Author: Dami Lee
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
So many New Yorkers have dropped their AirPods onto subway tracks this summer that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering issuing a PSA to ask commuters not to take their AirPods on or off while entering or exiting trains, according to The Wall Street Journal.
MTA maintenance supervisor Steven Dluginski says the number of lost AirPods first spiked in March after Apple released the AirPods 2, but there’s been a considerable uptick this past summer, presumably due to the heat and humidity on subway platforms that makes “the ears and hands of New Yorkers pretty sweaty.” It’s true that during the summer months, stepping onto a subway platform is a disgusting, sauna-like experience. In an investigation, Gothamist found that...
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So many New Yorkers have dropped their AirPods onto subway tracks this summer that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering issuing a PSA to ask commuters not to take their AirPods on or off while entering or exiting trains, according to The Wall Street Journal.
MTA maintenance supervisor Steven Dluginski says the number of lost AirPods first spiked in March after Apple released the AirPods 2, but there’s been a considerable uptick this past summer, presumably due to the heat and humidity on subway platforms that makes “the ears and hands of New Yorkers pretty sweaty.” It’s true that during the summer months, stepping onto a subway platform is a disgusting, sauna-like experience. In an investigation, Gothamist found that...
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