Happiness at work on a military base

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2 responses to “Happiness at work on a military base”

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   March 30, 2015

   Yvette

   I was once on one of these extra-long buses with a bend in the middle like a harmonica. When we arrived at a bus station halfway through the route, the driver made the following announcement:
   “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for riding with [bus company] today. At the next station, the rear compartment will only go as far as the next station. Passengers in the direction of [final destination] are requested to transfer to the front compartment before the next station.”
   It is exactly the same message that we hear in trains, where it does make sense to detach a compartment. But this type of bus cannot detach it’s rear compartment. A lot of people in the back looked very confused, while the bus driver was laughing in the front. Made my day!
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   April 7, 2015

   Peter

   I have about an hour long commute, by train, every morning. The conductors are required to announce each station as we come to it and run through a spiel reminding people to take care. Usually this is done in a bored voice to people who have already heard it a thousand (literally) times before.
   Quite often the train runs at least a little late, but sometimes we get a good run through the network. There is one conductor who, in these cases, apologises as we come into the final (city) station for the train being early and assuring everyone that it won’t happen again. It always gets a laugh and lightens the mood.

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