Re: Someone killed in Melbourne Loop this morning?

[Iming Chan <chani@translib.com.au>]

Doug Mason wrote:

> I was told that you are not allowed to tell passengers that someone had
> been killed, or anything like that, and just to say 'that due to a
> technical fault this train will yadda yadda yadda'.  If you go telling
> people someone has been killed it may upset a few people.

That driver must have gone through "old" school.  In "new" school, he would
have been told to use:

"Due to obstruction of track ..."

Cheers,

I.C.

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