Short Story: London Tube announcer goes nuts and talks on the microphone for 30 minutes straight as passengers cheer him on. Money quotes: “Is this what having a nervous breakdown feels like” and “You’ve got two options – apart from shooting yourself, and who could blame you.”

The longer version and audio after the cut…

Tube breaks down, so does platform announcer.

There were big problems on the London Underground this morning, after multiple signal and train failures conspired to cause major disruption to the Circle line. That said, nobody could accuse TfL staff of not going the extra mile in terms of customer service. The platform announcer at Farringdon refused to stop talking for nearly half an hour, giving a blow-by-blow account of what was occurring.

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