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Video: Straphangers Rewarded With Free Pizza For Good Subway Etiquette
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Published Apr 14, 2015
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Would you stop manspreading if you were rewarded with free pizza? For their latest stunt, Improv Everywhere surprised straphangers with slices, delivered hot from the platform to their train car. Charlie Todd tells us, "Two men posing as MTA officials told passengers that their specific E-train car was determined to be the most courteous car in the entire system, and in recognition of their good behavior they were being rewarded with a pizza party. When the train pulled into the next station, eight pizza guys entered, delivering 20 pizzas in warming bags."
The pizza came courtesy of Joseph Riggio of New York Pizza Suprema—"he graciously hooked us up with free pizza and employee uniforms. I lived a block away from Pizza Suprema for 10 years. It’s awesome. Next time you’re in the Penn Station area give it a visit."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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