The customer on crutches who the metro employee helped on the metro - on her own time - thanked the metro and said she made them look good. I will take compassion over strict adherence to rules that don't compromise safety - like eating on the metro - 100% of that time. The customer also guessed that because the employee was so patient, she probably had missed her opportunity to eat breakfast before getting on the subway.
I know you probably know this, but it was a buried lead, and I think this needs to be pointed out again and again: she did a kind thing because she was a kind person, and then this happened. Fuck that noise. Fuck it straight to hell.
Actually, I didn't know this. Thanks for the heads up. Even with this knowledge, my searches are coming up blank for the other side of the story. Having said that, the UK is shut out from some news sites because of the cookie privacy issue.
Yeah, also found at least one white man saying he really never got called out for this, despite having coffee on the same time/train each morning. Also, other people saying they got called out once after years of eating on the metro. A lot of this was on Twitter, though.
I know you probably know this, but it was a buried lead, and I think this needs to be pointed out again and again: she did a kind thing because she was a kind person, and then this happened. Fuck that noise. Fuck it straight to hell.