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[hopefulnebula]

There's a very annoying stoplight/talking walk sign on the highway in front of my dorm.  Beeps every second or so when it's not safe to cross and says "Walk sign is on" when it is.  One of these days I'm going to take it apart and see that the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation built it, and I'm going to laugh.  It's just so damn cheery.

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[chalybeous.livejournal.com]

I sincerely hope it stops vocalizing during the hours of darkness. That could be very annoying indeed!

[hopefulnebula]

The volume varies based on weather and amount of ambient noise and such but it usually isn't audible from the nearby buildings. I'll grant them that much. But it's just so damn cheery.

[catguy.livejournal.com]

It's a shame that you don't like it; I'm rather fond of it, actually. Directing traffic for a bunch of college students is a tough, demanding job, I think, and anyone who can remain cheerful and helpful in the face of so much animosity is just fine in my book.

I think you just haven't gotten to know the crosswalk system well enough; I know that it's helped me out of some tough spots before. I remember once last year when I was swamped with 2 papers and a midterm within 3 days of one another. I was on my way to Yerkes for a study session, despairing out loud about it and worrying about whether I would be able to handle it all, and the crosswalk said to me, "Walk sign is on." It was right, of course; standing around moping about it wasn't gonna help. I had to move forward if I was gonna succeed. Maybe it seems silly, but that was the encouragement I needed to get my work done.

Anyway, all I'm saying is, don't be so quick to judge. You have to look beneath the surface to find out what a piece of electronic traffic-directing equipment is really like.

[chalybeous.livejournal.com]

Be grateful that it neither tells you how happy it is to perform its function, nor says "Share and Enjoy" every time the button is pressed.
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