Shoppers at Westfield Stratford reported they hadn’t received the alert, while some that did questioned its usefulness
Aside from a few confused passersby pulling out their phones, most shoppers in Westfield Stratford in eastEmma, 30, a teaching assistant, was aware and ready for the alert. “My phone was ready but it didn’t come through but other people’s went off.”
Emma said the alert is a good idea. “They’re trying to keep us safe. Alerts, in one form or another, have been around for hundreds of years, just in different ways.“The world is a horrible place somedays and with everything going on around the world, you never know what might happen in the UK.” “We heard loads of phones going off all around us but with tannoys going off most people ignored it or were confused.”
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