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This morning, I did something that I always tell myself I will do, but when its crunch time, I don't.
While commuting this morning, I observed a guy in the aisle across from me cleaning out some kind of notebook. He was taking pages of paper out and putting them on the floor. There was also a ball of plastic wrap (which had likely held a bagel or ****in) and an empty coffee cup.
As the train got closer to Penn Station, the man put his newspaper on top of the pile, stood up and moved towards the train car doors -- without the trash. I sat there astounded that this guy could be such a pig and terribly inconsiderate to his fellow passengers, myself included.
I got up and was waiting for the train to enter the station and the doors to open, and kept debating with myself whether to say something, and had actually decided that I would not. At that point, however, the woman who had been sitting next to him and I made eye contact. She made a :rolleyes: face, so I acted.
I managed to catch the guy's eye and in a rather loud and annoyed voice, I said "excuse me sir, you forgot your trash" and pointed to the pile of crap he had left. He mumbled that he was going to get it and I said "what?" he answered again "I'm getting it."
When the doors opened, he moved away from the exit and back towards the pile. I said to him in a more casual tone, "you know, I take this train every day . . . " He replied, "no problem."
I moved quickly out of the train and almost ran up the stairs and out of Penn Station without looking back. To tell you the truth, I don't know whether he actually picked up the trash. LOLOLOL
I always read how people stand up to other people who are acting in similar manners, and I always say how I'd like to be that way and be assertive, but until this morning, that just wasn't how I am.
So, that is why I'm proud of myself -- for speaking up when staying silent and stewing would have been much easier.
While commuting this morning, I observed a guy in the aisle across from me cleaning out some kind of notebook. He was taking pages of paper out and putting them on the floor. There was also a ball of plastic wrap (which had likely held a bagel or ****in) and an empty coffee cup.
As the train got closer to Penn Station, the man put his newspaper on top of the pile, stood up and moved towards the train car doors -- without the trash. I sat there astounded that this guy could be such a pig and terribly inconsiderate to his fellow passengers, myself included.
I got up and was waiting for the train to enter the station and the doors to open, and kept debating with myself whether to say something, and had actually decided that I would not. At that point, however, the woman who had been sitting next to him and I made eye contact. She made a :rolleyes: face, so I acted.
I managed to catch the guy's eye and in a rather loud and annoyed voice, I said "excuse me sir, you forgot your trash" and pointed to the pile of crap he had left. He mumbled that he was going to get it and I said "what?" he answered again "I'm getting it."
When the doors opened, he moved away from the exit and back towards the pile. I said to him in a more casual tone, "you know, I take this train every day . . . " He replied, "no problem."
I moved quickly out of the train and almost ran up the stairs and out of Penn Station without looking back. To tell you the truth, I don't know whether he actually picked up the trash. LOLOLOL
I always read how people stand up to other people who are acting in similar manners, and I always say how I'd like to be that way and be assertive, but until this morning, that just wasn't how I am.
So, that is why I'm proud of myself -- for speaking up when staying silent and stewing would have been much easier.
