You could have said sorry...Geesh

Granted I live in new york. Its a pretty populous city and there will be random bumping. I acknowledge that, I expect that but I still expect to hear an excuse me or a sorry. Somehow I think the fact that it is bound to happen causes people to neglect that particular part of speech.

When I ride the train, I've gotten stepped on, sat on, and nudged. I an count on one hand how many people apologize for those actions without being prompted to do so. Sometimes you think well maybe they didn't realize they stepped on your foot but you're only in denial. If you plant your foot on something mushy and the floor is solid chances are you've stepped on someone or you stepped in shit and since we're on the train I'd go with the former. The offending party will look up at you in your face and then go on as though nothing happened. Like looking into your face made it somehow better, like by your looking at me was a privilege I somehow won as a result of your elephant like stomp on my foot. Some people even think because you have ear phones on they don't have to extend that courtesy because you wouldn't be able to hear them. To that I say two things:
First I can lip read, secondly if I were deaf and you did that I'd cuss you out in sign language.
Just a Side note...
I've noticed that the majority of the people who offend me in this way are white or non ethinic. I don't want to call it white privilege but damn... I don't look threatening, I actually look up at the person and wait for an apology before I get stank. Let's say if this happened 10 times, I've had to request my apology 8 times. I really would like to do a sociological study to figure out if another white person would get the same treatment as I in the similiar circumstance.