Wednesday, April 30, 2003

The Tiebreaker

While riding the 6 train to Chinatown at around noon today, I saw a Hispanic couple standing with a baby girl in a stroller. I was debating whether to give one of them my seat when the train stopped and a Chinese woman got on with her baby girl in a stroller. All of a sudden, I was facing a moral dilemma. Initially I thougtht I should give my seat to the Hispanic wife since she was on the train first. But I have to take care of my own people! Then I realized that the Chinese woman was pregnant. Problem solved. I gave up my seat to her.