Re: Why say it?

[Marvin The Martian <"choochoo"@spin.net.au (nospam)>]

Why don't we piss drivers off and train monkeys to drive trains. Even they can
learn that red means stop and green means go which is more than alot of drivers
can do and not just the ex guards

"f.u.i.t.b.e.t" wrote:

> What do expect from the bell pusher.
> Really it is our fault for not learning the fifteen foreign languages
> required to have basic communication with these wastes of space.......I say
> piss them off give the driver a pay rise .....problem solved......When I say
> piss them off I mean all of them even the ones that are masquerading as
> drivers!!!!
> "stephen" <harris@nobbys.splat.spam.net.au> wrote in message
> xDK2NluHBVGg-pn2-BwpdgmuLShwK@Office">news:xDK2NluHBVGg-pn2-BwpdgmuLShwK@Office...
> > Visited Sydney recently.
> >
> > A number of times I heard, over the PA in the carriage, a fairly loud
> > anouncement which said "orsclo".
> >
> > Over time a pattern became evident. "Orsclo" assulted our ears not
> > long before the train left each station.
> >
> > Then at one station "orsclo" became "doorsclosing" as the doors
> > closed!
> >
> > Next station our ears were once again assulted with "orsclo".
> >
> > Why bother even saying something that cannot even be interpreted by a
> > (hopefully) intelligent, non-hearing impaired, Australian? All it did
> > was distract from the more meaningful sound of the doors closing.
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Stephen