Re: Tram Announcements: another Victorian election conspiracy theory

[Chris Sinnema <csinn@pop.netlink.com.au>]

There are 2 drivers who do this. They do part of the time driving and part of the
time doing announcments. They are probarly back driving or on holidays.

Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:

> Has anyone noticed how the Tram announcements (you know: "Good
> morning passengers... Swansong Trams would like to remind you to validate
> your tickets on every journey so that we can trace your every movement and
> invade your privacy ... [etc]") have suddenly disappeared, as the Victorian
> election approaches?
>
> I don't think I've heard one of these incredibly annoying, disrupting and
> useless announcements in over a week. I'd been thinking, the last time
> I'd actually heard one, that if there was anything that would generate a
> voter backlash, it would be these announcements.
>
> Funny how life gets so much better as an election approaches.
>
> ...Paul.
>
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