Condescending safety warnings seem more frequent than ever in Sydney, and they are now mutating into new reprimands about manners and bad behaviour.
There is a sign in Darling Harbour that really triggers me. It’s one of those big, block-letter artistic installations that you often see at airports, and the idea is for tourists to pose next to it and take a photo which they share on social media.
It’s the same nanny state proclivity that clutters up our city with metal gates during events such as Vivid Sydney. I’m no crowd management expert – lord knows we’ve probably paid cottage industry consultants to come up with all this stuff – but it seems to me that funnelling crowds into narrow lines is entirely unnecessary and counterproductive. People will figure it out! Just trust them.
Or this one: “For the convenience of other customers, please do not place your bags on the seats.” They announce this stuff even on virtually empty trains! Meanwhile, at Central, staff seem hellbent on filling every moment with an announcement of some kind. “The train on platform 22 terminates here. Please remain behind the yellow line and do not board this service.” Fair enough, and useful to know. But we heard you the first ten times.
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