The poor station attendant at my busy connecting station this morning must have asked passengers in at least 8 different ways to stay behind the yellow line for their own safety, resorting to increasingly graphic pleas like “stand behind the line if you don’t want to get hit by a train”.
Yet I can still see at least 10 people right at the platform edge. What kind of arsehole places train drivers in a position where they are at risk of hitting someone? And fellow passengers and staff witnessing this?
Even if you think you have conducted some sort of bullshit personal risk assessment and know better than the staff, surely it’s just plain courtesy to do as you are asked?
(See also people who ignore cabin crew safety instructions on aircraft)