One thing which immediately impressed me aboutWarsaw was the rapidity with which younger Varsovians lept from their seats when an elderly person stepped onto a tram or metro car. Given the large population of elderly people in Poland, this isn't a rare occurrence.Looks like NYC is having a problem with people hogging their seats (though I have to say that in my personal experience, people have been quite courteous). They've even started legislating this courtesy. It can't hurt - it certainly was nice when NYC passed laws saying people couldn't use seats to hold their bags or put up their feet when the train is full. One would hope people would use common sense, but I suppose we can't all be Polish!
