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Do skinny girls make the subway late?

Posted: Jan 4th 2007 10:01AM by Jonathon Morgan
Filed under: Food and Nutrition, Diet and Weight Loss

One of the most annoying things about relying on public transportation is that it never seems to arrive on time when you need it to. According to an analysis of statistics from NYC's Metro Transit Authority, skinny girls could be one of the major reasons your train gets delayed.

Huh?

It's not as out there as it sounds. "Sick customer" is listed as the Number 3 cause of disruptions between October 2005 and October 2006. According to MTA personnel, these ill passengers are often women who faint during the morning rush hour after going on crash diets.

As reported by New York's Early AM newspaper, "You have women trying to get their bodies tight for the summer and they won't eat," said Asim Nelson, a Transit emergency medical technician based in Grand Central Station. "Not eating for three or four days, you are going to go down. If you don't eat for 12 hours you are going to get weak."

So have some breakfast, and quit holding up everyone else's commute!

(Thanks to Gawker for the link)

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