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Fri 4 Apr 2008

Pole Hoggers Beware

Posted by TJ under Mansitting, getting a seat
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It’s not just subway seat hogs that are officially on notice.

Continuing its expose on bad subway behavior, Gothamist reports that those who hog the poles in the subway are being called out as well.

Apparently it’s preferable to simply clutch the pole with your hand, as opposed to wrapping your body around it. Frankly I’m not sure why anyone would care what you do with the pole, though I guess hugging it means less access points for your fellow riders.

Like “mansitting,” polehogging too has its own Catherine Weaver logo.

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Wed 25 Apr 2007

There but for the grace of God sit I

Posted by G. Francis under Catenary, Mamaroneck, Metro North, New Haven Line, delay, getting a seat, sleep
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newhaven_stand1.jpgMy first glimpse of the Mamaroneck platform this morning told me something was wrong. There were way too many people standing around looking even less happy than usual.

While I’m used to standing on the ride home, not getting a seat in the morning is not something I can recover from easily so to preserve my professional effectiveness I immediately went into full seat-scrounging mode. With the extra time I obviously had I hiked to the opposite end of the platform from my usual hangout. When a train finally pulled in (5 minutes late for me - probably more than 30 minutes late for many on the platform who had been trying to get on an earlier train) some quick footwork allowed me to score a window seat with full sleeping privileges.

Within a couple of stops the magnitude of my victory was apparent as the train went from merely crowded to officially “packed to the gills” as you can see from the above photo. Probably a minute after that photo was taken I was sound asleep. Gotta enjoy the good times while you can. Next time it’ll be me standing up there.