Hamma52
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It might well be the other way round, but there's definitely a difference
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Young children often copy what they have heard. Off topic, but on a Portuguese train my 5 year old son loudly repeated what was obviously a Portuguese expletive which some youths a few seats down shouted. This caused much mirth amongst fellow passengers who would have heard us conversing in Engiish- I still don't know what the phrase was.Probably because their parents say it when it's PA'd on trains, but with, which the children don't notice!
Dr Hoo
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Well, at least 61016 is a useful thing to have in your consciousness (and hopefully saved into your phone when you’re old enough to have one).
Rather more personally relevant than “Stop The Boats” or whatever.
My son is the opposite. He's found the barrage of announcements quite annoying since he was five. He's not afraid to voice his opinion, much to the amusement of nearby passengers.
StephenHunter
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I heard the sortio version on TfW services in the Chester/Nantwich area. I immediately thought of The Fast Show.
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Sadly Caroline Aherne is no longer with us to voice it.
Interesting. I'm fairly sure I haven't heard that one in South Wales.
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It didn’t say this at Birmingham International this morning. It went with the ‘sorted’. I’m waiting for “ top one, nice one” to be added.
How many posters on here claim that they can't remember the number?
Blind people exist.
If you're suggesting that the reason for that is because the announcements don't usually say the number twice, I'm not convinced.
Indeed they do, but they are hardly likely to be travelling alone, or to "see something that doesn't look right" are they?
It seems a little unfair to assume they won't be travelling alone, most blind people can still see a little bit and notice things that aren't right! It's also helpful if they are stranded because of passenger assistance forgetting them on a train and leaving them without a ramp!
But of course I also understand that the frequency of these announcements is a little excessive on some operators. Can't say I've had any problems with too many announcements but I've never travelled on SWR.
Why wouldn't they be travelling alone?
Bear in mind also that most blind people have some sort of vision still, it's just severely impaired. Most blind people also tend to still have their hearing for example and can witness something that doesn't seem right. They might not literally see it, but that's not what 'seeing' something means in this context and I'm sure most people recognise that. In the same way I might say, "I can't see any way around the issue.", doesn't mean literally look at the way around with my eyes.
StephenHunter
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That's why we have the contrasting doors on modern trains.
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Thanks, actually I do know someone who will love this product.
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