Love Thy Neighbor

Totally rude.

 One of my favorite quotes is, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Plato

Granted, it's probably too much to ask for people to be friendly to everyone - I'm a realist and know that's just not going to happen.

What isn't too much to ask, is to take it down a notch and simply be considerate of others. This shot was taken around 9:30pm on a fairly full PATH train coming from New York City. The guy on the right is clearly too important to be inconvenienced with a seat neighbor as he is probably in the middle of a rousing game of Angry Birds or some other pressing National Security issue. The woman on the right, has such a nice green purse, that it couldn't possibly sit on her lap, rather the half of the seat that the gentleman on the right is not boxing-out seems an appropriate place to put it.

This bugs me to no end.

How hard it is to simply be mindful of the fact that there are people standing on the train, and maybe you could stand sitting next to one of them for 12 minutes.

Don't be too busy to be polite. You don't have to be everyone's best friend, but don't be a jag off.

Drive slow