Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, please keep in mind that it is prohibited to board trains after they have been accounced as “clear to go”. The vienniese public transport service thanks you for your understanding.
OMG, damn warning. It is like 8 o clock AM in ausria as I write this editorial, and I will probaby hear this lovely little text at least 4 more times until I get home. I managd to “squash” myself into many trains after their announcing…stress motivates people to do unusual things, even run! And I am obviously still pretty alive-lovely…
When you prohibit something, you usually do it for everyones good. For example, it is prohibited to shoot others, because um, who likes to get shot. Or, it is prohibited to take snakes into restaurants, because people are afraid of snakes. So, a pohibition usually isnt intended to stress the environment, but rather to protect it!
However, when you repeat something as pointless as the passage above many, many times, people will get pissed and start ignoring it. And this is a really bad thing for the prohibitor-as people will then stop taking you serious. And when you have an important thing next time, people will ignore you nevertheless-good luck getting people to note you then…
What do you think?
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