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Good evening ladies and gentlemen
"Robin Mayes" wrote in message ... Surprised this already hasn't come up. The end of last week, we were all told that we had to precede P.A. messages with "Good (morning / afternoon / evening) ladies and gentlemen". By Monday it was reduced to "Ladies and gentlemen". How do you feel about this? Do you think it's a tad Americanised? Personally, I hate it. It is patronising and pompous. Apart from which, what about all of the minors who travel by public transport? Equally "Good morning, passengers/customers" sounds like a greeting from "Hi-de-Hi". How about something like "Good morning/afternoon/evening. The following train running information is correct as at nn:00 hours. Train services are currently running as follows. There are delays on the Bakerloo line due to a person under a train at Waterloo." etc etc.? That kind of message avoids gender/age etc confusion. It provides a time-stamp for passengers and the preamble is sufficient to draw the attention of travellers on the platforms prior to the 'meat' of the message. |
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Good evening ladies and gentlemen
"Jack Taylor" wrote in message ... The end of last week, we were all told that we had to precede P.A. messages with "Good (morning / afternoon / evening) ladies and gentlemen". By Monday it was reduced to "Ladies and gentlemen". How do you feel about this? Do you think it's a tad Americanised? Personally, I hate it. It is patronising and pompous. Apart from which, what about all of the minors who travel by public transport? Equally "Good morning, passengers/customers" sounds like a greeting from "Hi-de-Hi". There was discussion locally about adding "boys and girls", as was "in the red corner" and renaming every station "Vietnam" ;-) How about something like "Good morning/afternoon/evening. The following train running information is correct as at nn:00 hours. Train services are currently running as follows. There are delays on the Bakerloo line due to a person under a train at Waterloo." etc etc.? Trouble is, as service information changes regularly, I'm now spending the majority of my time telling people there's no service back from Timbuktu when it' almost always certain that the service will be restored before they even reach there, let alone decide to come back, that I don't have time to deal with the 'normal' cancellations which ends with 15-20 minute gaps on the Circle Line. |
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