Do you offer your seat to those who need it?
By Masmasika
@Masmasika (1921)
Philippines
October 14, 2008 6:23pm CST
Nowadays not so many people share their seats anymore to those who need it most. Sometimes when I ride a bus I often see men pretending to be asleep when an elderly is standing near them. They pretend not to see what they were suppose to be looking and helping. Many people don't mind anymore weaker people who need the seat.
I feel so happy when I see people offering their seats to others. Sometimes I experience being offered a seat but more often, younger people seem not to care. I wish people would think that when people become old, they need to be seated when in a bus or a train.
4 responses
@miss_stella (27)
• United States
15 Oct 08
When I lived in NYC, I used to offer my seat. One day, I saw a middle aged man with a cane on the train. Naturally, I got up and offered him a seat..And he got MAD at me! Ever since then, I've been feeling really awkward offering seats to others. I'm not sure how they will take it. As for me, I don't mind it at all when men offer me their seats. In fact, I love it - I see it as an old-fashioned sign of chivalry.
@echosoundz (856)
• Malaysia
15 Oct 08
I agree with that. Whenever I got the to ride on a bus I don't see that anymore. Sometimes the one who sits just go on sitting them while some elderly besides standing. This is not good since we're losing our manners in it. They also pretend to fall asleep so that the won't get up to offers their sit. What a bump.
@AltheGreat2430 (2716)
• Philippines
14 Oct 08
Hey there! Yes, I do. Specially to elders, pregnant woman, and children. I can't stand to see these people standing up when they don't have to. Some people are insensitive and that's too bad. I say we should offer it to the needy.
@sksongwriter (200)
• United States
14 Oct 08
I think that anyone who doesn't give up their seat to a person in need deserves a swift boot out of their chair. When using public transportation, I have seen on more than one occassion elderly people forced to stand when young, healthy teenagers or twenty somethings sit there, completely ignoring the fact that they should give up the seat. Now, I am not saying that it's a necessity in all cases, but what about the whole "respecting your elders" clause? Does that not get taught anymore? As a child of the 70s and 80s, I was taught that behavior and it is so deeply entrenched in me that I don't even think about it...its automatic. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for everyone else.
