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Thank you London Underground
On 13/07/2011 13:14, W14_Fishbourne wrote:
On Jul 13, 11:06 am, "Paul wrote: wrote in message ... 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. The way it was described makes me think that it was the train that stopped, rather than the driver taking any action. It sounds like the train started, with the driver thinking that he had all his doors closed -- possibly because something happened with a door circuit. When he pushed the start button, that door circuit did what it was supposed to do and cut back in. 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. I'm not quite sure about that, to be honest. I once saw a YouTube video of an excursion train, I think a 38 stock. The train had come into Camden Town and was holding at the platform for the starter signal, obviously with its doors shut. IIRC, people on the platform were confused about why the train wasn't opening it doors, oblivious to the fact that the rolling stock was completely out of the ordinary. The train itself was probably shorter than usual. |
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