Earlier this week, I was traveling on a crowded Red Line train. A few stops into the journey, an elderly man with a cane came aboard, wearing a WWII Veteran's hat. He stood next to a pole and grabbed on. I looked around, thinking about the horrible things I've seen on the T: extremely pregnant women on 90 degree days an no A/C on the train not being given a seat, elderly people forced to stand and so on.. but was not going to be able to stand watching an elderly veteran with a cane stand.
And then something miraculous happened. Not one, not two, but three different women asked him if he would like to sit down, which he declined. The third, approximately 20 years of age, followed her request by saying:
ok, and thank you, sir.
Thank you, sir.
