tsr
Established Member
I think some people get naturally nervous when they travel, for a number of reasons. Maybe they don't travel much and had bad experiences from the past such as missing their stop or the CIS showing information for and subsequently boarding the wrong train, maybe they don't believe themselves, etc.
I can kind of understand such questions as an assurance for themselves. Some people simply do not believe what they see for themselves. My previous housemate always used to ask me as the train approaches when we go to Nottingham together, "Is this the one to Nottingham?", despite it being shown on the CIS in massive fonts "1530 NOTTINGHAM calling at Nottingham".
Well, this was more than just CIS. The information provided did basically consist of the full Tube bells and whistles, complete with train!
Anyway... how about another one?
"Oooh, was that a steam train?"
The person who asked that had just taken a photo with their phone of a steam locomotive (Tangmere) belching out quite a lot of steam whilst hauling a fair number of carriages. My answer:
"Yes."