Overheard:
We apologise.
For the delay of the.
Oh-Eight.
Oh-Nine.
Service to.
London Waterloo.
Due to.
A fatality on the line at.
West Byfleet.
Automatic rail announcements have “fatality on the line” pre-programmed into their system.
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They happen a lot on the line from Bristol – Paddington too.
Probably keeps people from complaining, because they’re sad and/or disturbed by it.
Without being too glib about a very sad event it was obviously the ‘wrong sort of fatality’.
They have almost every sort of word programmed in. Beggars, fatalities, ambulance, police, etc. I just feel sad for the person who jumped really – I was two hours late for work, but in the great scheme of things my thoughts are with her family and friends.
Did she jump, or was she pushed?
London Underground tell deliberate lies over the loudspeaker about what’s going on with their services. Management insist on station staff claiming there’s a good service when there hasn’t been a train for 25 minutes. It’s to protect their bonuses, apparently.