Okay. Look. We have been through this so many times. This year alone, in fact. And not once, NOT ONCE, has it gone according to plan.
We’ve had Maccas in New Zealand fail miserably with it, we’ve got the Melbourne Metro project marching headlong into it for some dumbfuck reason, and clearly we all remember the Boaty McBoatface fiasco in the UK.
So now Sydney, it’s your turn. And this time we need to let everyone know, once and for all, *EXACTLY WHY* this is a terrible, terrible, terrible idea that will never work as long as the internet exists.
Transport for NSW is about to take delivery of 6 brand spanking new commuter ferries that will service the Sydney Harbour.
The NSW State Government would like you, the general godforsaken public, to name them.
Yes, they’re seriously doing this. No, this isn’t a prank. Yes, the form is public and open for naming suggestions. What. Could possibly. Go wrong.
From now until August 11th the suggestion box is well and truly open, with names being required to fall within one of three categories: Arts & Culture, Connections to Sydney Harbour or Science, and Environment & Innovation.
The names will be judged by a panel of volunteers, and then a shortlist will be put to a public vote.
The T&Cs of it all stipulates explicitly that “suggestions deemed unsuitable for any category will not be considered,” because OF COURSE. But the form to suggest names is 100% open.
To anyone.
From anywhere.
To write anything they damned well want and hit submit. It will be read by someone. Someone’s job will be to read whatever fucked-up moniker your filthy brain can come up with.
For the love of pete, this keeps happening. People keep putting their trust and faith in the internet, and every single time the internet does the same damned thing, because we are all but pissed off bulls, and an open form is a red rag.
You have until August 10th.
Source: Transport for NSW.
