I think the train could do a better job.
Oct. 13th, 2008 08:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lehserSo if you get an alert saying that your train is running 20-25 minutes late, and a while later you get another that says, in its entirety,
"Framnghm/Worc inbound train#506 (6:25am) annulled," do you interpret it to mean that
a) the previous alert is annulled
b) the train is canceled, or
c) that the MBTA can't compose a coherent email to save its life?
I went for option a, and was correct, but for heaven's sake! And the text message version didn't even show up all the way on my phone: that comes out as
"Framingham/Worc inbound train#506 (6:25am)A"
(Well, OK, I think option c is also correct.)
ETA: apparently, I need option d) all of the above.
The Worcester-based person I often walk in with said that, from her point of view, the train was canceled. I guess they laid on another train in Framingham or something.
Y'know, maybe the SMS could be that terse (or even terser), and the email could spell out what's going on. Except that that would require, like, actual programming.... Sigh.
"Framnghm/Worc inbound train#506 (6:25am) annulled," do you interpret it to mean that
a) the previous alert is annulled
b) the train is canceled, or
c) that the MBTA can't compose a coherent email to save its life?
I went for option a, and was correct, but for heaven's sake! And the text message version didn't even show up all the way on my phone: that comes out as
"Framingham/Worc inbound train#506 (6:25am)A"
(Well, OK, I think option c is also correct.)
ETA: apparently, I need option d) all of the above.
The Worcester-based person I often walk in with said that, from her point of view, the train was canceled. I guess they laid on another train in Framingham or something.
Y'know, maybe the SMS could be that terse (or even terser), and the email could spell out what's going on. Except that that would require, like, actual programming.... Sigh.
