(06-24-2019, 01:42 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: This is the kind of thing it would have been good to explain during the weekend, however, nobody said this once, all the many many times I was chatting with them.
Frustrating moment when the train doors did not open arriving in station, and it took 7-10 seconds for someone to push the button.
The ambassadors on my first Friday train explained that the doors were opening automatically for the launch weekend, but that starting Monday we would have to push the buttons ourselves. I didn't hear it on my return trip, and there was no ambassador aboard Sunday evening. A "Starting tomorrow..." automated announcement played every few minutes would have been helpful.
I suspect the ambassadors were all given talking points, but the nature of a temporary volunteer workforce means that many would have quickly forgotten to say it. I give them points for trying.
Quote:Also worth noting that many many people are leaving Frederick station by the missing entrance, because of course they are.
When I got off at Willis Way today I walked to the north end of the platform and used the crosswalk to get to QuickSandwich, but I was the only one. Everyone else just herded across the street from wherever they were standing when the train moved out of the way.
...K