Friday, February 06, 2009

Zürich HB next

One thing that was better before all the technology invaded earth was the real voice on buses, trams and trains. A person actually speaking to you, all sounding different, some only stating the station, some making jokes or wishing people a good day. Now it's all computerized, and it's always the same voice. Technology is there, so why don't they have different voices? Why not change once in a while? Sometimes in Zürich they bring out the good ol' trams which are like 80 years old and drive them around town with conductors in uniform and all. The conductors step off the tram at every station to allow people in and announce each station in person. This is a nice whiff of the personal service that used to exist. These days it's all about cost, but I still think they could have different computerized voices!

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