# MTA Employee perk: Eating lunch with former customers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732 "2017-08-15T19:05:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/1 "2017-08-15T19:05:36Z")
Former, as in [deceased](http://nypost.com/2017/08/14/mta-accused-of-storing-dead-bodies-in-employee-break-rooms/). :eek: > [@](#): > > “If a lunch room is the nearest, they’ll put it [the body] in the lunch room,” the source said. > > And that’s enough to make transit workers lose their lunch. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/2 "2017-08-15T19:15:15Z")
I guess Charlie’s wife got tired of bring him a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/3 "2017-08-16T13:50:05Z")
Different transit authority. The story’s MTA is in NYC. Charlie had issues with an early version of what now is the MBTA in Boston. Even the Scollay Square station is different–it is now Government Station, under City Hall Plaza. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/4 "2017-08-17T02:48:40Z")
So Charlie’s not dead after all? Then he’s still riding beneath the streets of Boston. Now, it’s possible the Boston authorities could have made a deal with the NY authorities for NY to take over hosting him. So they could have deported poor Charlie to NY. (ETA: Do those damn millenials even know what we’re talking about? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/5 "2017-08-17T03:00:22Z")
_pfft_ It’s not like they were aging the meat to serve him for dinner next week, were they? :dubious: _ **Were they???** _ ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/6 "2017-08-17T06:40:35Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Different transit authority. > > The story’s MTA is in NYC. > > Charlie had issues with an early version of what now is the MBTA in Boston. Even the Scollay Square station is different–it is now Government Station, under City Hall Plaza. We have [our own Charlie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhH2eEG8gAc) tho. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/7 "2017-08-17T07:10:28Z")
Hey, you think that’s bad? When someone dies on a merchant vessel they have no option but to put the body in the cold room with the crew’s food till they get till port. Burial at sea is not acceptable, these days. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/8 "2017-08-17T08:41:34Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Burial at sea is not acceptable, these days. Who’s gonna know? Just the fishes, Johnny. Just the fishes. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/9 "2017-08-17T09:43:31Z")
That only works if no one knew the deceased was on the vessel in the first place. Not having witnesses to the deceased going on board in the first place is kinda crucial. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/10 "2017-08-17T15:47:57Z")
With all due respect to the sensitivities of the MTA workers – and the emergency services should make an effort to warn them before entering a room with a body in it – it is IMHO right and proper for the MTA and emergency services to restore subway service as soon as possible. [This](http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/police-activity-halts-red-brown-purple-lines-at-fullerton/) is [what](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/15/man-found-dead-on-cta-l-tracks-at-fullerton/) [happens](http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/15/uber-lyft-price-surge-cta-service-halts-fullerton/) when you don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/11 "2017-08-17T20:56:12Z")
I’ve heard of being stiffed by a fare, but having a fare be a stiff is a new one… ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/12 "2017-08-28T19:07:22Z")
When my beloved Maggie the Cat passed away it was just before I was to move to a new home. I couldn’t bear to leave her behind…so I bagged her up and put her in the freezer for a couple of weeks until the cross-town move. I had to hide her under the frozen peas lest my girlfriend freak out. This was a one-time deal. If I ever move again I’m not digging her up. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/13 "2017-08-28T19:41:16Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > With all due respect to the sensitivities of the MTA workers – and the emergency services should make an effort to warn them before entering a room with a body in it – it is IMHO right and proper for the MTA and emergency services to restore subway service as soon as possible. Do they have the appropriate resources (disinfectants) to clean body parts out of kitchen sinks? > [@Snake\_Plissken](#): > > When my beloved Maggie the Cat passed away it was just before I was to move to a new home. I couldn’t bear to leave her behind…so I bagged her up and put her in the freezer for a couple of weeks until the cross-town move. I had to hide her under the frozen peas lest my girlfriend freak out. This was a one-time deal. If I ever move again I’m not digging her up. So you’re leaving the cat in the freezer on your next move? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/14 "2017-08-29T17:17:44Z")
To be clear, kitty made it into the ground at the new place. I even put up a nice little marker for her that my dogs, i believe, pee on in spite. If there is another move for me, Mags is gonna stay right where she is. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mta-employee-perk-eating-lunch-with-former-customers/793732/15 "2017-08-30T08:11:28Z")
> [@Snake\_Plissken](#): > > To be clear, kitty made it into the ground at the new place. I even put up a nice little marker for her that my dogs, i believe, pee on in spite. If there is another move for me, Mags is gonna stay right where she is. She’s put down roots there…