Re: The stupidity of passengers.

[matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)]

In article <77h22i$lqt$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,  <trainboy@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>In article <1999Jan12.172519.14923@hpal01.isd.tafensw.edu.au>,

>> 	overcrowded platforms until everyone had lined up neatly behind
>> 	the yellow line (quote from PA "Come on, *both* feet behind the
>> 	line. Don't think I can't see you"). There have been several
>> 	others.
>
>This is called humour.	It is obviously to try and lighten the mood of people
>who are very delayed and becoming increasingly annoyed.  Humour is a very
>good way of relieving tension.	I once had a 2 car set replacing a 6 car set.
> I used humour to keep the passengers happy (I had 15 passengers in my cab)
>and later received a phone call from an operations inspector thanking me, as
>they had received a number of calls from grateful passengers.

 Ive had a guard on a rather overloaded Illwarra train say 'Welcome aboard 
the Sardine Tin' which drew a few smiles. The preceeding all-stations train
had been canceled and the 'express' trains were making extra stops to make
sure the 'local only' stations actually got a pickup. Naturally the train
got a little over loaded...