Live music is coming this summer to an unusual place: Baggage claim at Logan Airport

'One of the top five customer complaints: 'It takes too much time to get my bags at baggage claim,'' Davey told the chamber crowd. 'The perception [is] our baggage claim is slow. How can we make sure we're keeping folks entertained or amused at baggage claim? We're going to start some live music and see if that works.'
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The news prompted Brendan Joyce, public policy manager at Lyft, to pose a light-hearted question to Davey during the Q&A portion of the event.
'Rich, I have a very important question for you,' Joyce said. 'Are you performing live this summer at baggage claim, and if so, originals or covers?'
Davey didn't miss a beat: 'If we want customer satisfaction to improve, no, I will not be performing.'
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