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Don't be so self conscious! I see plenty of people standing on public transportation when there are seats. There are plenty of reasons why I can think of: - Th
by aestra 13y ago
Don't be so self conscious! I see plenty of people standing on public transportation when there are seats. There are plenty of reasons why I can think of:
- They have a lot or big luggage or a backpack with them.
- They are only going 1 stop or two.
- They have a medical condition where sitting down and standing back up again is difficult, so it is easier to stay standing.
- They have been sitting all day at work and want to stretch their legs.
- They want to leave the seats for other people who wish to sit if the train fills up, whereas they don't mind standing.
- Standing is more comfortable for them than sitting.
- A lot of times they are reading, so I think reading might be easier standing than sitting perhaps, but I don't know because I have never tried to read on the train.
Nobody will question you.
- krmmalik 13y agoWow, great list. Thanks!
- keithpeter 13y agoReason 3 includes chronic back pain in my case. It is just more comfortable to stand than to sit in the really cramped seating (I'm very tall).
- aestra 13y agoI know someone who had surgery and for several months afterwards he wasn't allowed to sit. He could stand and lay down, but sitting wasn't allowed for proper healing. Someone else I know had some kind of nerve problem in the back of her legs and she preferred to stand unless she was going to sit for a long period of time. I guess constant standing/sitting motion aggravated it.