syndrome, then our courts and NYC MTA are discriminating against him for a behavior that he can not control. Not to mention, he’s not harming anyone (at least not to my knowledge). It’s too bad that the authorities are choosing to look at him as a problem as opposed to benefiting from his interest with the NYC MTA. He could work as a tour guide at The New York Museum of Transportation or MTA New York Transit Museum.

By: Lewis Derkins

Lewis Derkins — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:20:36 +0000

They could have, but they prefer to punish a poor guy who only wants to do his best while hiring people who are only aspire to mediocrity.

Judd and I will not let this injustice stand.

By: Outraged

Outraged — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:00:20 +0000

That seems really cruel to throw him in jail. The guy has Asperger Syndrome. One sympton is an intense and unusually focused interest in certain topics or areas. Darius McCollum is fascinated with mass transit.

I’m sure they could have found this guy some kind of city job where he can be around trains all day long. What a bunch of jerks.

By: Lewis Derkins

Lewis Derkins — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:36:21 +0000

I bet if this guy ran the show you wouldn’t be spending a billion dollars on escalators that don’t work.

By: Judd Wiley

Judd Wiley — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:21:55 +0000

Game on. Darius McCollum is a national treasure, like Harvey Keitel, or Aaron Copland. He deserves a job at NYCTA, and we’re going to start lobbying aggressively for it. I want this guy running the entire show.

By: Lewis Derkins

Lewis Derkins — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:43:13 +0000

You know Judd, I’ve been thinking that another thing we could do if the morons at NYCTA won’t hire this guy is to take up donations to start a trust fund that would hire this guy to ride the trains all day.

We could give him real assignments. We could even turn him into a correspondent of some sort. He could help feed stories to us and The Daily Commuter.

By: Lewis Derkins

Lewis Derkins — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:24:05 +0000

Judd,

I couldn’t agree with you more. I wish that DC metro operators had half the interest in their jobs that this McCollum guy does.

What the hell is New York’s problem?

I vote we start an online petition to get this guy hired.