Blackshirt Husker
Service Attendant
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- Dec 12, 2010
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Every single stop, she gives the same exact announcement: Children must be accompanied by an adult to the bathrooms. They must not play, stand, or run in the aisles. Children must be seated at all times. Children must be accompanied to the lounge car. And on, and on, and on, all delivered in the same stern voice.
We're talking every stop--same refrain. I know that she has a job to do, but does she have to sound so strident and joyless? Talk to the parents of the kids in question if there's a problem; the rest of us really don't need the same speech delivered after every single stop. I don't think I've ever heard an Amtrak conductor with less personality; most at least try to appear like they're enjoying their job and do something besides recite rules over the PA. The best ones actually use humor to get their point across on the PA; we just had a Dining Car Attendant on the Sunset Limited who could have done stand-up on The Tonight Show, and believe me, that approach is much preferred by most passengers.
Oh Good Lord; she just repeated, verbatim, the same announcement that she gave 3 minutes earlier after leaving Dallas, and yes, once again reprimanding those unruly children. Maybe this really is a recording, but I wonder: is there a setting on the room volume control that goes lower than "mute"?
Ok--done venting.
We're talking every stop--same refrain. I know that she has a job to do, but does she have to sound so strident and joyless? Talk to the parents of the kids in question if there's a problem; the rest of us really don't need the same speech delivered after every single stop. I don't think I've ever heard an Amtrak conductor with less personality; most at least try to appear like they're enjoying their job and do something besides recite rules over the PA. The best ones actually use humor to get their point across on the PA; we just had a Dining Car Attendant on the Sunset Limited who could have done stand-up on The Tonight Show, and believe me, that approach is much preferred by most passengers.
Oh Good Lord; she just repeated, verbatim, the same announcement that she gave 3 minutes earlier after leaving Dallas, and yes, once again reprimanding those unruly children. Maybe this really is a recording, but I wonder: is there a setting on the room volume control that goes lower than "mute"?
Ok--done venting.
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