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Abandon Ship - The worst safety video ever?


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Is this real!! In the Condor ferry video I noticed it didn't tell you what the emergency signal actually was (7 short followed by one blast on the whistle / alarm bells). (Abandon ship is a verbal order.)

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Is this real!! In the Condor ferry video I noticed it didn't tell you what the emergency signal actually was (7 short followed by one blast on the whistle / alarm bells). (Abandon ship is a verbal order.)

 

It certainly is, played four times a day on the fast cats! I am assured that those in the video are actors and not ships staff, if they were you can just imagine how brutal and merciless the p*** taking would be. Apparently they're a bit miffed it's gone viral.

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I thought it was good.  It'll certainly grab attention far more than most of the boring standard ones and, that, surely, is its main purpose.

 

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That's making the very bold assumption that anyone actually plays attention to the message - we are talking about the general public -  and doesn't just watch it for the same reasons someone would watch the likes of "The Office". After one brief watch and the commensurate disgust/mockery/annoyance it will quickly be forgotten and ignored.

In The first ship I sailed in which carried passengers, there was one well worn piece of advice dished out to newcomers: "never, EVER, underestimate the stupidity or idiocy of the bloods".

(Bloods being the common term for cargo (i.e. passengers) which walked up the gangway, in contrast to the blood-less animal carcasses loaded down below in the refrigerated holds).

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I thought it was good.  It'll certainly grab attention far more than most of the boring standard ones and, that, surely, is its main purpose.

 

DT

 

Oh, I don't know, I watched the Air New Zealand swimsuit one, and that certainly grabbed my attention!!!!!    :no:

 

Phil

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