Idle Queries
Idle Query Number One:
Why don't pedestrian crossings make noises any more? All the crossings in Manchester seem to have been replaced over the last few years, and most of the new ones are silent. Apart from sone, which are still noisy, which just makes the whole thing extra confusing.
I can't seem to get the hang of looking to see whether the green man has arrived. I press the button, I stand and wait, my attention wanders. I read advertising hoardings, watch birds, wonder vaguely whether the woman walking towards me has a shaved head or just all her hair scraped back, check the pram to see if my baby is still asleep... am I really supposed to stare at a not-yet-green man non-stop? The window of green man opportunity is surprisingly small (only a few seconds), and horribly easy to miss if it doesn't go beep-beep-beep to remind you.
And what are blind people supposed to do? As far as I can see nothing vibrates, and even if it did, what if the blind person couldn't get to the vibratey bit cos other people were in the way?
It's rubbish. I can think of no good explanation, particularly seeing that not all of them are silent, only some. Bring back the noisy ones, I say.
Idle Query Number Two:
Does this work in the way I think it does? Is it, in fact, just a glorified dildo? Maybe a convenient excuse for people who really want to buy dildos but feel more comfortable claiming to have a weak pelvic floor? And is anyone seriously going to use it in the way intended?
Better than a carrot, I suppose...
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Why don't pedestrian crossings make noises any more? All the crossings in Manchester seem to have been replaced over the last few years, and most of the new ones are silent. Apart from sone, which are still noisy, which just makes the whole thing extra confusing.
I can't seem to get the hang of looking to see whether the green man has arrived. I press the button, I stand and wait, my attention wanders. I read advertising hoardings, watch birds, wonder vaguely whether the woman walking towards me has a shaved head or just all her hair scraped back, check the pram to see if my baby is still asleep... am I really supposed to stare at a not-yet-green man non-stop? The window of green man opportunity is surprisingly small (only a few seconds), and horribly easy to miss if it doesn't go beep-beep-beep to remind you.
And what are blind people supposed to do? As far as I can see nothing vibrates, and even if it did, what if the blind person couldn't get to the vibratey bit cos other people were in the way?
It's rubbish. I can think of no good explanation, particularly seeing that not all of them are silent, only some. Bring back the noisy ones, I say.
Idle Query Number Two:
Does this work in the way I think it does? Is it, in fact, just a glorified dildo? Maybe a convenient excuse for people who really want to buy dildos but feel more comfortable claiming to have a weak pelvic floor? And is anyone seriously going to use it in the way intended?
Better than a carrot, I suppose...
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