David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 11:34:54AM +0000, Michael Hoffman wrote:
David Cantrell wrote:
Nonsense. If all I know is that my destination is on the Picadilly
line, I'm not going to get on a random train at (say) Victoria) and hope
it's going in the right direction. That way lies Brixton and Upminster
and other forms of depravity. No, I'm going to look at the damned map.
Yes, but I didn't going to say what *you* were going to do. You probably
don't need a message telling you to take your belongings when you leave
the train either. The announcements aren't designed for David Cantrell.

So who the hell *are* they designed for?

People who aren't as smart or able as you? It is possible to get on a
train knowing it is the right direction without knowing where exactly to
get off. It's also possible to know where to get off, but to forget. You
might similarly argue that strip maps and journey planners should be
removed from the train because people obviously know where they are
going before they get on the train.

Frankly I'm not at all sure who the announcements about luggage are for.

Actually I think these are silly. I would love to see an experiment
where we could see whether they actually reduce left items or not.
--
Michael Hoffman