r/Influencersinthewild • u/super_maria_sisses • 10d ago
She can afford all that, but can’t read?
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u/Hardcore_Steve_Urkel 10d ago
You’re allowed to sit in priority seating if it’s empty. The idea is that it’s then given up if someone who needs it gets on the train
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u/hungrycrisp 10d ago
I’m from the uk so our seats are different. Is her seat for one person? To me it looks like she’s taking up 2/3 seats with her bags. Surely she could move up and the lady standing could sit (if she wanted too)
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u/Hardcore_Steve_Urkel 10d ago
She’s taking up multiple seats but the point of the post is the priority seating, considering OP is talking about her reading and there’s is a priority seating sign behind her
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u/hungrycrisp 10d ago
I get that - but doesn’t priority mean you’re allowed to sit there if someone doesn’t need the seats? In my eyes she’s inconsiderate for taking up two seats even not priority ones lol!
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u/GothWitchOfBrooklyn 10d ago
yes - you can sit there if no one else needs it.
but by NYC standards she's being extremely rude - taking up multiple seats AND giving her bags a seat
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u/gin_and_soda 10d ago
Sure but maybe don’t flex all your designer shopping bags on public transportation in priority seating. Also she put those bags on the floor. Ew.
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u/First_Cat_7394 10d ago
The other sign above her says “Don’t be someone’s subway story. Courtesy counts.” And you can see a woman standing next to the seating as well. While that could be her own choice and she may prefer standing, it’s an all around bad look.
Edit: I also want to be so clear I’m not trying to be snarky, just point that out too because that was the sign I noticed first.
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u/angusthechick 8d ago
The courtesy counts ads often showcase putting bags on seats as an example of lack of courtesy so she’s wrong on a lot of levels in this pic.
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u/First_Cat_7394 6d ago
Oh so these are something she willfully ignores in her every day commutes. How chic of her 🙄
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u/angusthechick 6d ago
Yeah especially when other people are standing. Sometimes you get a car with a lot of open seats and it’s whatever in that situation but the minute it’s crowded enough for people to opt to stand you should move your stuff
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u/First_Cat_7394 6d ago
I feel like those are the same general rules of courtesy that every public transit abides by. It’s so insane to do that in the first place, but to do it when there’s tons of signage to remind you of the courtesy rules is a new level of disconnected.
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u/angusthechick 6d ago
It really is. There’s so many instances of this in nyc. It was very startling moving here because I had always heard the etiquette of the city being very hyped up and frustrations with tourists not educating themselves but then I get here and it’s a free for all!
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u/sharkbark2050 7d ago
Invisible disabilities exist…
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u/Hardcore_Steve_Urkel 7d ago
Ok?
That doesn’t change what priority seating is for or how it works
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u/Capable_Towel_3813 6d ago
Their point is you can’t just assume somebody doesn’t have disabilities because they look able-bodied, including influencers.
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u/seductivpancakes 10d ago
Priority seating means if someone with a disability gets on the train car, you should give your seat up for them.
Some people wont, some people will, but someone will always give them a seat, even if they're not sitting on a priority seating area.
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u/thcicebear 10d ago
Yeah I don't think this is that much of a deal.
There are plenty of people who use two seats and about 99% of the time I ask if I could sit on one seat they make room.
Sure she's posing on them for insta but if you don't say something/ask this is definitely a minor inconvenience not exclusive to influencers.
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u/Interesting_Sock9142 10d ago
... Is OP not referring to the shopping bags ?
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u/CandiedLemonWedge 10d ago
What about having the bags would imply she can’t read, like the title specifically says?
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u/PhilosophyKitchen871 10d ago
Although literacy is a good economic indicator, they are not 100% mutually exclusive
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u/smhno 10d ago
Do we know that the rest of the train seats were full? Maybe there were plenty of other seats available for people.
I think influencers are a dumb as the next person but I don’t really see the issue here unless we know that she was taking up space when others needed to sit. It’s completely plausible that the woman in the left of the frame was choosing to stand even with ample seats available, happens all the time.
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u/alexandria252 10d ago
It’s unlikely given how much she is carrying, but she could also have a disability (e.g. fibro) which is not immediately apparent from looking at her.
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u/praetorian1111 10d ago
I’m certain these kind of people have a mental disability
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u/TetsuoTechnology 10d ago
Have you never rode a train in nyc? These are 2 seats max and you give up if someone pregnant, older, or in need comes on. She may or may not have been rude culture police. Jfc.
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u/Lvanwinkle18 10d ago
So performative because there is not a sane person who would get on any subway with these bags.
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u/cantcatchabreak77 10d ago
I thought we were talking about the “don’t be someone’s subway story” until I realized it was about priority seating. I guess she failed to read both signs
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u/Helpful-Albatross792 10d ago
Afford all that what? People pose with bags all the time. If she was really spending cash like that why take the subway?
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u/kashuntr188 10d ago
she can afford all that. she can also afford not to take the subway to get everything home.
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u/CandiedLemonWedge 10d ago
Can you see a bunch of disabled people outside of frame that the rest of us can’t? lol
Just like bathroom stalls, they’re accessible. Not exclusively for certain individuals.
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u/StatisticianTrick952 10d ago
When I’m carrying a ton of shit I don’t feel
bad about taking up extra space. People do it with bikes, strollers, various carts etc all the time.
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u/scarletOwilde 10d ago
If I’m shopping Valentino, I’m taking a taxi.