Re: [AUS] Edible Microphones (Was: Bad attitude)

["Paul Jones" <dj_wiseguy2@geocities.com>]

At woodford they play 96.1 (or did when i was last there)

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Brendan <nadnerb_2000@NOSPAM.com.au> wrote in message
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> I heard that a few years ago a guy got busted for playing beethoven's 5th
> at Sydney terminal. At maitland they play a local radio station.
>
> This is why the recordings do have *some* benefit.
>
> Accents are fine, as long as they can talk clearly. Perhaps guard training
> should include pronunciation.
>
> Brendan
>
> Michael Kurkowski <mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in article
> <8ECBECFBBtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net>...
> > Dion Williams said in message <3893E8F2.4387@start.com.au>, I therefore
> > quote:
> >
> > >I'm still amazed at the number of station announcements, particularly
at
> > >city stations, made by staff who obviously don't speak much English or
> > >who have impenetrably thick accents. I've got nothing against them
being
> > >employed but it stands to reason that you need people who speak clear
> > >English to make announcements.
> >
> > This seems to be a big problem in Melbourne as well, at Flinders Street
> in
> > particular. This is not being racist as it may sound, but when someone
> with
> > a really thick accent speaks over the P.A. it's not understandable.
Trams
>
> > also seem to have this. What they should at least do is have an optional
> > announciator which the driver can use if he feels that he either does
not
>
> > want to make a voice PA announcement, or has a thick-hard-to-understand
> > accent. Flinders Street has this already, but used about 75% of the
time.
> >
> > >At Town Hall a week or so ago I noticed a number of laughing voices
> > >messing around with the PA. This happened about five or six times. If
> > >they were staff I hope they were disciplined.
> >
> > At Flinders Street about 4 months ago, someone kept making kissing
noises
>
> > over the P.A. This was about 10pm at night, and there were still many
> > people around. Mind you, once before someone let out a huge belch over a
> > P.A. at the same station. My guess is both got disciplined pretty
> quickly.
> >
> > >Dion
> >
> > Regards
> > Michael.
> >
> > --
> > Michael Kurkowski
> > Email: mk@netstra.com.au
> > Website: http://www.netstra.com.au/~mk [UPDATES COMING SOON - I
PROMISE!]
> > ICQ: 1459118
> > Telephone: 0416-044-124
> >
> > Children in the back seat cause accidents.
> > Accidents in the back seat cause children.
> >