I found a new blog today called, “People Who Sit In The Disability Seats When I’m Standing On My Crutches”. No seriously that’s the name. And I’d like each of you to click the blog link and go look at the photos. It’s the same story as people who park in handicapped parking spots because they will only be in Starbucks a minute. On this new blog the person says they are currently using crutches and when he/she gets on the subway trains, people don’t move out of the handicapped seats to allow the person to sit.

The blogger says they only take photos when no other seats are available. The signs that are above the seats have always been meaningless to me- they are way too high and do no good for someone already sitting down. Most of these people should know to get up but perhaps the new technology trains could be built with some sort of shock buzzer system where if the seat is needed a light bit of electricity races through the seats to wake them up.

When I was a little kid, my mother would take sis and me on the bus and subway all the time. If we didn’t get up when someone got on the bus who needed to sit, we would immediately get mom’s eye that said with no words “get up now or your butt will be so red when we get home that you won’t sit for a week!” and we got up. Today parents will slap their 4 kids into the handicapped seats without thinking about it. It’s so disappointing….

Get up. I weigh more than anyone and I always get up. If I can, so can you. And teach your kids to get up.

Tags: MTA, New York, New York City Blog, NYC, Transit News