Re: [NSW] Female Guards/Drivers

["Lineman" <grime@dcsi.net.au>]

If the guard didn't announce where the train was, wouldn't the driver be
lost,I mean he is after all only a horizontal lift driver.
Graeme
"Neil D B" <anb727@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <387558ae@pink.one.net.au>,
>   "Vanguard" <apri@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > "nobody" <dweebken@NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > You are right there, it is a vital part of a Guards job. The PA systems
> > should be made so that the announcements don't go through to the
Driver's
> > compartment.
> >
> > >
> > > Brendan
> >
> >
>
> Im not disagreeing with the fact that they should be making announcements.
I
> fully agree with announcements, HOWEVER, I have a very huge axe to grind
when
> these females, and yes I find it only to be females that do this, they
> announce every single station we stop at on that line EVERY time we pull
out
> of a station. Going around bankstown or up the Nth Shore can be very
painful
> when you have to hear every single station listed on that line every time
we
> pull out of a platform. If im on a tangara, the solution is simple, I trip
> the PA circuit breaker to shut her up, but sometimes, on a K set or
> something, you go to trip the PA circuit breaker, and the announcement
still
> goes into the drivers compartment. I spose thats just typical Cityrail
> maintenance. -- CityRail driver, and big fan of HO and 5", 71/4" guage
trains
>
>
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