The China Post of Taiwan published a hilarious article about passengers pushing emergency alarm buttons in Kaohsiung's new subway (known locally as the jie-yun). Since the new subway offers free rides for the month, the Taiwanese newspaper reports that many elderly men and women have tried the new train system. For many, it's their first time taking a subway. In a subway restroom, the China Post says in its translated English, "Many an old lady pushed the alarm button, thinking she was flushing the toilet bowl." Others have mistaken the emergency call buttons onboard the trains as buttons to open the doors or to request the next stop. Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan, is the second city on the island to open a subway system. Construction started in October 2001, but after several construction delays due to tunnel cave-ins, the subway did not open to the public until last Sunday. In August 2008, a second subway line will open in Kaohsiung.
Emergency Buttons Mistaken as... A Toilet Flush
The China Post of Taiwan published a hilarious article about passengers pushing emergency alarm buttons in Kaohsiung’s new subway (known locally as the jie-yun). Since the new subway offers free rides for the month, the Taiwanese newspaper reports that many elderly men and women have tried the new train system. For many, it’s their first […]
