Re: [Melb] Announcements heard

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

"Andy B (Temporary)" <laurelb@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> The other day, coming home on Frankston line:
>
> "To the guy in the red shirt in the fourth carriage, WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP
> BREAKING THE WINDOWS. THOSE WINDOWS ARE WORTH 3 AND A HALF THOUSAND
DOLLARS
> *EACH*."
>
> <3 second pause>
>
> "You know passengers, window vandalism alone costs $800,000 a month in
> taxpayers money.  Taxpayers pay for the windows, not the private
companies.
> The vandal this time is in the red shirt, in the fourth carriage.  I
suggest
> everyone in the fourth carriage look at the guy in the red shirt, and you
> can see what type of people vandalise the trains, and the damage they
cause
> that YOU are paying for."

You what? Since when do vandals smash windows with a carriage full of people
around them?

And why would the driver feel this had to be pointed out to the passengers
in that carriage?

And since when do trains on the Frankston line have CCTV cameras (that
operate)?

And if they do, since when were they colour?


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au
Melbourne public transport FAQ http://www.custard.net.au/melbtrans/