Announcer voice all staff use

sexmag

Has anyone whos worked in a retail store tell me why anytime someone comes over the announcer to call someone they all use the same tone

"Staff call, phone call for david murphy on line 2"

Admit it, when you read that you read it in a sort of nasally mono toned toned voice.

Are staff trained to speak like this?

Is there a reason for them using it?

Do normal voices not sound right over a microphone announcement in shops?

Or is everyone just copying the first person who ever made a staff call and now we are all stuck with it?

Wanderer78

Herd mentality and group think maybe?

DrPhilG

I defer all questions on the subject to this man.

Aglomerado

sexmag wrote: »

Do normal voices not sound right over a microphone announcement in shops?

Probably this: I used to do those announcements in my first job, and I sounded like a total knob..... :D

sexmag

it seems to be world wide, well in english speaking countries

Americans are just the same:

"Clean up in aisle 6, clean up in aisle 6"

Maybe people are jsut too caught up in sounding like everyone else they dont want to break the tradition.

Now i wish there was a scouse announcer, that would be great

Grayson

It's the same voice my mother uses when answering the landline.

DrPhilG

My wife used to work in Dunnes, one Christmas the same girl had been on duty for announcements all day.

After 7 hours of "good evening ladies and gentlemen, don't forget you place your turkey order today" her brain was sufficiently fried and she began her last call of the day with:

"Good evening ladies and turkeys"...

Your Face

Id rather that 'official' voice over the PA than a heavily accented one.

Agent Smith

I take it you've never been on the tube in london... A full range of accents and dialects...

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

I used to do announcements in a previous retail job, I always started with "Good evening shoppers..." in a cheery tone.

It made people smile, staff and customers alike.

bigar

You should go to J&C in Swords. The announcement voice is not typical and I would dare to call it the major attraction to go there.

demanufactured

sexmag wrote: »

Has anyone whos worked in a retail store tell me why anytime someone comes over the announcer to call someone they all use the same tone

"Staff call, phone call for david murphy on line 2"

Admit it, when you read that you read it in a sort of nasally mono toned toned voice.

Are staff trained to speak like this?

Is there a reason for them using it?

Do normal voices not sound right over a microphone announcement in shops?

Or is everyone just copying the first person who ever made a staff call and now we are all stuck with it?

There is no training involved , most don't like speaking over a loud speakers so speak like that naturally.

demanufactured

Your Face wrote: »

Id rather that 'official' voice over the PA than a heavily accented one.

Like a thick Cavan accent?

"Heyor deyor , phowen call fur tommy at de wreception"

jim salter

Grayson wrote: »

It's the same voice my mother uses when answering the landline.

"The Bucket residence" ?

the_syco

sexmag wrote: »

when you read that you read it in a sort of nasally mono toned toned voice.

Also called "dead inside voice".

hatrickpatrick

There's a particular intonation or "tune" to that phrase as well, which is literally the same regardless of whether it's an announcement in Tesco or a football stadium, and regardless of whether it's a male or female announcer.

Tried to approximate it there on guitar but it's so unique that a 12 semitone scale doesn't have enough divisions to truly capture the extraordinarily uniform modulation

Anyone wanting to be an announcer of any kind in Ireland could take a leaf out of the most iconic announcement voice in Irish history:

Cuid Ahhhhhhhhh. Leigh anois go cúramach, ar do scrúdpháipair, na treoracha, agus nagceisteanna, a gaibhann, le cuid... Ahhhhhhhhhh.

PandaPoo

I work on the customer service desk and I purposely don't use that voice. It's so hard not to though!!

We have to say colleague announcement! And i say please at the end.

sexmag

Best I heard was during a very busy Christmas rush in Tesco.

Announcer shouts and most of the store goes quiet

" ATTENTION CUSTOMERS!....PREPARE TO WARP!"