Civilized subway ride, refusing to cross carriage legs.

A few days ago, official website and Hangzhou Metro forwarded an initiative of "taking the subway in a civilized way and refusing to cross your legs". At that time, it caused a wide discussion. Some people think that sitting posture is a personal habit and freedom. Is it necessary to sit on the subway with your hands behind your back and your legs flat like a student? Others agree with this. Crossing one's legs in public places not only affects traffic but also is unsightly, especially in crowded subway cars.

Crossing one's legs is a common action when most people sit down and rest, but this time it has been pushed to the forefront of public opinion and promoted to the height of freedom and rights. So, in a public place like the subway, should you cross your legs?

In my opinion, crossing one's legs or not is completely personal freedom, but the problem is that the place and place of crossing one's legs are the key to the debate.

Subway carriages are different from public spaces such as shopping malls and parks, and are closed and narrow. Anyone who has taken the subway knows that except for the left and right rows of seats in the subway car, two or three people can stand side by side in the middle aisle at most. However, if the passengers on both sides of the seat cross their legs, the space will be greatly reduced, and only one passenger can stand in the middle aisle, which will affect the passage of those standing in the carriage.

For this phenomenon, the author also has a deep understanding: at that time, during off-peak hours, the seats on both sides of the subway car where the author was riding were full of people, with passengers crossing their legs and passengers standing in twos and threes in the middle aisle. When passing through the aisle, the shoes that were lifted high rubbed twice, and there were obviously two black marks on the pants.

It is reported that some subway cities in China have listed "crossing your legs" as an uncivilized behavior of the subway. For example, Xi 'an, among the top ten uncivilized behaviors of the subway last year, crossing one's legs was once on the list. In foreign countries, Seoul does not allow passengers to cross their legs, and new york has also issued regulations prohibiting passengers from crossing their legs and occupying limited public space. These behaviors, like smoking and spitting in public places, have long been included in the "uncivilized" blacklist.

Objectively speaking, the behavior of "crossing one's legs" should belong to individual rights, and it is not a bad behavior that disturbs the riding environment and order. However, it should be noted that in public places, a right needs to be recognized and respected by others, provided that the rights of others are respected. This is the same as loud square dance and loud restaurant noise. Although this is your right, you should consider the feelings of others.