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fat-ass-bike wrote:
Seek out these seats by knowing where they are located on the PATH carriages - People sitting there will know what to do if they see you and fit the 'priority' ... Asking them to move is also acceptable.
All other seating is an option for the person with a seat on whether or not they offer 'priority' person's a seat. It might suck, but we are conditioned that way .... and no it's not a female - male thing either !

You?re only helping to further demonstrate the urban tendency to be blissfully unaware of consensual reality. It seems appropriate to call it ?The Bubble.?

fat-ass-bike wrote:
Seek out these seats by knowing where they are located on the PATH carriages - People sitting there will know what to do if they see you and fit the 'priority' ... Asking them to move is also acceptable.
All other seating is an option for the person with a seat on whether or not they offer 'priority' person's a seat. It might suck, but we are conditioned that way .... and no it's not a female - male thing either !

tommyc_37 wrote:

Just to be clear ... your view is that no man should sit as long as any healthy, able women do not have a seat? Or are you referring to pregnant/elderly/disabled women only?

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jcdd wrote:
Was recently on the train from WTC to grove. I saw an obviously pregnant woman (we are talking belly out to HERE) that was left to stand during the ride. Not one person offered her a seat. Saw plenty of 20somethings sitting in their seats playing video games on their cell phones though, as well as business men and women sitting around completely oblivious. I would have offered a seat but I was standing too.

I feel like we have lost a lot of common decency and manners in this City area. People complain that city dwellers are rude and inconsiderate and sometimes we sure do live up to our reputation.

My wife is roughly 8 months pregnant. Luckily she is still very mobile and taking the path and standing is not a problem. However, she tells me that it is very rare for someone to offer their seat and if anyone does, it is always another woman. She doesn't mind and is very comfortable standing the whole way.....but....if there is ever a time when we commute together and not one man gives up his seat....I am going to lose my mind.

People are rude and inconsiderate, that is a fact. But a bigger problem is that most men out there have a hard time acting the part. Maybe they are all eunuchs? I have no idea. Honestly, act like a man and stand up. No man under the age of 70 should have a seat until every single woman no matter what age is already sitting. It's really pathetic.

Bill463 wrote:
Oh Downright, the men won't get up for your wife and unborn baby? Does this really surprise you in this day and age? Let me say right off the bat that I would, but I'm certainly not surprised. I've seen things like this many times on my commute. Once a woman with crutches had to yell at the young self-absorbed I-pod wearing cell phone eyeballed glued idiot seated in the handicapped seat to move. In 2012 you are shocked and surprised? With a 50% divorce rate? And what about the women's liberation movement? They have been liberated - are they not all happy with the result?

Bill463 wrote:
Oh Downright, the men won't get up for your wife and unborn baby? Does this really surprise you in this day and age? Let me say right off the bat that I would, but I'm certainly not surprised. I've seen things like this many times on my commute. Once a woman with crutches had to yell at the young self-absorbed I-pod wearing cell phone eyeballed glued idiot seated in the handicapped seat to move. In 2012 you are shocked and surprised? With a 50% divorce rate? And what about the women's liberation movement? They have been liberated - are they not all happy with the result?

jcdd wrote:
Was recently on the train from WTC to grove. I saw an obviously pregnant woman (we are talking belly out to HERE) that was left to stand during the ride. Not one person offered her a seat. Saw plenty of 20somethings sitting in their seats playing video games on their cell phones though, as well as business men and women sitting around completely oblivious. I would have offered a seat but I was standing too.

I feel like we have lost a lot of common decency and manners in this City area. People complain that city dwellers are rude and inconsiderate and sometimes we sure do live up to our reputation.

jcdd wrote:
Was recently on the train from WTC to grove. I saw an obviously pregnant woman (we are talking belly out to HERE) that was left to stand during the ride. Not one person offered her a seat. Saw plenty of 20somethings sitting in their seats playing video games on their cell phones though, as well as business men and women sitting around completely oblivious. I would have offered a seat but I was standing too.

I feel like we have lost a lot of common decency and manners in this City area. People complain that city dwellers are rude and inconsiderate and sometimes we sure do live up to our reputation.

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JadedJC wrote:
And knowing the PATH, they probably didn't bother cleaning up the car afterwards - the placenta was probably rolling around the floor of the car all day...

I am sure it was cleaned up. However, what I cannot believe beyond the no coffee rule from the above poster is the fact that this foreign pregnant woman took a chance in her stage of pregnancy to ride the PATH when the train's schedule changes on a moment's notice, as well as the birth of her child...what was she thinking that her cell phone would save the day??

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looks like it was a happy ending for mom, dad, and the new born

+1

Heights - what difference does her nationality make? Guess you're falling back on that New Year's resolution. Babies come when they want to - there is no schedule. The baby and Mother are safe and healthy and that's all counts in the end.

jerseymom wrote:
Heights - what difference does her nationality make? Guess you're falling back on that New Year's resolution.

looks like it was a happy ending for mom, dad, and the new born

JadedJC wrote:
And knowing the PATH, they probably didn't bother cleaning up the car afterwards - the placenta was probably rolling around the floor of the car all day...