Piano at Connolly station locked

gussieg

After having a lovely painted piano installed in Pearse St station, another one was put in Connolly but passing through yesterday , the piano was locked, a shame as it's nice to hear people playing as you go through , anybody know will they be unlocking it again ?

Jamie2k9

gussieg wrote: »

After having a lovely painted piano installed in Pearse St station, another one was put in Connolly but passing through yesterday , the piano was locked, a shame as it's nice to hear people playing as you go through , anybody know will they be unlocking it again ?

Someone managed to break the chair so won't be open until its fixed!

Del.Monte

OMG what next. Would CIE ever concentrate on running the feckin railway and not this nonsense. :rolleyes:

L1011

Del.Monte wrote: »

OMG what next. Would CIE ever concentrate on running the feckin railway and not this nonsense. :rolleyes:

Two factors at play here

1: It is actually extremely good PR. Cheaper than equivalent advertising for reach and much better received.
2: They are clearly spending money like its water (actually, that's a bad analogy in a drought but still...) in 2018 to make the operating loss look worse, to ask for more money from the group company or state subsidies. Lovely new arrival/departure screen in Maynooth up today, few hundred quid of TV before the cost of install and any mods required to software/hardware to feed it etc.

Del.Monte

Agree with you on the spending money like water - you only have to look at all the new fencing, tree felling. rockwalling of small streams etc. in the Enniscorthy/Gorey section which is earmarked for closure

GM228

To be clear CIE/IE did not spend any money like water on the pianos, they are restored pianos which have been donated by Murphy Piano Tuning & Repair in collaboration with two artists (whos names escape me).

Jamie2k9

Del.Monte wrote: »

Agree with you on the spending money like water - you only have to look at all the new fencing, tree felling. rockwalling of small streams etc. in the Enniscorthy/Gorey section which is earmarked for closure

Except its not.

marno21

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Except its not.

http://www.southeastradio.ie/2017/08/gorey-rosslare-rail-line-could-be-on-the-chopping-block-for-irish-rail/

Jamie2k9

marno21 wrote: »

http://www.southeastradio.ie/2017/08/gorey-rosslare-rail-line-could-be-on-the-chopping-block-for-irish-rail/

#fakenews!!!

You shouldn't believe everything in the media. There has never been a serious plan to close the route and there won't be either. The 4.4 million saving is also another outright lie.

Del.Monte

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

#fakenews!!!

You shouldn't believe everything in the media. There has never been a serious plan to close the route and there won't be either. The 4.4 million saving is also another outright lie.

And you know this how?

Hilly Bill

gussieg wrote: »

After having a lovely painted piano installed in Pearse St station, another one was put in Connolly but passing through yesterday , the piano was locked, a shame as it's nice to hear people playing as you go through , anybody know will they be unlocking it again ?

No shame at all. I pity the poor souls that have to listen to it all day. Lack of health and safety awareness by Irish rail,

Hilly Bill

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Someone managed to break the chair so won't be open until its fixed!

Not true.

Jamie2k9

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Not true.

So the real reason?

GM228

Hilly Bill wrote: »

No shame at all. I pity the poor souls that have to listen to it all day. Lack of health and safety awareness by Irish rail,

How is a piano playing a lack of H&S awareness?

Hilly Bill

GM228 wrote: »

How is a piano playing a lack of H&S awareness?

Noise, trip hazard, fingers getting caught in the lid by someone messing with it an unsupervised child climbing on it and falling down the escalator.

It's not going to be there much longer Anyway. Soon to be removed due to misuse.

Jamie2k9

Should move it to the gate line for staff supervision!

seachto7

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Noise, trip hazard, fingers getting caught in the lid by someone messing with it an unsupervised child climbing on it and falling down the escalator.

It's not going to be there much longer Anyway. Soon to be removed due to misuse.

Maybe people should take a bit of responsibility for their actions and stop acting the mickey.

Del.Monte

Maybe they should just put it in a skip? As for moving it near the gate line..Lol.... most of the staff that are usually there wouldn't give a flying **** what was done to it. The last time I was there my ticket wouldn't work in the barrier and the Wehrmacht official on duty motioned me through the open barrier with a scowl, my ticket wasn't examined, no word was uttered - abusive or otherwise. CIE have always specialised in picking the most ignorant staff to interact with the public.

cython

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Noise,

If the piano is anything like the one Pearse any noise is nothing compared to idling trains

Hilly Bill wrote: »

trip hazard,

Most trip hazards are negated by clear marking in cases where they can't be removed. If this piano is still painted as it was, it's bloody hard to miss! And before someone pipes up with the point of blind people, steps are no less risky for them than this, but they manage.

