Tired An American soldier, serving in World War II had just returned from several weeks on the front lines. The soldier had been granted rest and relaxation and was on a train bound for London. The train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the train in hopes of finding an empty seat. The only empty seat was directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged English lady and was being used by her little dog. The weary soldier asked, “Please ma’am. May I sit in the seat?” The English woman looked down her nose at the soldier and sniffed then said, “You Americans. You are such a rude class of people, Can’t you see that my little pooch is using that seat?” The soldier walked away, looking if there were any other unoccupied seats to use, but after another trip to the end of the train found himself facing the woman and the dog again. Again the soldier asked, “ Please lady, may I sit there? I am very tired.” The woman wrinkled her nose and snorted out loud “You Americans! Not only are you rude, you are extremely arrogant.” The soldier didn’t say anything else, he leaned over, picked up the little dog, pitched it out the train window and sat down in the empty seat. The woman, at a loss for words, shrieked, railed and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier. An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up and said “You know sir, you Americans do have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand, you drive your autos on the wrong side of the road and now sir, you’ve thrown the wrong bitch out the window.”