Phil
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Post by Phil on Jun 25, 2009 8:27:04 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8117969.stm Do watch the video to get the idea! I could fill a page with my thoughts but will settle for one: will making these "announcements" be considered officially mitigating when the (totally inevitable) SPAD - or worse, one-under, - happens because the t/op is concentrating on finishing the quote * rather than on the road ahead. * which presumably they are reading (unless LU expect them now to learn them off by heart as homework) further removing their eyes from reality.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 10:35:21 GMT
It seems we have gone from being health and safety mad to being language and literature mad! I want my announcements spoken to me in modern day English, not Dickensian!
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Post by Colin D on Jun 25, 2009 13:20:25 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8117969.stm I could fill a page with my thoughts but will settle for one: will making these "announcements" be considered officially mitigating when the (totally inevitable) SPAD - or worse, one-under, - happens because the t/op is concentrating on finishing the quote * rather than on the road ahead. * which presumably they are reading (unless LU expect them now to learn them off by heart as homework) further removing their eyes from reality. I have to agree, even IF a t/op was able to learn all the quotes it's still diverting attention away from the job you're supposed to be doing, driving the train. Even on ATO lines the t/op still needs to be aware of what's going on at all times, which may be harder to do when you're not actually driving the train. In this day and age with all the concerns about distractions (cell phones, mp3s etc) while driving any vehicle this has to be one of the worst ideas ever. The one passenger got it right, a casual day tripper may find it amusing but for regular commuters it would just become another annoyance to block out, so when an important meaningful announcement is made most people are not going to hear it. Surely it's time to get back to basics, station announcements, which I believe are done automatically, and major delays. |
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Post by Tomcakes on Jun 25, 2009 14:37:14 GMT
It would be novel for a wee while, but I'm sure it'll get boring.
They seem to think that announcements are the be-all and end-all of customer "service" - and everyone top-to-bottom plays along with it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2009 17:30:42 GMT
This is a joke surely? There is already too many pointless announcements on the Underground! As for the distraction for the drivers - just last year drivers on some lines started doing status updates in the trains, but at least they are actually useful!  TfL bureaucrats just cannot stop inventing new s**t, aren't they? |
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Post by metrider on Jun 25, 2009 17:38:41 GMT
I certainly checked my calendar when I saw the news article (It can't be April 1st this soon again can it?).
As a passenger, what I need is a clear indication of any problems ahead so that I can make an informed decision about if I need to circumvent it, and if so choose, the best way to do so.
A little ad hoc humor is extremely welcome as well. But I don't see the point in these quotes...
(edit for spelling - or rather, bad spelling!)
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Post by 1938 on Jun 25, 2009 19:42:49 GMT
Oh dear oh dear, it seems the sort of madness started by some of the Jubilee drivers has now spread to the Picc.  |
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Post by kewgardensteleport on Jun 26, 2009 17:21:15 GMT
I don't know why they picked on Sartre. He said an awful lot of things you wouldn't want to say across a PA system. For instance:
1) "Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it."
2) "I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."
3) "I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men."
4) "I hate victims who respect their executioners."
5) "I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens."
6) "I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist."
7) "She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist."
8) "The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity."
9) "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."
10) "What do I care about Jupiter? Justice is a human issue, and I do not need a god to teach it to me."
11) "You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen."
And of course:
12) "Hell is other people."
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Post by pakenhamtrain on Jun 27, 2009 6:37:12 GMT
If you want have those sort of things do it the Adelaide Metro way:  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2009 7:23:55 GMT
12) "Hell is other people." No doubt precisely the thought that is already going through the mind of a majority of commuters at rush hour. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2009 14:39:36 GMT
The lady interviewed in the BBC news clip got it just right "I think if it was every day, I'd want to cave her head in".
All totally unnecessary and pointless...
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