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You Want A Seat? Fuggedaboutit, Says Subway Dadspreader
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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 3, 2015
Modified Mar 3, 2015
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Hey, you want this seat? Fuggedaboutit!
This DGAF Dad Jeans manspreader was spotted this morning on a crowded, rush hour 7 train, presumably en route to Levi's Stadium. Our tipster Ashely tells us, "I gave the guy a snarky look, then looked at the seat. He stared at me blankly."
(In our ongoing study of subway etiquette, we will now make a note that telepathy does not work when confronting an offender.)
This is solid A- spread though, with the arms expanding to consume space in solidarity with the lower limbs, creating an elegant figure 8. Only Tom Hanks has hogged a seat better, and he's an Academy Award winner.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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