12.27.2010

Do you treat people like you're on a New York subway?

How do you treat the people you love? Do you care for them or do you treat them like you're on a New York subway? I have seen many different kinds of people on the subway and they all have their own way of surviving.
  • Some push and shove to get in, to get their way. New Yorkers are famous for rushing and running to catch a train, amidst the fact that another train is coming anyway in just a few minutes.
  • Many are inconsiderate. They want the best seat, they want to sit down, and they want to beat you to it.
  • Some talk on the phone and they put their "dirty laundry" out there for everyone to hear. 
  • A few occupy too much space and purposely take up more than one seat or put their stuff on a seat next to them. 
  • Seats are not given up for the elderly, but they have to stand and balance just like everyone else. 
  • When people come and ask for money, we can be experts at not hearing, looking the other way and simply ignoring them. I tend to do this myself. 
  • Taking advantage of a captive audience and asking for help (which gets ignored above). 
  • When a subway car is empty and people start walking in, notice how people keep a safe distance from each other and choose to stay a couple of seats away. 
Strangers sit next to each other on the subway for minutes and sometimes hours, and I guess some of these actions are normal. But in real life, at least when we get off the subway, let's remember to treat people better than that!

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