The guy who fights his way on a subway after a hard day' s work... hangs onto a strap with one hand and a newspaper with the other... doesn' t want to wade through a dull explanation
For example, in any large city, casual contact with such people occurs daily in workplaces, restaurants, theaters, sports arenas, buses, subways, airplanes, and trains, as well as in other public encounters.
● AIDS hot-line services “have been flooded with calls asking if the disease could be contracted from holding subway straps or using toilet seats used by gays.”