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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:

Chair Guy

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Comments

By Kathode on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 6:07pm.

Pens and post-its are just not enough.

By anon on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:49pm.

He may have purchased it and was bringing it home.

By Ron Newman on 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.

By anon on 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.

By anon on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 11:39pm.

I was engaged in idle speculation. I've been wrong before.

By anon on 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.

By anon on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:21pm.

yeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

WHUMP

By anon on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 9:28pm.

how quickly could the commuter rail actually stop?

By roadman on 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.

By Ron Newman on 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.

By bren924 on 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.

By EM Painter on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 7:03pm.

Cider House Rules?

By bren924 on 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.

By roadman on 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).

By bren924 on 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.

By roadman on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 2:11pm.

insert tounge fully in cheek to that last post.