Thursday, November 22, 2012
I don't understand why people make declarations of love/well-wishes/whateverelsethatshouldbeprivate on Facebook. I mean, you want to tell someone you love them? Send a private message to their PHONE. Call them. I especially don't get why people dedicate these extravagant messages to people who are NOT on Facebook. I no understand. Another thing that I need to get out of my system: The station announcement being made in dual language on the trains. What.The.Fuck. Like there hasn't been enough furore online about racial insensitivity. When I hear the damn announcements, it's hard not to get annoyed. English is our common language. All the announcements on the trains have traditionally been in all 4 languages. So why pick now to add this? Don't alienate the minority by finding a way to highlight the majority. Yes, we are a tiny proportion, but we still call this our home. And it's not fair when there's an imbalance of power. No one member should have more than the other. Either have it in all four languages, or not at all. On a long list of things that need to be improved on the trains, this was honestly the least important. Talk about priorities.Labels: Trying to be Switzerland is hard sometimes
