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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 894890" data-attributes="member: 12952">Station’s users rail vs. OccupyCommuters upset over dirty ‘mess’Commuters and merchants in South&nbsp; Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging&nbsp; electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks, turning&nbsp; the bustling terminal into a unsanitary locker room.Transportation officials said they have sealed up some outlets after&nbsp; fearful commuters worried Occupy members powering up electronic gadgets&nbsp; close to ATM machines could see PIN numbers being punched in. Yet,&nbsp; there’s no quick solution to sharing the bathroom.Julia Tanen, spokeswoman for Cushman &amp; Wakefield, the commercial&nbsp; real estate company that manages South Station, said crews Thursday&nbsp; covered three outlets next to Bank of America ATMs near the Summer&nbsp; Street entrance because customers taking cash out felt uncomfortable&nbsp; with people hovering nearby charging their phones.“They were afraid people could see their PIN numbers. ... If people&nbsp; complain, we have to make them feel safe,” she said, adding the other&nbsp; outlet near the bathrooms on the main concourse was capped, too. “They&nbsp; were creating a hazard. People trying to get into the bathrooms were&nbsp; practically tripping on them.”Alex Ingram, a spokesman for the leaderless Occupy Boston movement,&nbsp; explained that it’s difficult to police the behavior of a large group of&nbsp; people.“We try to assume that everyone knows how to behave themselves in a&nbsp; public place. It’s an assumption that might be misguided,” he said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 894890, member: 12952"] Station’s users rail vs. Occupy Commuters upset over dirty ‘mess’ Commuters and merchants in South Station say they are fed up with Occupy Boston squatters who are hogging electrical outlets and taking sponge baths in bathroom sinks, turning the bustling terminal into a unsanitary locker room. Transportation officials said they have sealed up some outlets after fearful commuters worried Occupy members powering up electronic gadgets close to ATM machines could see PIN numbers being punched in. Yet, there’s no quick solution to sharing the bathroom. Julia Tanen, spokeswoman for Cushman & Wakefield, the commercial real estate company that manages South Station, said crews Thursday covered three outlets next to Bank of America ATMs near the Summer Street entrance because customers taking cash out felt uncomfortable with people hovering nearby charging their phones. “They were afraid people could see their PIN numbers. ... If people complain, we have to make them feel safe,” she said, adding the other outlet near the bathrooms on the main concourse was capped, too. “They were creating a hazard. People trying to get into the bathrooms were practically tripping on them.” Alex Ingram, a spokesman for the leaderless Occupy Boston movement, explained that it’s difficult to police the behavior of a large group of people. “We try to assume that everyone knows how to behave themselves in a public place. It’s an assumption that might be misguided,” he said. [/QUOTE]

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