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On Jul 10, 10:19 am, MIG wrote:
The trouble is that the preambles aren't true. If you hear "Your attention please; here is a special announcement ..." you can guarantee that there will be absolutely nothing special about the announcement. That's true. As with all things, it has to be Done Properly to work. Eliminate the guff, use appropriate phrases, and so on. As you will appreciate, I was pointing out WHY certain things are said. Whether that is the BEST certain thing is an entirely separate debate! PhilD -- |
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PhilD wrote:
That's true. As with all things, it has to be Done Properly to work. Eliminate the guff, use appropriate phrases, and so on. As you will appreciate, I was pointing out WHY certain things are said. Whether that is the BEST certain thing is an entirely separate debate! I think everyone understands why there is a lead-in and the OP's debate *is* about the content as far as I understood. One of the worst abuses, IMHO, is the "This is a security announcement" phrase which exclusively prefixes the advice about not leaving unattended baggage. One day it might actually be a security announcement but there'll be a bunch of desensitized people oblivious to it. ESB |
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"Ernst S Blofeld" wrote in message ... PhilD wrote: That's true. As with all things, it has to be Done Properly to work. Eliminate the guff, use appropriate phrases, and so on. As you will appreciate, I was pointing out WHY certain things are said. Whether that is the BEST certain thing is an entirely separate debate! I think everyone understands why there is a lead-in and the OP's debate *is* about the content as far as I understood. One of the worst abuses, IMHO, is the "This is a security announcement" phrase which exclusively prefixes the advice about not leaving unattended baggage. One day it might actually be a security announcement but there'll be a bunch of desensitized people oblivious to it. Especially the ones caught up in the blast, I should think... Paul |
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On 10 Jul, 09:59, PhilD wrote:
I appreciate that with constant announcements nowadays this probably doesn't matter too much overall, but that is the intention. The problem with the constant announcements is that people just start to tune them out as so much background noise. If a really important announcement was made half of the passengers would probably ignore it anyway since they wouldn't be listening. Another irritation is the constant use of "customer" instead of passenger. Isn't it about time LU grew up and dragged itself out of 1990s trendy management speak? B2003 |
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:19:04 -0700, MIG wrote:
The trouble is that the preambles aren't true. If you hear "Your attention please; here is a special announcement ..." you can guarantee that there will be absolutely nothing special about the announcement. On the Jubilee Line, every so often the in-car displays flash "IMPORTANT" several times (or a similar word, I forget exactly). This is followed by a message telling you to take your bags with you when you get off the train. Of course, the only thing this achieves is to train the passengers to ignore the flashing notice, so that in the event of actually having to transmit an important message, this avenue is no longer available. |
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Ah, the Jubilee - there is nothing better then constant announcements
that "This train terminates at Stratford" when ALL trains terminate at Stratford. Same on the Northern line - "This train terminates at Morden"* * - I understand that this announcements are necessary in opposite directions (especially for Northern), but why bug eastbound/southbound passengers. |
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, alex_t wrote:
Ah, the Jubilee - there is nothing better then constant announcements that "This train terminates at Stratford" when ALL trains terminate at Stratford. Same on the Northern line - "This train terminates at Morden"* Some do turn round at Kennington, and that's quite important. But once the train's south of there, yes, this does seem a bit pointless. Presumably the technology is just too inflexible to handle this. Although since that degree of sophistication would be easily attainable by a bright 10-year-old working on a BBC Micro, i am at a loss to explain why! tom -- Pave the world |
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On Jul 10, 6:18 pm, alex_t wrote:
Ah, the Jubilee - there is nothing better then constant announcements that "This train terminates at Stratford" when ALL trains terminate at Stratford. Same on the Northern line - "This train terminates at Morden"* * - I understand that this announcements are necessary in opposite directions (especially for Northern), but why bug eastbound/southbound passengers. And you can see it on the platform and at the front of the train. Kind of strange that there's no equivalent for buses, where there's usually only what you see at the front, and yet a bus that stops short results in you having to pay twice, whereas if your train terminates at North Greenwich, you don't lose anything. |
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:18:36 -0700, alex_t
wrote: Ah, the Jubilee - there is nothing better then constant announcements that "This train terminates at Stratford" when ALL trains terminate at Stratford. Same on the Northern line - "This train terminates at Morden"* Sorry but trains can and do terminate at North Greenwich, West Ham and Stratford heading east on the Jubilee Line. Similarly on the Northern Line trains can and do terminate at Euston, Charing Cross, Kennington, Tooting Broadway and Morden. Some of these are only used on rare occasions but announcements and displays are needed to cover this. * - I understand that this announcements are necessary in opposite directions (especially for Northern), but why bug eastbound/southbound passengers. You may consider these things to be a bug but I assume you have decent vision and hearing. For those who do not or who may not be familiar with the LU system then these messages are a source of important confirmatory information and reassurance. If you're bugged by the LU announcements then I can't imagine how you'll react to the I-Bus system on the bus network. -- Paul C Admits to working for London Underground! |
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