Gentlemen Class

I was travelling yesterday evening from Vikhroli to Thane in local, just four stations away. I boarded the first class, just next to ladies compartment. Only a rod wall in between.

A lady was travelling with a small baby in her hand, probably 6-7 months old.
The lady chose to board men's first class with her husband.

As a normal perspective, as everyone would have imagined - Men's first-class means all pushing, bad talks, fighting and all "anti-men" allegations.

However, what I really saw was amazing:

- People near her were asking if she wanted a seat, and within few seconds she was sitting on a seat.

- The lady was trying hard to make her child stop crying. Few people pitched in and voluntarily 

entertained the kid.

- The people standing around the lady ensured that the push of the crowd boarding and alighting the local doesn't reach till the baby.

- When the lady got up to alight from the train, she was given a decent space to alight. People ensured she doesn't get pushed from local.

While this incident was taking place, the next bogie of women's first class were literally 'pushing' all other women and verbal fights over petty issues never stopped.

The lady was "safest" in male first-class!

I would call all the people 'real' gentlemen!

Being  a gentleman doesn't mean wearing expensive suit and flirting with a class only. These people are common people with 'elevated' civic sense!

Made me feel "extremely" proud that I belong to the "Gentleman Class"!

-Ameya