Now that the Herald has let the cow, er, cat, out of the bag, the T is rolling out a new campaign to convince us that Red Line cars with no seats represent a good idea. And they're calling it Big Red. Just like the gum, only hopefully less sticky on your shoes. Read the T's Big Red brochure.
Here's what a seatless Red Line car looks like without any people:
And here's what a box of Big Red gum looks like:
Hmm, do I smell marketing tie-in? What if Bill Weld moves back to Massachusetts and runs for Senate? OK, so Kerry isn't leaving, but you never know.
Here is a Herald artist's depiction of what a full Big Red car will look like at rush hour (to go with this story):
Ed. This is Why It's Good to Have a Wife Note: Nancy says the Herald kinda blew it with that illustration, that they should have gone with the sardine-can metaphor because the train is going to Alewife. Get it? Alewife, sardines? You know, fish?
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Impromptu disco
By adamg
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:31pm
Forget the no-pants thing. Get some battery-operated disco balls with suction cups, throw some money DJ Nitetrain's way and party 'til Braintree!
Bowling?
By anon-a-mouse
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:35pm
You could do that with the seats there too...
True, but ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:41pm
you wouldn't have to get down on hands and knees to retrieve the pins if the seats were out.
Um, Swirly?
By eeka
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 8:48pm
Why does it sound like you've tried this?
http://1smootshort.blogspot.com
Missing the point
By Fake Dan Grabuskas
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 10:57pm
You can either dance OR bowl with 27 more people when the seats are removed.
Electric Slide
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:11pm
With the third rail!
haha
By anon-a-mouse
Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:15pm
good one fake smiling dan!
1. If you are sitting and an
By Arborway
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 12:28pm
I've given up on worrying about being too obvious. I'm never going to see these people again, so if they're doing something wrong, I'm not really concerned with hurt feelings if I slight them.
Learn manners and/or hygiene or be prepared for people to react negatively.
What would the Herald be without a perv patrol?
By adamg
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 7:59am
So the Herald follows up its scoop with a warning about how the new cars will be grope magnets.
It's based on a quote from a single source who didn't want to give his name, padded out with quotes from other people about crowding in general, not gropers. And fails to explain exactly how overstuffing Red Line cars without seats will be that much more attractive to candidates for a groin kick than overstuffing Red Line cars with seats.
Weak.
Im not sure if I agree with
By ShadyMilkMan
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 8:13am
Im not sure if I agree with the story but I can see how it can play out. Currently with the seats in you can only have so many people lined up or jammed into your proximity that can "grope" you. In a seatless car if you are in the exact middle of the car there will be many more people swarmed around you within "groping" reach, and if everyone is pushed against each other then it will also be harder to see where all those hands are (where as the seats currently act as barriers keeping too many people from occupying one space.)
Ha!
By independentminded
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:19am
What is this..a joke?
what
By eeka
Fri, 12/05/2008 - 8:49pm
A rabbi, a priest, and a weasel walk onto a red line car...
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