They really are. A week or three ago during my commute a guy with a cast on his foot and crutches got onto a crowded bus, and no one gave him a seat. (There wasn't much I could do about it; I was standing too. Though perhaps I should have made some pointed comment that would have embarrassed someone into giving him a seat. Or perhaps he should have just fallen on someone and hit them with the crutches in the process... "So sorry. Hard to stand on a moving bus on one foot with crutches, don't you know...")
Also, don't underestimate the power of obliviousness. Many people just don't see other people anymore; I've certainly been there when tired or wrapped up in my own issues.
I think that as things get more crowded, we tend to tune out other people more. I've noticed that people in less densely-populated areas seem to be nicer, in general. Or maybe it's because I relax more in those places and have the wherewithal to notice them on turn.
yes yes yes. There were times, during the school year, when you could not have extracted me from my seat on the green line for anything... and times when I quite deliberately piled the seat next to me on the commuter rail with stuff, so no one would sit there.
I'm not terribly social, but most of the time I have manners. but not always....
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people need manners
Date: 2002-07-01 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-07-02 04:00 am (UTC)Re: people need manners
Date: 2002-07-02 12:11 pm (UTC)I think that as things get more crowded, we tend to tune out other people more. I've noticed that people in less densely-populated areas seem to be nicer, in general. Or maybe it's because I relax more in those places and have the wherewithal to notice them on turn.
Re: people need manners
Date: 2002-07-02 02:24 pm (UTC)I'm not terribly social, but most of the time I have manners. but not always....