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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone wondering like me:

A Tannoy is a system of loudspeakers used to make public announcements, for example at a fair or at a sports stadium. [British, trademark]regional note: in AM, use public address system.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

I definitely googled it before coming to the contents. You're awesome.

[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The funniest announcement in my railway station has been: "The train xxxxx coming from y and directed to z has been canceled because someone stole the electrical cables on the line".

Funny only since it wasn't my train.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That happened near me. They dumped all the cables down the alley next to me and the weight of them collapsed the fence.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

A few years ago in Paris I was waiting for my train to Marseille and the announcer was rambling about our destination like he were paid to advertise it. "Marseille ! its cicadas ! its legendary sunny weather ! the smiles on people's faces !" after a while he seemed to run out of things to list so he went on with random stuff "its horses ! the ladies' perfume !" I had a good laugh

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was this in French or multiple languages? I ask because the trolley system in San Diego has automated announcements in English/Spanish, and most of the drivers are bilingual so they can yell at most of the people in a language they understand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Only in French iirc. Keep your expectations in check lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had the SNCF jingle as my notification sound for meetings like 10 years ago. I loved the sound of it. But I was a tourist and didn’t have to listen to it play 700 times during my commute.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

god this triggered my ptsd

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Used to be a guy like this at one of the main stations in Melbourne 😁

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Similarly I remember there was a (driver?) announcing the stations when I commuted from StLeonards to Central in Sydney, and he was hilarious, cracking jokes and congratulating people for not blocking the doors, keeping time records of how long passengers took to alight and aboard the trains

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I came here to comment that Melbourne had a few train and tram drivers that were very chatty and brightened your commute. I don't miss trying to change at South Yarra at rush hour, though.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Remind me of a time where the announcer called the three-car train arriving 'petite'.

Got to have fun where you can!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What magical land has clearly audible announcements?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The hren hrifty hree hrervice to York is delayed by ahrhohrihry hrehren hrinutes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No, but I learnt to speak in the Tannoyese dialect when I did some work over on the Tannoy Islands a few years back.

It's technically a form of English, though as one of the more isolated former colonies, the "patois" has become quite difficult to understand - which is quite amusing, given the Tannoy Islanders' tendency to apply to jobs which involve amplified public speaking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So you guys do it on purpose did u take a special course ?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What magicial land di you live in where u can understand shit when they talk ...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

A rarity with SNL these days... But it's old 🙂

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn’t know there even was such a job.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Usually in conjunction with other station duties, cleaning admin work etc

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m surprised his bosses allow it. It seems that everyone is expected to act like a robot in their jobs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Once at, it was either Oxford Circus or Piccadilly, the announcer was doing the announcements in a Dalek voice. "Be careful on the escalaaaaator!"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

why does this post sound British

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Because they called a PA a Tannoy system...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

why do i understand this

even tho it doesn't make sense, he sounds too happy for a british person

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I've never met anyone that voluntarily refers to themselves as "fat" that didn't have a good sense of humor.

Then again they may have just snagged themselves an optimistic American transplant

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

A few weeks ago I got on the train home and whoever had control of the intercom (not the guy at the front, though he was having a grand time) proceeded to yell a bunch of stuff about anime (mostly names) during the time when they normally say to hit the button to request street level stops. I will always wonder who that hero was, it totally made my day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I bought a vehicle when the pandemic hit, but the last time I took a public transit train we had hometown boy Seth Rogan doing the announcements.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I want to go to there…

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

SIR TOPHAM HAT!