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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just stand, if you're able.

Aren't you going to be sitting most of the rest of the day anyway?
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The only thing I hate about this is sometimes people aren't able to stand, but look like they are.  I'm 27, fit and thin, but also have  a small meniscus tear that causes me to walk with a limp.  However, due to circumstances beyond my control, I cannot have surgery until the summer.  If the train jerks at all when I'm standing, shots of pain go up and down my leg and my knee buckles.  I've received many dirty looks from mostly pregnant women and elderly women and it makes me feel like wearing a sign around my neck that says "knee injury, standing while train is in motion causes severe pain"[/quote]

And here come all the "here is why I can't stand up" explainations.  [/quote]

I hear you PP but there are plenty of plausible excuses there for this... my younger brother is handicapped (spinal cord injury and resulting nerve damage in his legs) and would not be able to stay standing on a train. You would have no idea by looking at him and he is only 25. I always cringe in public because I see people giving him the evil eye when he uses his handicapped parking. [/quote]

I know it's not the rule but I feel that you shoudn't sit at the handicap/senior seats unless you have a medical condition.   I try not to make assumptions about people sitting there because you can't always tell, but sometimes it is obvious people are abusing it.  For example, I've seen three young girls in high heels get on the train together and take up 3/4 of the handicap seats and then not move as the train filled up, ignoring an old lady who really could have used a seat.  Did all three of those young girls have a spinal issue? Maybe.

I often speak up on behalf of others, I might bend down and say - that lady has a cane, could one of you spare your seat for her?  I assume that out of the six people I address, at least 1 doesn't have a hidden injury.[/quote]

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