tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post5940065934633294355..comments2024-03-28T11:48:06.623-04:00Comments on Veteran AF: "Chill out will ya"Neil Gussmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04667154945595202472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post-75639160088294703322012-02-14T07:59:19.269-05:002012-02-14T07:59:19.269-05:00I try to teach my children to behave just the oppo...I try to teach my children to behave just the opposite of your friendly seat neighbor. A week ago my kids( 11 and 7) were patiently waiting on a looooong line to pay the water they had just bought, while I pretended I wasn´t paying attention. A middle aged woman just threw herself in front of them and every other person who was waiting. My son, Luigi said: " Madam, there is a line here." She looked at him just like if he was an ET and replied. " Don´t you see I could be your mom? I´m older, you can wait." My son replied: " Yes, you could be my mom, but if you were, would you teach me that the polite behavior of all the people behind us is good for them and not for you?".<br /><br />She left immediately, stomping her feet, with the people who would not protest her rudeness, laughing that a kid could do it.<br /><br />I think they learned something good, and so did her.Ivan Porccinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04945361263971336993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395959113568829045.post-9659479602725659022012-02-13T17:35:36.222-05:002012-02-13T17:35:36.222-05:00I think it's remarkable that, with so many com...I think it's remarkable that, with so many commuters and so many technology-dependent folks there can even be such a thing as a "quiet car" on a public transit system. I'm glad he got up and left, though, but wish he'd done so without grumbling or making that rude comment.<br /><br />On a rural note, we're so far between places and no trains available I don't have that problem in the strictest sense. But, I do sometimes try to have a "quiet car" whenever I have to go anywhere, but sometimes with three very happy, talkative, technology-savvy nephews in there it's next to impossible to achieve quiet. Then, too, I can't leave and go to another car while I'm driving, and banging my head against the steering wheel doesn't even phase them anymore. <br /><br />I hope your next commute in the quiet car is a better experience. Here in rural MO the only trains we ever hear are ghost ones, unless we get close to the freight yards at Kansas City. That may change one day, though.Susan Cronkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551654663536527893noreply@blogger.com