Re: Is this the start of something?

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

Eddie Oliver wrote:
> 
> On a Sydney - Newcastle interurban this afternoon 19/8, the guard gave
> the usual stations-to-be-stopped-at announcement after departure from
> Strathfield, then warned people against smoking, and finally said
> 
> "If any passengers desire any assistance during the journey, the guard
> is located at the rear of the train."
> 
> There were expressions of astonishment from many passengers in the
> carriage I was in, with declarations that they had never previously
> heard an announcement in which a guard offered assistance and stated his
> location.
> 
> Is this the start of something new? Is it
> 
> (a) a new policy
> (b) a personal initiative by this guard
> (c) something which is supposed to be done but is not normally done
> (d) none of the above?
> 
> Eddie Oliver


B and C

I did it when I was a guard.

rgds