In a perfect world, of course, it shouldn't require "note takers" to monitor riders' behavior, as the Long Island Rail Road Commuters Council is doing, or even repeated announcements by a conductor regarding cellphone use, feet on seats, or littering.
Initially, the appearance on TV screens of a tsunami warning, and repeated announcements to remember last year's tragedy and flee the coast, prompted fears of a second disaster in less than two years in the worst-affected prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
Despite repeated announcements that the number of military and security forces in Chechnya would drop, more than 85,000 men remain in an area roughly twice the size of Connecticut, manning checkpoints by day, retreating to bunkers with the curfew at night, when lawlessness reigns.
Asked to name some substantial spending cuts a Labour government would make, Mr Balls repeated announcements he has already made - such as matching the government's spending plans in 2015-16, a 5% pay cut for ministers and the loss of the winter fuel allowance for pensioners who are higher rate taxpayers.
These repeated announcements and plans of new construction run counter to the cause of peace.
"The constantly repeated announcements of such measures probably are related to the fact that there will be elections in Austria this fall," South Tyrol governor Arno Kompatscher said Tuesday.
Despite repeated announcements of plans to increase resettlement over the last two years, U.S. agencies have struggled to clear refugees through a vetting process that, because of security considerations, takes 18 to 24 months.
Muhammad Shtayyeh, a Palestinian minister who recently quit the Palestinian negotiating team in protest of Israel's repeated announcements of settlement expansion, says Israel enjoys too much comfort and impunity, and calls for the negotiations to be fully internationalized.
After repeated announcements and watching people being denied access to the outside where the plane is (no jetways, here, folks), some people grudgingly step back a few steps, but make sure they are still planted firmly in the path of anyone attempting to board.
Since more and more travelers were converging on the street level concourse, we had to repeat announcements and reassurance every couple of minutes while also answering specific questions.
