A TTC Intercom Randomly Started Playing A Recording Of An Audiobook And We've Never Been More Confused
There was a free listening party of a mystery novel on a TTC platform yesterday. We didn't get the memo, and neither did anyone else. Several confused subway riders shared videos of an intercom playing an audio recording of Inferno - a novel by Dan Brown, an American author who also published The Da Vinci Code.
The novel was playing from a Passenger Assistance Intercom at an elevator on the Dundas West subway platform. The incident was completely inexplainable - even TTC customer service had no idea what was going on.
Here’s a TTC elevator intercom reading Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: https://t.co/7FDvvNb3PF pic.twitter.com/4vBi5Ixzmp
In the video, the narrator is reading an excerpt from Chapter Two, so it's possible that the audiobook had already been playing for a while.
When Twitter users brought it to their attention, the TTC customer service team responded with, "The elevator is reading a novel? You'll have to give me a little more context, this sounds interesting!"
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After some investigation, one commenter identified the novel as Dan Brown's Inferno. The TTC confirmed it with a Wikipedia link. But, the TTC has yet to officially verify the incident or provide a real explanation.
A video apparently (TTC has not verified) showing a Passenger Assistance Intercom reading out a novel from the Da Vinci Code series (I can't tell which). https://t.co/0OjNljUBik
Ongoing story, more to come - this definitely isn't the end of this chapter.