politicartoons | (no subject)

I find it very frustrating here in NYC. I've had elderly people offer my children seats on the subway while young ones, male and female, keep focused entirely on their smart phones without looking up. I decline the seats, but it really would help my young children -- the train can decelerate pretty quickly and they are better off sitting down, plus on a crowded train, they can get pretty smashed between standing adults.

I gave up my seat on a very crowded train once to an elderly woman with a cane and she was so grateful I had to conclude it did not happen very often. Same experience giving up a seat to a man with crutches.

It doesn't happen enough, but a lot of people saw you do it. We're monkey see, monkey do! Thanks for pointing that out to me about kids, its true.

That's been my experiences too. I gave my seat to an obviously older guy, and he was gushing with thank yous; and then mentioned to me "Well my legs tire out, I am 84." I told him, no sweat.

That's cool.

ARGH It is so maddening in NYC.

Philly here, a pregnant woman once asked a 300+ lb man if he could move his bags, he refused and said regardless of the bags, he couldn't fit in one seat anyway. Thankfully a city cop was within earshot and asked if he had purchased 2 train tickets for his size. He gruffly replied that he hadn't, but he still wasn't getting up, needless to say, he got booted.