Hilly Bill wrote: »

fingers getting caught in the lid by someone messing with it

Sure I suppose people shouldn't be trusted to carry their own hot beverages from any of the food outlets in the station either. Or actually as a more direct analogy, maybe even music shops shouldn't be let display pianos, finger breaking monstrosities that they are :rolleyes:

Hilly Bill wrote: »

an unsupervised child climbing on it and falling down the escalator.

Ah now that's up there with Mallrats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMZ-Buj2n0

No reason to presume the piano is more likely to be climbed than the railing against which it sits.

Hilly Bill wrote: »

It's not going to be there much longer Anyway. Soon to be removed due to misuse.

That'd be a shame, but unfortunately nothing would surprise me. If any of the above are held up as justification for it, however, it simply upholds a longstanding belief of mine that modern society is architected to undermine Darwinism.

Hilly Bill

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Should move it to the gate line for staff supervision!

No. Pianos have no place in the work place.

Hilly Bill

seachto7 wrote: »

Maybe people should take a bit of responsibility for their actions and stop acting the mickey.

Unfortunately it gets used like a fisher price toy.

Hilly Bill

Del.Monte wrote: »

Maybe they should just put it in a skip? As for moving it near the gate line..Lol.... most of the staff that are usually there wouldn't give a flying **** what was done to it. The last time I was there my ticket wouldn't work in the barrier and the Wehrmacht official on duty motioned me through the open barrier with a scowl, my ticket wasn't examined, no word was uttered - abusive or otherwise. CIE have always specialised in picking the most ignorant staff to interact with the public.

The skip is a good idea.

Hilly Bill

cython wrote: »

If the piano is anything like the one Pearse any noise is nothing compared to idling trains Most trip hazards are negated by clear marking in cases where they can't be removed. If this piano is still painted as it was, it's bloody hard to miss! And before someone pipes up with the point of blind people, steps are no less risky for them than this, but they manage.Sure I suppose people shouldn't be trusted to carry their own hot beverages from any of the food outlets in the station either. Or actually as a more direct analogy, maybe even music shops shouldn't be let display pianos, finger breaking monstrosities that they are :rolleyes:
Ah now that's up there with Mallrats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOMZ-Buj2n0

No reason to presume the piano is more likely to be climbed than the railing against which it sits.
That'd be a shame, but unfortunately nothing would surprise me. If any of the above are held up as justification for it, however, it simply upholds a longstanding belief of mine that modern society is architected to undermine Darwinism.

Stand next to it for 8 hours and try and get a bit of work done and see how long you can stand there holding a conversation before you feel the need to walk away and stick your head in a bin. Watch how many unsupervised kids and idiots it attracts.

lawred2

gussieg wrote: »

After having a lovely painted piano installed in Pearse St station, another one was put in Connolly but passing through yesterday , the piano was locked, a shame as it's nice to hear people playing as you go through , anybody know will they be unlocking it again ?

Was open when I was leaving work this evening

Hilly Bill

Del.Monte wrote: »

Maybe they should just put it in a skip? As for moving it near the gate line..Lol.... most of the staff that are usually there wouldn't give a flying **** what was done to it. The last time I was there my ticket wouldn't work in the barrier and the Wehrmacht official on duty motioned me through the open barrier with a scowl, my ticket wasn't examined, no word was uttered - abusive or otherwise. CIE have always specialised in picking the most ignorant staff to interact with the public.

You were let through without any hassle but you still complain????

fxotoole

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Stand next to it for 8 hours and try and get a bit of work done and see how long you can stand there holding a conversation before you feel the need to walk away and stick your head in a bin. Watch how many unsupervised kids and idiots it attracts.

What kind of work are you doing standing around talking for 8 hours a day?

fxotoole

Hilly Bill wrote: »

You were let through without any hassle but you still complain????

Ticket checkers should be more concerned with checking tickets than worrying that they’re “hassling” people

Hilly Bill

fxotoole wrote: »

What kind of work are you doing standing around talking for 8 hours a day?

Think about that one for a bit.

Hilly Bill

fxotoole wrote: »

Ticket checkers should be more concerned with checking tickets than worrying that they’re “hassling” people

They don't be worrying

hullaballoo

I was passing through this afternoon and you'll be glad to hear the piano lid was open.

Some grasshole was butchering the Game of Thrones theme.

I was sorely tempted to slam the lid on their fingers and whisper "the Lannisters send their regards."

Hilly Bill

hullaballoo wrote: »

I was passing through this afternoon and you'll be glad to hear the piano lid was open.

Some grasshole was butchering the Game of Thrones theme.

I was sorely tempted to slam the lid on their fingers and whisper "the Lannisters send their regards."

Imagine having that on a loop and you couldn't do anything about it.

Jamie2k9

Hilly Bill wrote: »

No. Pianos have no place in the work place.

