"W14_Fishbourne" wrote in message
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On Jul 13, 11:06 am, "Paul Scott"
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Loved how that article lead off by describing passengers as
"terrified."

Their random hyperbole generator usually gets stuck on 'misery' - perhaps
it
has been fixed?

Paul S

No, misery is only generated when delay or minor inconvenience is
involved, though it is a totally inappropriate word since commuting
is, almost by definition, a misearable affair.

Terrified is for when something out of the ordinary happens. The
average passenger not having a clue as to how the railway works, then
becomes terrified. For example, when they see the train driver letting
go of the steering wheel they will be terrified that the train will
veer across the tracks and crash. Or the wrong colour train turns up
and they are terrified that it might transport them to some far-flung
and probably hostile part of the country. Oddly, the one circumstance
in which very few passengers don't even bat an eye, let alone get
terrified, is when the driver applies full emergency braking.

They must have short memories. VEPs used to depart Victoria every few
minutes with doors open:-)

John