Shaken foundations...

[alexpgp]

Galina reports that her world was shaken the other day when she was on the Metro with her sister... and someone got up to offer Galina their seat.

"It would appear I have now officially joined the ranks of the 'elderly'," said Galina during our daily conversation yesterday.

The official expectation of the Metro system, which is repeated every few minutes on the train's intercom, is for passengers to respect each other and to give up their seats for the handicapped, the aged, and mothers with small children.

And so it goes.

Cheers...

Comments

[skipperja.livejournal.com]

Have I mentioned that a young man on the Moscow subway got up and offered me his seat? And I was 10 years younger than I am today!

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

I don't recall your mentioning it. How did it make you feel at the time?

Cheers...

[skipperja.livejournal.com]

I thought "What a nice young man." I haven't ridden in many subways, but I had the impression that most subway riders rarely gave up their seats for anyone. So it was nice to find someone in Moscow who respected older folks.