Re: Comedy Driver

["Notagunzel" <notagunzel@bigfoot.com>]

Michael [remote]

Remote from where? |-)

<mk@netstra.com.au> wrote in message
8E5BB6EABtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net">news:8E5BB6EABtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net...

> Hi,

> Today on the 16:18 Dn Epping ex Flinders Street, it appeared that
the
> driver was actually a comedian. Along the whole trip, over the PA,
were the
> following:

> Approaching Flagstaff: Good afternoon passengers, we are now
approaching
> Flagstaff. Flagstaff is closed on Sunday's for maintenance, so we
aren't
> stopping here.

{blah blah blah)

> Apart from two old people who objected and said "what a ning nong"
each
> time he announced, he had all the passengers laughing. These oldies
were
> put back in their place pretty quickly.

> Why can't we have more drivers like this? :-)

'Cause grumpy bastards like me would complain.  'Spose that makes me
an *oldie*.

Quite what that makes anyone older than me, I don't know. |-)

PA should be automated & *brief*, so as to produce high quality &
consistant information.

--
Mr Notapublicaddrerssgunzel.
Rail Transportation Connoisseur.
notagunzel@bigfoot.com
(Waiting for any move at http://www.bigfoot.com/~notagunzel)