See it. Say it. Sod it
Late last year the trite ‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ campaign was launched to encourage train passengers to report any unusual items or activity on major railway stations. Thankfully, the ads have already been banned but the announcements at stations are constant, and for some reason drive me crazy. Spoken by a slightly common, possibly regional, annoying female voice, the sort of woman who works in HR and doesn’t allow you that extra day’s holiday as it’s against company policy, and if she did it for you she’d have to do it for everybody, it comes across in a slightly condescending manner as if she's telling the message to children. “Now, if you see something that doesn't look right...” Like what? Litter on the ground? Trains so over-crowded trains I can’t even open my Michel Houellebecq book? Broken toilets? Late or cancelled trains? Oh sorry, something that doesn’t look right. You mean like a clean, empty train running on time? Gotcha.