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How to make sure you always get a seat on commuter rail
By adamg on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:03pm
Christopher Hunt photographed a self-seating commuter on the 5:30 train to Lowell today:
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Stealing high end office supplies? ;-)
Pens and post-its are just not enough.
You may be on the right track
He may have purchased it and was bringing it home.
Office chairs are usually not sold assembled
If you buy one at Staples or CVS, it comes in a box and you have to put it together yourself.
I've worked at several
I've worked at several companies where giving old chairs to employees happened.
Nowadays, it's more likely because of layoffs than because of furniture upgrades.
You might be right, Ron
I was engaged in idle speculation. I've been wrong before.
1. Safety issue. In abrupt
1. Safety issue. In abrupt stop, him on his chair could break both your legs or knock you over so you smack your head.
2. It's newsworthy as a safety issue, but that's not how it was posted. The T sucks butt as it is, and now you're fodder for some cameraphone dork posting you on the Internet? Maybe he didn't want the attention.
in an abrupt stop...
yeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHUMP
how quickly could the
how quickly could the commuter rail actually stop?
It wouldn't take much speed
for a sudden stop to send a office chair on casters rolling. The "grabbing brake" (stop, lurch, stop) issue that's common this time of year as trains enter stations could easily trigger it.
I've taken a folding (not rolling) chair on the Red Line
and sometimes sat in it, if I'm taking it to some outdoor concert venue such as the Esplanade.
I agree, huge safety issue.
I agree, huge safety issue. Incredibly, the conductor questioned him, but allowed him to keep sitting in the chair, even though there were plenty of empty seats on the train.
If he didn't want the attention, he should have just stood next to it.
What;'s he reading
Cider House Rules?
Re #2 and #4, this person
Re #2 and #4, this person brought the same chair on the train the previous night as well. Once I get, more than that? Welcome to the Lowell line.
How do you know for sure
it's the same chair? Remember the old joke about the construction worker who would take a wheelbarrow full of rocks off the job site every night (and it wasn't because he wanted the rocks).
I certainly can't say with
I certainly can't say with 100% certainty, but it definitely looked to be the same chair for two straight nights. Same color fabric, same model, etc. Unless he is bringing home old chairs from an office, it's the same chair.
Sorry, I meant to add
insert tounge fully in cheek to that last post.