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	<title>Comments on: I am (%AMOUNT_OF_SORRYNESS%) sorry for the delay</title>
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		<title>by: woo</title>
		<link>http://kybernetikos.com/2007/02/12/i-am-very-sorry-for-the-delay/#comment-217</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Sweet train delays, they most effectively trigger (emotional) human reactions. I wonder if you could use them for something (advertising?)...

Seriously, for every delay they should give you a speed-up!

But if the delay is due to unforeseen extreme weather conditions I have mercy with the train company. I that case they should, instead of announcing a computerized &quot;sorry&quot;, play a song similar to &quot;everywhere you go, always take the weather with you!&quot; or &quot;I'm singing in the rain ...&quot;.

Coming back to your case: Maybe the railway employee was so ashamed by the huge delay that he feared to announce it, so he mimicked a computer voice ...
What about the day when you can't distinguish computer voices from natural voices? Will that be the day when you stop accepting apologies from station sound systems?

Still, I think manging the railway system of a whole country is really a tremendous task. They should have train system management simulators at every station where angry customers are given the chance to do better - obviously they all will fail. But it is true that some countries do better than others!</description>
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<p>Seriously, for every delay they should give you a speed-up!</p>
<p>But if the delay is due to unforeseen extreme weather conditions I have mercy with the train company. I that case they should, instead of announcing a computerized &#8220;sorry&#8221;, play a song similar to &#8220;everywhere you go, always take the weather with you!&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m singing in the rain &#8230;&#8221;.</p>
<p>Coming back to your case: Maybe the railway employee was so ashamed by the huge delay that he feared to announce it, so he mimicked a computer voice &#8230;<br />
What about the day when you can&#8217;t distinguish computer voices from natural voices? Will that be the day when you stop accepting apologies from station sound systems?</p>
<p>Still, I think manging the railway system of a whole country is really a tremendous task. They should have train system management simulators at every station where angry customers are given the chance to do better - obviously they all will fail. But it is true that some countries do better than others!
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