Christopher Hunt photographed a self-seating commuter on the 5:30 train to Lowell today:
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Stealing high end office supplies? ;-)
By Kathode
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:07pm
Pens and post-its are just not enough.
You may be on the right track
By anon
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:49pm
He may have purchased it and was bringing it home.
Office chairs are usually not sold assembled
By Ron Newman
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 11:18pm
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
By anon
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:18am
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
By anon
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 11:39pm
I was engaged in idle speculation. I've been wrong before.
1. Safety issue. In abrupt
By anon
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:12pm
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...
By anon
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:21pm
yeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
WHUMP
how quickly could the
By anon
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:28pm
how quickly could the commuter rail actually stop?
It wouldn't take much speed
By roadman
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:48am
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
By Ron Newman
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 11:19pm
and sometimes sat in it, if I'm taking it to some outdoor concert venue such as the Esplanade.
I agree, huge safety issue.
By bren924
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 7:26am
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
By EM Painter
Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:03pm
Cider House Rules?
Re #2 and #4, this person
By bren924
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 7:20am
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
By roadman
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:18am
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
By bren924
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 1:24pm
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
By roadman
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 2:11pm
insert tounge fully in cheek to that last post.