OAK PARK, IL – Thomas Graham has been overseen playing Candy Crush Saga on his commute for the past two years. This feat has led researchers at the University of Illinois-Chicago to dub it ‘The Most Boring Commute in America.’
Since starting as an information technology specialist for Cook County in early 2023, Graham has not strayed from his daily routine. Every weekday he is seen at 8:15 on the platform of the Ridgeland “L” stop with his head buried in his smartphone. Damian Washington is a fellow commuter who sees Graham from time to time, “Every day is the same thing. After two years, you think he’d be pretty good at the game but nah. He’s stuck on Level 65 and refuses to buy the game’s currency. One time I saw him pick up a newspaper that was sitting on the seat next to him, and I thought he was going to read it, but nah. He was just moving it out of the way.”
Graham’s habitual behavior is no secret to his co-workers. Ayesha Johnson, an office assistant with Cook County does not hide her feelings about Graham, “That guy is just weird. He does the same thing every day. He eats a ham sandwich in the break room every day. He makes the same jokes about the Cubs losing every day. I don’t trust guys like that. I just try to avoid him.” According to Johnson, avoidance is taking its toll, “I still have that damn paperclip assistant because I don’t want him to come work on my computer! Whatever. It is what it is.”
