The joys of commuting.
Jul. 7th, 2009 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Usually, train station announcements are the same old standard boring and unintelligible.
This morning, however...
At Richmond station, the loudspeakers were being used so that a very intelligible announcer could rhapsodise about the joys of commuting, and going to work.
Seriously. He was saying things like:
"...and isn't it great getting to go through our glorious train system, knowing that a productive day's work is waiting at the other end? We're thrilled to have you using our public transport this morning, so sit back, relax..."
It was... odd.
This morning, however...
At Richmond station, the loudspeakers were being used so that a very intelligible announcer could rhapsodise about the joys of commuting, and going to work.
Seriously. He was saying things like:
"...and isn't it great getting to go through our glorious train system, knowing that a productive day's work is waiting at the other end? We're thrilled to have you using our public transport this morning, so sit back, relax..."
It was... odd.
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Date: 2009-07-06 11:45 pm (UTC)My favourite train announcement moment was coming home on the last train of the day and the conductor saying "Do not fall asleep, once you reach Staines you have reached the point of no return". (i.e. no more trains back until the morning. This is particularly funny if you have ever been to Staines, it has quite an interesting reputation and is best known for being the home of Ali G.
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Date: 2009-07-07 12:03 am (UTC)Ahh, the joys of Australian place names...
From what I can gather, all the British settlers felt incredibly homesick when they got here, so they started naming things after bits of Britain ("New South Wales" being a prominent one). So we have Richmond, Brighton, Belgrave, Laverton, Malvern, Fitzroy, Newmarket, Sandringham, Croydon, Cranbourne, Albion, Alphington, Brunswick, Strathmore, Preston, Lyndhurst, Melton, Newhaven, and Sydenham.
(All in Melbourne, and yes there are definitely more. I found those by looking at a map of the city, and randomly googling the English-sounding ones...)
Plus "Launceston" in Tasmania, and an entire island filled with place names from the Isle of Wight.
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Date: 2009-07-06 11:48 pm (UTC)I'd be very worried...
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Date: 2009-07-07 12:13 am (UTC)Or else it was his last day before leaving that job and he wanted to have fun.
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