Craziest thing happened this evening at Ogilvie. While waiting on an Ogilvie platform for a delayed train, I heard a female Metra employee come over the intercom and say "The UP North 5:08 train to Kenosha will be boarding on track 14."
I have never, ever, in my life, understood a single word of an announcement at Ogilvie. I thought they used some sort of voice modulation equipment to ensure you not only couldn't understand them, but that you would be uncertain whether it was a human voice. I've heard announcements like "Attempa Metsa patcheters, the 5:82 oboe chain is now hoarding." Like a drunk with hay fever speaking on AM radio when you've driven just beyond the signal radius and you're passing under a major power line.
But here this woman comes on and makes an announcement where you could hear every single word. She may even have been singing. Or perhaps that's just the stellar glow of the memory tricking me.
Either they got a new system. Or they should give this woman a raise and make her the permanent voice of Ogilvie.
I have never, ever, in my life, understood a single word of an announcement at Ogilvie. I thought they used some sort of voice modulation equipment to ensure you not only couldn't understand them, but that you would be uncertain whether it was a human voice. I've heard announcements like "Attempa Metsa patcheters, the 5:82 oboe chain is now hoarding." Like a drunk with hay fever speaking on AM radio when you've driven just beyond the signal radius and you're passing under a major power line.
But here this woman comes on and makes an announcement where you could hear every single word. She may even have been singing. Or perhaps that's just the stellar glow of the memory tricking me.
Either they got a new system. Or they should give this woman a raise and make her the permanent voice of Ogilvie.