Humourless officious twats run the country: example no. 23, 751

martin

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This happened to the Speaking Clock. Really nice bloke, just made a few quips about Accurist watches and spanking and bang - now there's some cloying matron on 123 instead.
 

stelfox

Beast of Burden
she isn't a very funny person and the spoof announcements were pretty stupid. she should have been fired as far as i'm concerned. they should now give the job to shabba ranks
 

IdleRich

IdleRich
"Tube announcements woman fired over spoof 'announcements' on her own blog"
She wasn't fired for the spoof announcements though was she, she was fired for saying the tube was crap. At least that's what London Underground are saying.

"Emma is a bit silly to go round slagging off her client's services. Obviously if we employ somebody to represent or promote the network, one of the things we do require is that they refrain from publicly attacking the services that they are employed to promote. That's a clear line."
I'm not saying that that's necessarily ok but it's a bit different from the way that they are trying to spin the story on that blog as "fired for making jokes".
I also thought it was pretty funny that LU described her future contacts as "experiencing serious delays" I'm afraid.

"they should now give the job to shabba ranks"
Didn't Jah Wobble once work as a station announcer or have I just gone completely mad?
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Whether they were funny or not, or stupid or not, I don't see why such a fuss should be made about them if they were on her blog rather than actually being announced on the Tube.

For her replacement, I vote for James Earl Jones.
 

martin

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She should be replaced by the Speaking Clock bloke - am I the only person who gives a fucking shit about his welfare, or what?
 

noel emits

a wonderful wooden reason
I read that they fired her because she said she found using the tube weird because it was her own voice doing the announcements. I think she has become more outspoken since this unfair dismissal.
 

zhao

there are no accidents
oh shit my true colors are showing :eek:

(to be honest i've just been shown the worst aspect of the teutonic people... pretty unbelievable)
 

bruno

est malade
they should scrap the whole thing. commuting in a cramped sauna is bad enough as it is without the constant barrage of stupid orders, it's like a scene out of a bad dystopian film.
 

mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
they should scrap the whole thing. commuting in a cramped sauna is bad enough as it is without the constant barrage of stupid orders, it's like a scene out of a bad dystopian film.

it's bad dystopian life bruno, if only it were a film! and you're right, Campaign Against Tannoys begins here.
 
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