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[quote=Anonymous]Is Metro Etiquette (in some cases, disregard for the law!) getting worse? In one day's commute I witnessed/ experienced the following. And, this day is not an outlier!

- AM Commute: Visibly pregnant woman - clearly in her third trimester - gets on train and no one offers her a seat. I am standing as well, but ask her if she'd like to sit and if I can help find her a seat, but the train begins moving so she says she'd rather stand. A man standing next to us observes the conversation and asks a man to give up his seat for the expecting woman. He does so, and seems sheepish, but with a smile.

- PM Commute: Visibly impaired man with a walking stick feels his way onto train and no one offers him a seat. He stands until we get to next stop, when a helpful passenger asks one of the people sitting in the handicap seats to give up their seat for him, which they do.

- Also PM Commute: I am standing in the aisle between rows. As the train is still moving and pulling up to station -- which tends to be the shakiest part of the ride -- man who is sitting taps me on the shoulder and says excuse me, motioning for me to let go of handle bar on seat in front of him so he can walk to the door as the train is still moving. I was feeling like a pill, so I said "I am getting off at the next stop also" (which is true) and I don't release my grip on bar until the train has stopped. I was not going to stand, without holding something, while the train jerkily pulls into the station and risk falling. And yet, people ask to move by you in a fashion that you'd have to let go of whatever you're holding when the train is pulling into the station ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!!

This is just a vent, but wow. I understand that people sitting in the handicap seats could have ailments that don't immediately present themselves, but most of the time I see people sitting in those seats who are staring at their cell phones when the train lets people on and they pay no attention to whether or not someone really needs those seats.

I had a baby a few months ago and I'd say that people offered me a seat 1 out of 5 times when I was on the train and visibly pregnant. I began coming into work late and staying late so that my odds of getting a seat were higher. It's really disappointing.

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