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Post by John tuthill on Jun 1, 2016 17:19:37 GMT
See on the BBC webpage someone at SW trains has been suspended for showing 'Vote Out' on the side destination sign  |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Jun 1, 2016 18:23:00 GMT
See on the BBC webpage someone at SW trains has been suspended for showing 'Vote Out' on the side destination sign Indeed. There has been a few isolated cases of abuse of using the PIS system. A few years ago we had someone have Je Suis Charlie on the insides. A few weeks ago he had "trainee mctrainface" now we have this. The company is taking it very seriously indeed. |
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Post by John tuthill on Jun 1, 2016 20:02:00 GMT
See on the BBC webpage someone at SW trains has been suspended for showing 'Vote Out' on the side destination sign Indeed. There has been a few isolated cases of abuse of using the PIS system. A few years ago we had someone have Je Suis Charlie on the insides. A few weeks ago he had "trainee mctrainface" now we have this. The company is taking it very seriously indeed. So they are literally taking the PIS!  |
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Post by Alex on Jun 2, 2016 1:02:54 GMT
Indeed. There has been a few isolated cases of abuse of using the PIS system. A few years ago we had someone have Je Suis Charlie on the insides. A few weeks ago he had "trainee mctrainface" now we have this. The company is taking it very seriously indeed. When I lived down at Basingstoke, I regularly used to see the class 444 stabled in the bay at Woking (platform 6?) in the evenings with the side blinds set to 'Torremolinos' Plus, Googling the mentioned 'Vote Out' episode, I came across the 'Quizmaster Guard' story - are there more than one of these? The newspaper article quotes a chap called Bob doing it, but the 'Quizmaster' I met recently was called Martin. He did a music style quiz and was speaking in a style more akin to a professional radio DJ  , when I arrived at Waterloo I thanked him for the work, and said he was doing a good job and passengers felt genuinely looked after on the trip. Perhaps the oddest SWT guard was a Salisbury chap who would give times for random destinations on approach to junctions (for example at Clapham, said "if you're going to Gospel Oak, take the London Overground, platform 1 at this time, arrive at this time, or if you're off to Wivelsfield head to platform 14 (?) at this time to arrive at this time"....I thought there might be some special event in these places but there wasn't ) Another good one was the chap I met on a class 455 a few years ago, had long hair and glasses, was saying things such as "did you know that on this day in 1986, Diana Ross was top of the charts with Chain Reaction? Thought some of you might like to know that" Passengers were commenting that he didn't seem a Diana Ross fan, would probably be more into Meat Loaf |
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Post by thewintersoldier on Jun 2, 2016 5:56:51 GMT
Indeed. There has been a few isolated cases of abuse of using the PIS system. A few years ago we had someone have Je Suis Charlie on the insides. A few weeks ago he had "trainee mctrainface" now we have this. The company is taking it very seriously indeed. When I lived down at Basingstoke, I regularly used to see the class 444 stabled in the bay at Woking (platform 6?) in the evenings with the side blinds set to 'Torremolinos' Plus, Googling the mentioned 'Vote Out' episode, I came across the 'Quizmaster Guard' story - are there more than one of these? The newspaper article quotes a chap called Bob doing it, but the 'Quizmaster' I met recently was called Martin. He did a music style quiz and was speaking in a style more akin to a professional radio DJ , when I arrived at Waterloo I thanked him for the work, and said he was doing a good job and passengers felt genuinely looked after on the trip. Perhaps the oddest SWT guard was a Salisbury chap who would give times for random destinations on approach to junctions (for example at Clapham, said "if you're going to Gospel Oak, take the London Overground, platform 1 at this time, arrive at this time, or if you're off to Wivelsfield head to platform 14 (?) at this time to arrive at this time"....I thought there might be some special event in these places but there wasn't ) Another good one was the chap I met on a class 455 a few years ago, had long hair and glasses, was saying things such as "did you know that on this day in 1986, Diana Ross was top of the charts with Chain Reaction? Thought some of you might like to know that" Passengers were commenting that he didn't seem a Diana Ross fan, would probably be more into Meat Loaf There has been more positive examples than negative examples of this, however, a crackdown has now began and such use of PA and PIS will most likely be stopped, which is a shame, because it makes a difference to a journey when used in a positive way. I regularly use this to display information on the outside such as a head code when running empties, 5Y21 or whatever. That's as far as it goes. I've never seen or worked with the quizmaster but the long haired glasses guard I definitely know who that is! I would guess guards and drivers would now be briefed and warned on the misuse of this very soon. |
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Post by Alex on Jun 4, 2016 21:21:12 GMT
There has been more positive examples than negative examples of this, however, a crackdown has now began and such use of PA and PIS will most likely be stopped, which is a shame, because it makes a difference to a journey when used in a positive way. I regularly use this to display information on the outside such as a head code when running empties, 5Y21 or whatever. That's as far as it goes. I've never seen or worked with the quizmaster but the long haired glasses guard I definitely know who that is! I would guess guards and drivers would now be briefed and warned on the misuse of this very soon. Yes, that is a shame. I think the proactive guards make a real difference to the journeys. The good ones are very professional, make it into an art form. They give the extra PA stuff without going too over the top and annoying some people. Just the right balance. Just wondering, can you hear the PA in the cab? Also how do you operate the 'can the guard please contact the driver' message? Is there a mimic of the PIS console in the cab too? Glad you know the long haired glasses chap, shame I only saw him the once, I liked using their train. If I recall correctly it was about the time of Wimbledon tennis that year and some observations on having strawberries and cream (or not having, due to the high cost at Wimbledon) were thrown in there too. The other voice that amused me was the pre-recorded DVA on the class 458. It didn't even sound like a professional voice over, more some bloke off the street! His voice also got higher as he announced station stops ("this is Twickenhaaaam!!!"). Since the 458 refurb does he still live on? |
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, when I arrived at Waterloo I thanked him for the work, and said he was doing a good job and passengers felt genuinely looked after on the trip. Perhaps the oddest SWT guard was a Salisbury chap who would give times for random destinations on approach to junctions (for example at Clapham, said "if you're going to Gospel Oak, take the London Overground, platform 1 at this time, arrive at this time, or if you're off to Wivelsfield head to platform 14 (?) at this time to arrive at this time"....I thought there might be some special event in these places but there wasn't