by doepack
F40CFan wrote:Well, here's a new one. I was waiting on the platform for 2220 this morning and the automated station announcement came on and said that the train was running 5 minutes late due to "waiting on other trains en route" and "accommodating passenger boarding". Huh? Aren't passenger trains supposed to board passengers? The train was not crowded by any means. I asked the conductor about it and he said it was a new one to him and had no idea what it meant. Seriously, they need to either make useful announcements or scrap this ridiculous system. They still haven't got the announcements right on 2227 either. As usual, the only useful announcements were made by the train crew.Sometimes, "accommodating passengers" can mean several uses of the wheelchair lift en route. Or it could be "codespeak" for a train delayed due to being stopped somewhere waiting on the cops to remove an unruly passenger, or someone that balks at paying the fare. Either way, there's "accommodation" going on - one way or the other...
--Dorian--