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It would be funny to make a soundboard of all of Amtraks Julie commands espcially for train status.Someone could add the Ineractive commands so it will respond to whatever you say. Then we call Julie Sietter and have her try it.
For instance we could program the message to say"Before I go ahead and book this segement I have a service announcement congestion and accidents over which Train 14 the Coast Starlate travels over may cause delays you should plan for the possibillity of this train never making it to your destination". lol
Or "Get Details in the train status message". The latest report for Train 14 was at 10:40 AM when it was between Steve Grande's home and Train Web Headquarters I'm still waiting for an update.
Or better yet Did you say Sensday(Saturday) or Sunday lol?
Or when making a reservation it could say Sorry Due to the close departure of your train I'm going to need to transfer you to an Amtrak agent who may or may not be able to help you hold on I will pass along the information you provided.
Or we could have the system say"The latest report for Train 3 was out of Lamy New Mexico where it departed 24 hours and 4 minutes late due to a freight derailment at Raton".
Or"We have a service announcement due to lack of fnding this route will not have a dining car onboard we advise passengers to prepare themselves with Airline Meals and rubber chicken".
Hope we can make Julie laugh a bit(:.
Anyone here can do it?
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I once called 'Julie' for train status and where she originally would say "I'll look up you're train" I swear the message had bee altered to say "Let me see if I can find your train".
As if she had misplaced it behind a UP freigh or something.
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quote:Originally posted by notelvis: I once called 'Julie' for train status and where she originally would say "I'll look up you're train" I swear the message had bee altered to say "Let me see if I can find your train".
As if she had misplaced it behind a UP freigh or something.
I think I heard the same thing yesterday!
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Here is an interesting "Julie" item. I was watching Jeopardy about a week or two past, and the middle newbe contestant of the three was none other than Julie herself. during the between session interview w/Alex she said she was the voice for many phones VMS including Amtrak. I was get a fresh glass of milk in the kitchen when I heard this and returned quickly to the dinner area where my TV is and sure enough it sounded just like her. Throughout the rest of the show, it was like making a call to Amtrak and getting Julie to answer Jeopardy questions. Well, she did not win, but it was one of the more unusual Jeopardy programs. Keep an eye out for reruns.
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