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Category Archives: cell phone
Word of the Week: CHATTERBLOX
CHATTERBLOX: CHAT urr BLOKS \noun\: The act of covering one’s mouth with one’s hand while speaking on the cellphone on a crowded train. Usage: I was getting the stink-eye from my fellow riders on the 5:46 to North White Plains … Continue reading
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Word of the Week: HAT&T TRICK
HAT&T TRICK: \HAT trikk alt. HAH tee nn tee trick\ noun: Getting three cellphone calls over the course of a single ride on the train. Usage: This doofus next to me on the train from Dobbs Ferry scored the HAT&T … Continue reading
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Subway System Cells Out
Subway stations will be wired for cellphone use in the coming years, but the actual trains will not. The Metropolitan Transit Authority sold the job to Transit Wireless for almost $47 million, and the wiring will begin at six stations … Continue reading
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How Not to Start the Weekend
Odd scene in Grand Central Friday around 5. A boy of about 10 was surrounded by a pair of typical 40-something commuter guys and a cop. He wore a Mets hat, t-shirt and camouflage shorts. One of the commuter guys … Continue reading
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Top Secret Info For All to Hear
You had to love the doofus on the 6:10 yesterday who prefaced two of the loudest cellphone conversations I’ve ever witnessed with “THIS IS CONFIDENTIAL!” He was a bald guy in round-rim specs and a pinstriped suit, and had everyone … Continue reading
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Ask Engine Bob: Why Not a No-Cell-Phone Car?
Q: Engine Bob, why don’t have they have a no cell-phone “quiet car” on Metro North, like they do on Amtrak? Surely, enough quiet-seeking commuters could fill a train car? A: What a fine, fine question. My fingers are twitching … Continue reading
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Babel, Indeed
Friday after work, and I’m enjoying a little life, liberty and pursuit of happiness on the 6:33. Guy next to me is young (28?) and nondescript. The second the train exits the tunnel, the guy whips out his cell phone. … Continue reading
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Overheard on the 8:43
Asian woman, bleached blonde hair (roots), twentysomething. Sort of pretty. Enters at White Plains. Talking on cell. Sits. Still talking on cell. “When’s the Super Bowl???”… “This Sunday or next???”… “Duh! I can’t. I work on Sunday.”… … Continue reading
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