Kindness: Standing up for Tourists

Last week, I was taking the T into town. To work. The second stop on the trip is at a museum. There's not a whole lot else at that stop, so when people get on or off the subway there, they're usually tourists.

That morning, two people got on from that stop, a middle-aged mom and her teenage daughter. The train was kind of full, but not packed. The mom found a single seat in the front of the car, and the daughter stood up near the middle.

A woman, probably mid-twenties, was sitting by herself in a double-seater row. She noticed the two get on. She saw them separate on the train. She stood up and offered the two seats to the tourists. They declined, but she insisted. Which in itself was super-nice because it's not as if the teenager and mom were incapable of sitting apart or standing. They finally, graciously accepted the seats.

They pulled out a map and were looking over it. They seemed to have a rough idea of where they were going and how to get there. The woman who vacated her seat stepped over to help them again. The T, especially the green line, is a little tricky as it goes west. So she helped them plan their trip. To get where they wanted to go.

Just a little morning kindness to start the day.