Public transit story #19: Chivalry is not dead
On Saturday morning BART was full of people going to the Giants-Phillies game. Lacking a place to sit, I found myself a place to stand.
"Excuse me, miss, would you like to sit down?" asked a boy of no more than 11 years of age. He rose halfway out of his seat before I could answer.
I was very touched. I thanked him for the offer but insisted that he keep his seat. He seemed a little disappointed at first, but then he beamed shyly when his dad (and various other passengers) complimented him on his gentlemanliness.
It's thing like this which maintain my faith in humanity.
3 comments:
Its always nice and refreshing when small sparks of hope for humanity such as this present themselves. :-)
That's so sweet!
Yay for nice kids!
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