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When Letting Someone Take a 30-Minute Subway Nap Is Not the Right Thing to Do
An image of a young man sleeping on a stranger's shoulder has been held up as an act of kindness. Here's why that's wrong.
Isaac Theil may be the New York subway’s biggest celebrity this week. Last Thursday, the 65-year-old Brooklynite was making his way home on the Q train when his neighbor fell asleep on his shoulder. And there he stayed for the next half hour, telling one onlooker who offered to help rouse the sleeping straphanger, “He must have had a long day, let him sleep. We’ve all been there, right?”
Astounded and impressed, the onlooker snapped a quick photo and posted it to Reddit, where it’s since gone viral.