Loving the Bench

Later that day, at a nearby machine, Jonathan Flombaum, a Yale graduate student who lives on the Upper East Side, bought a $20 pay-per-ride card.

“I wouldn’t do it, but I have a lot of friends I know who would do it for sure,” Mr. Flombaum said of hoarding, before mentioning the name of one such friend with an amused grin. Mr. Flombaum himself had a practical reason for not joining the ranks of his more parsimonious peers. “I would lose my MetroCard,” he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/nyregion/thecity/06fare.html

Apparently, despite his Ivy League education, my brother can’t seem to hold onto his metrocard. Well done on your first mention in the New York Times.