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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
    > the buses had signs above the seats in the front, saying they were
    > reserved for the elderly and infirm (my wording, not theirs) and
    > requesting passengers to relinquish them, when needed. (I don't
    > know how effective the signs are - I only rode the bus from my
    > hotel to Lincoln Center, and it was never during rush hours, so
    > everyone had a seat, there were no standees.)

An excerpt from a Vignettes page
<http://geocities.com/Articles/Vigns01.html> in the Travel section
at the site at Right in the sig

<< A grandmotherly woman on a Siena bus embarrassed a couple of young
women by loudly demanding that they arise from their seats, reserved
for war veterans, the infirm, and the elderly, so that my girlfriend
and I could occupy them. We were grateful as we were very tired from
the day's activities. >>
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