I'm not a fan either but the ones in Pearse and Heuston don't appear to attract people who can't play them anytime i'm there.

fxotoole

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Think about that one for a bit.

Professional bull****ter?

L1011

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Imagine having that on a loop and you couldn't do anything about it.

Try working in retail or bar/restaurant coming up to Christmas.

whisky_galore

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Noise, trip hazard, fingers getting caught in the lid by someone messing with it an unsupervised child climbing on it and falling down the escalator.

It's not going to be there much longer Anyway. Soon to be removed due to misuse.

This is why we can't have nice things.

whisky_galore

Hilly Bill wrote: »

No. Pianos have no place in the work place.

Miserable attitude.


What about a music shop?

miece16

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Noise

It's not going to be there much longer Anyway. Soon to be removed due to misuse.

Noise. in a train station? are you serious?

Hilly Bill

miece16 wrote: »

Noise. in a train station? are you serious?

There is a difference between natural noise of an environment and unnecessary noise.

Hilly Bill

whisky_galore wrote: »

Miserable attitude.


What about a music shop?

Oh dear god.

monument

Del.Monte wrote: »

Yeah, a friendly word/smile/apology and a cursory glance at my ticket would be welcome and would take the same amount of time as the motioning at gunpoint to go through the open barrier. The only thing missing with some of these guys is a machine gun and a command of the German language. Perhaps they could be taught some basic German - this training film on how to deal with awkward situations could help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_5f_Avxwc

Banned for three weeks for trolling.

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Hilly Bill

L1011 wrote: »

Try working in retail or bar/restaurant coming up to Christmas.

It's natural in that environment though. Have you tried talking to someone when neither of you can hear properly due to background noise and you can't do anything about it and have to stay were you are?
If you called a business and they couldn't hear you properly due to background noise , that would be unfair on you wouldn't it?

Hilly Bill

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

I'm not a fan either but the ones in Pearse and Heuston don't appear to attract people who can't play them anytime i'm there.

Maybe you have that calming affect Jamie

whisky_galore

Hilly Bill wrote: »

If you called a business and they couldn't hear you properly due to background noise , that would be unfair on you wouldn't it?

So IE customer service is located outside on the platform now?

It's a big area, full of squealing wheels, train horns and whistles sounding, announcements, shouting and chatter, not an office interior.

Hilly Bill

whisky_galore wrote: »

So IE customer service is located outside on the platform now?

It's a big area, full of squealing wheels, train horns and whistles sounding, announcements, shouting and chatter, not an office interior.

I take it that you don't know the location of the said piano then?

bobbyss

Mind you i do have sympathy for the staff ( well for those positioned near the piano at any rate) as often I see toddlers just banging away at it. That would make me very, very miffed.

Stephen15

What's the point on it. I could understand a public piano in a place like a shopping centre or somewhere for leisure activity but in a train station where just want to get to where they are going ASAP it's a bit unesscary and pointless.

The whole thing was just one big PR stunt by IE to impress the likes of Lovin Dublin and Joe.ie and these other millennial online rags. It's a fad that will be unceremoniously gone pretty soon without anyone batting an eyelid. I thought even IE had better principles than these. But I guess the CIE are into jumping on badwagons these days like DB with their Pride Bus.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Stephen15 wrote: »

What's the point on it. I could understand a public piano in a place like a shopping centre or somewhere for leisure activity but in a train station where just want to get to where they are going ASAP it's a bit unesscary and pointless.

The whole thing was just one big PR stunt by IE to impress the likes of Lovin Dublin and Joe.ie and these other millennial online rags. It's a fad that will be unceremoniously gone pretty soon without anyone batting an eyelid. I thought even IE had better principles than these. But I guess the CIE are into jumping on badwagons these days like DB with their Pride Bus.

I like it, in Pearse it adds to the atmosphere. Great at Christmas.

Hilly Bill

Stephen15 wrote: »

What's the point on it. I could understand a public piano in a place like a shopping centre or somewhere for leisure activity but in a train station where just want to get to where they are going ASAP it's a bit unesscary and pointless.

The whole thing was just one big PR stunt by IE to impress the likes of Lovin Dublin and Joe.ie and these other millennial online rags. It's a fad that will be unceremoniously gone pretty soon without anyone batting an eyelid. I thought even IE had better principles than these. But I guess the CIE are into jumping on badwagons these days like DB with their Pride Bus.

Waterford is getting one as well 😁

Hilly Bill

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

I like it, in Pearse it adds to the atmosphere. Great at Christmas.

Would you like it outside your door at work?

Stephen15

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Waterford is getting one as well ðŸ˜

Wellingtonbridge could also do with one and Kilshogue

Hilly Bill

Stephen15 wrote: »

Wellingtonbridge could also do with one and Kilshogue

I wouldn't put it past them.