tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post3893472338403545633..comments2023-11-05T04:03:35.548-08:00Comments on BART Musings: The Experiment Controversybartmusingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327844700926513435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-44171044271643793282008-12-06T11:19:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:19:00.000-08:00Although I would offer (and have offered) my seat ...Although I would offer (and have offered) my seat to a visibly pregnant woman, I agree with SongMonk. We are in the Bay Area, some residents of which engage in a more socially aggressive pursuit of equality. It's interesting to offer a seat to someone and get a very...disappointed or angry response from them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-38505880679695697492008-11-24T10:40:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:40:00.000-08:00I meant "A woman of certain years..."I meant "A woman of certain years..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-44344090708407742562008-11-24T10:39:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:39:00.000-08:00I woman of certain years with a cane got on the t...I woman of certain years with a cane got on the train a couple weeks ago and I asked in voce alta if someone could give her a seat. All the young things taking up the senior and disabled seats playing with their electronic devices pretended not to hear so someone in the back offered her a seat. Since I am close to this woman's age, it was far more respectable for someone 30 years my junior to offer this woman a seat. <BR/><BR/>And yet, I am offered seats peridically by younger people so I can't say civility is completely dead. It's just becoming more rare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17347513.post-55076502039987312482008-11-20T16:41:00.000-08:002008-11-20T16:41:00.000-08:00I can't remember if I said this before, but I ther...I can't remember if I said this before, but I there is a part of me that hesitates to make such an offer for fear of offending someone. (Seriously? Yes.)<BR/><BR/>What I will do is avoid taking an open seat in a crowded train. Of course, doing so rarely results in it going to the neediest person.SongMonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186514862221578307noreply@blogger.com