Better still let's get rid of her recorded announcements and all the
rest of the non-stop aural intrusion and pollution LUL passengers are
subjected to seemingly every 30 seconds or so....

When I wait for a train I'd want to know where it is, not be told
instead that "busking" is illegal (it's not, if authorised) or the
smoking is "not allowed" on any "LRT" bus station (it's not, if it's
open air - e.g. Becontree Heath, and what's LRT, pray?), or that I
should "stand behind the yellow line at all times" (in which case how
can I ever board at train?).

Probably the "best" of all is the totally unwarranted or asked for
patronising female "welcome to London Underground" just broadcast at
random.

Why can't these people just shut up?

James Farrar wrote:

Oh, that winds me up, along with "I am sorry for the delay to this
service". You can't be sorry, you're a computer. "We are sorry" would
be far better.

You know what, that bothers me too.
--
Michael Hoffman

Hi All,

Is it in fact Emma on the Northern Line? Her website says she's on
"pretty
much everything except the Jubilee Line, the Northern Line and Docklands
Light Railway" (though the PA on the Piccadilly doesn't sound like her).

The Jubilee Line has the distinction of having two different voices in its
announcements.

"The Next Station" and "This Station Is" is a new voice, with the "This
Train Terminates At" announcement being a different woman together - one who
used to do all the announcements on the 96 stock.

Of course, that was back in the days when the dot matrix displays on the 96
didn't scroll, but had annoying static messages that couldn't say very much
at all.

Best Wishes,
LEWIS

Hi All,

Probably the "best" of all is the totally unwarranted or asked for
patronising female "welcome to London Underground" just broadcast at
random.

Why can't these people just shut up?

Perhaps... I actually like most of the Underground's announcements. And if
anyone ever got rid of the automated platform announcements on the Picadilly
line stations at Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Holborn etc... then I
would write to LU to demand them put back. Its annoying enough when some
incomprehensible staff member cuts over them to say exactly the same thing.

Best Wishes,
LEWIS

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 20:23:21 -0000, "Lew 1"
wrote:

Perhaps... I actually like most of the Underground's announcements. And if
anyone ever got rid of the automated platform announcements on the Picadilly
line stations at Leicester Square, Covent Garden, Holborn etc... then I
would write to LU to demand them put back. Its annoying enough when some
incomprehensible staff member cuts over them to say exactly the same thing.

I find that the manual ones are more annoying in a lot of cases.
While it is in some ways a nice aspect of the Tube that you get to
hear a bit of your driver's personality, it is not necessary to say 20
permutations of "mind the doors" before hitting the close button, nor
indeed to say anything at all bar perhaps where the train is going.
The warning bleeper performs that job quite adequately.

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

Tom Anderson wrote:

One of your best yet, John!

Thanks. This little one-liner of yours was repeatedly enjoyable too!