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We totally get why this straphanger needed to bring an armchair onto the L - those seats can get hard and uncomfortable after a while! (Sometimes swings are more comfy, too.) We don't think the color goes with the L's austere pale blue and silver scheme, but maybe we're supposed to respond to the eclectic juxtaposition of objects.
Actually, this just makes us wonder what's the most unwieldy object you've ever transported via the train? Of course there are bikes, heavy suitcases, and double wide strollers, but we've been noticing a couple air-conditioners ride the rails lately. And then there's that big fish.
Do you have any tips for moving large object by subway?
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Wow! A Yankee-loving, Vitamin-water-drinking hipster on the L train. Someone should put that pic in a time capsule!
i've carried a bike - in a large and unwieldy bike box.
it was heavy, cumbersome, and uncomfortable.
tips? pleasantly apologize for inconveniencing the people around you.
-entropone.
And the asshole has his feet on the seat. Classy.
The chair is fine, but he shouldn't have his feet on the seat. That's grossly inconsiderate--or inconsiderately gross.
Like that guys feet is the worst thing to ever touch that seat.
I had to lug home one of those giant massaging back-rest things from Homedics. It was 2 days before Christmas, and it was pouring rain. I wrapped it in garbage bags to keep it dry. I tried not to take up 2 seats, and people were not as bad as I thought they'd be about it.
I've definitely done the chair thing before. I get the most stares when I'm transporting refrigerator doors I use for art projects. Nothing gets one's attention like walking onto the train holding the handle of a freezer door in one hand and the handle of the fridge door in the other. They're like big clunky ghetto dumbells. I guess the smell sometimes helps get their attention too.
Putting your feet up on the seats is always rude.
He was just having a party on the train to celebrate A-Rod's grand slam.
I live in Brooklyn and have no car, but that will not stop me from claiming a large (2'x'3'x4') piece of free furniture (vintage industrial cabinet) off of craigslist from any neighborhood (Elmhurst, Queens) at any time (6pm rush hour). This involves using a handtruck to get around the streets, unstrapping it and carrying the piece down the stairs, running back up to get your handtruck, then strapping it in again to board the train. That was the biggest thing I ever brought solo. A buddy of mine helped me move a 7-foot sofabed on the train, but that was 9pm.
Tip: I live on the C train in Brooklyn. When I picked up the cabinet, I was on the R/V in Queens. There were many ways I could get home, but I made sure to plan a route that would ONLY USE CROSS-PLATFORM TRANSFERS. No sense in walking up and down stairs in the stations if you don't need to. Don't transfer at Fulton St. or Times Square or any place crazy like that.
I once took a 10 foot step ladder on (lengthwise) and another time an 8x4 foot sheet of plywood (crossways). BTW, the cars on the 6 train are exactally eight feet wide, not an inch more. It's best to do this late an night and in the very first or last car.
What a douch! Not only is he putting his piss and poo covered shoes all over where someone is going to sit, most likely in white pants, but also where some little kid is going to touch then shove their fingers in their eyes or mouth. This is likely to be a strong candidate for the kind that put their feet up on the poles where small children can reach. Don't even get me started on how much room his taking for his two dollas. Nice. Really Considerate. His grandmother MUST be proud.
i totally saw someone with a hand truck and a washing machine once on a 1 train.
how do you get these huge objects past the turnstiles?
people are crazy!
I once moved from Roosevelt Island to Harlem all using the train. Peoplw were very considerate even giving up seats to let me have space for my boxes.
TAKE YOUR GROSS SNEAKERS OFF THE GODDAMN SEAT. Ugh, biggest pet peeve besides rubbing the crack of your sweaty ass against the pole so noone else can hold onto it. Inconsiderate mooks everywhere in this city.
I am very pro comfy-chair
My Father used to wield skis on the 1 ( just before the 9) uptown so he and I could go cross country sking in inwood at Dykamn park! Innovate adventures and the extra treat linzer heart cookies on the way! RIP Dad & Happy Father's Day! now that i think of it - I never saw anyone else as fly as we.
1) A 6-foot long sub from subway
2) An armored door off of a broken-down humvee
Around 30 years ago I picked up a full-sized mattress in Manhattan and took it home on the CC train to Fort Greene. Never again.
One night waiting for the G train at the Metropolitan stop, I saw two guys who had transported a couch entirely by train from the Upper West Side. It was a nice couch, so I could see why. Actually, I was a bit jealous. I still don't have a couch.
They got off on my stop, too. Bastards.
i was wondering who took my chair.
TAKE YOUR GROSS SNEAKERS OFF THE GODDAMN SEAT.
and, while you're at it:
--don't clip your nails while riding the subways
--put on your makeup and eyeliner at home
--if you're going to drink a full cup of hot coffee on a busy rush-hour train, make sure you use a mug made for commuting, don't hold your half open cup over my shoulder
--gotta watch a video on your portable DVD player, hand-held gaming device or laptop? I don't want to hear the soundtrack
--stop snapping that chewing gum, skank
--"Ladies and Gentlemen, I apologize for the interruption, but..." not on my train, you don't
--batteries, one dollah? if those are duracells, I'm the Pope
--Selling candy bars for your basketball team's uniforms? Yeah, right. Prove it to me and I'll buy the entire team uniforms. Shouldn't a nine year old be in school at 1 PM?
--If you have multiply drug-resistant TB, shouldn't you stay home? Or maybe fly to Greece and get married. But don't cough all over me.
--Orthodox Jews: daven quietly
--For God So loved his children...that he gave them a quiet subway ride, not one punctuated by proselytizing by that lady from Trinidad
I have no problem with guys who have ugly tattoos putting their feet on the seats.
That's a hipster and what he's doing is rude.
Why do they NEED to bring attention to themselves?
Can I come over to your place and put my shoes on your bed or sofa? or, step all over where you sleep?
If some douche-cock did that in front of me I'd take a whiz on his (bedbug infested) chair.
I think anyone who's ever made an IKEA run for a new place and foolishly believed it could all be dragged back by hand has a story to tell here.
Also, he's a Yankee's fan... of course he's uncouth and puts his feet up. GO SOX.
I bought a weber BBQ in Hoboken on craigslist last year and brought it back to Manhattan on the path train. That was tricky.
true on the Ikea run, who knew those aluminum blinds would be so heavy and bulky. It shot down the escalator at the Hicksville station. those plastic bags are not strong enough.
If any of you think that the subway seats are any cleaner than the bottom of a shoe, you are retarded. Have you seen the piss covered bums that sit there? Or the 800 children that wipe their boogies all over the poles? I mean, I know they're sparkling, but give me a break.