Re: unusual driver announcement

["avachat" <avachat@dingoblue.net.au>]

clawz <clawz@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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> Ben wrote:
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> > Today (25/10/200) I caught the 4:16 Eltham train from Melbourne Central,
> > nothing unnusual about that. When the train left Parliament the driver
made
> > an announcement.
> >
> > "G'day passengers welcome aboard the 4:10 (from Flinders St) Eltham
train
> > running express from Jolimont to Clifton Hill and to Ivanhoe then
stopping
> > all stations to Eltham from Hiedelberg", still nothing too unusual.
> > "Thank you for travelling Connex trains. I would like to thank you all
for
> > your patronage on this service and hope that you continue to travel
Connex
> > trains in the future in Melbourne, the best city in the world ".
> >
> > I papraphrased a bit as it went on a while ( almost to Jolimont), but it
is
> > basically what he said.
> >
> > The driver sounded very happy and positive, which is highly unusual. I
think
> > the G'day is a good touch.
> >
> > Is there a pay rise, or are the drvers now made to sound positive?
> >
> > -Ben Smith
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> Yes we got a 3%pay rise this pay, and the electrick prods also make us
very
> happy and those announcement u hear from now on will be the product of our
> things being juiced up every so often, acutally i aint heard of anythink
along
> the lines of set announcements, that would have been off the drivers own
back so
> he was happy i guess.
> ClawZ
>
> Maybe he just loves his job.
> There are still a few of us left in this world.
>