chalk it up to "new york experience"

today, on the e-train i was lucky enough to get a seat in a car with working a/c. i got on, and a few stops later, i was sitting in the seat next to the door when we stopped at 50th st.

the early 20-something, pregnant young woman who came through the door first turned around and elbowed the 50+ year old man in a suit behind her. he shoves her shoulder forward.

she turns around and says "who do you think you are shoving me, motherf**er?"

he says "i didn't shove you, people bump into each other on the subway, a**hole!"

she says "you don't get to touch me, i'm pregnant!" and goes to deck him. (this is all occuring about 10 inches from my face.

then, a man barrels his way through the crowd and puts himself between the two of them, and the woman barely has enough time to stop her flailing fist from hitting him. he says, "all right, let's just calm down, and get some space between you guys."

i get off at lexington 3 stops later, having had no other stories to report.