Common Misuse of Train Furniture

The following photo shows a handle bar in the pendeltåg. Once, its original purpose was to grab hold on it.

Now, Stockholm's commuters have converted these handle bars into a "storage" for newspapers.

This misuse is so common that nobody seems to think of these handles as handles anymore. I make a case that there are even some (younger) people who don't know that the original purpose of these handles has been something else than hanging up a newspaper.

This should perhaps be analysed by some sociologists: "Creating new products by misusing existing ones"