Portable electronics have brought the living room into public space…all the way into public space apparently. As related to me by The Girlfriend…
Last night on the subway she was coming home late from class when an average looking black man in his early 20s got on the train with one of those portable DVD players open and playing a movie. It wasn’t until he sat down next to her that TGF realized yes, he was watching porn. The head bobbing up and down was a dead giveaway, as were the copious acres of naked flesh.
Mind you, TGF is a white woman in her early-40s.
So, two questions: 1) what possessed him, and 2) could she have asked him to turn it off without creating a racial incident? Even if she writes to Miss Manners there’s no way she’ll get an answer; it’s too much of a prank situation though I don’t doubt it happened.
* Miss Manners is the pen name of etiqutte guru Judith Martin
Indeed…this is beyond the pale. From the boombox of the 70’s to the DVD of the 05’s. WOW.
I’ve seen too much.
STB
Wow. I don’t know if I would have said anything, but I might have moved to a different seat.
This is why I don’t do public transport. Even in my nation’s capital city, with draconian “green” lanes and 12th century streets being way too small for cars anyway, there is always, always parking within reasonable walking distance (by which I mean 1 mile). Or taxis. It’s always worth paying more to avoid the proles.