Incident with a Segway.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
United Kingdom
December 12, 2017 2:31pm CST
We were sitting in a cafe on the seafront here in Spain when a young man and woman came by on a segway. These are two-wheeled motorised scooter things - you can see them in the picture from Pixabay above.
They are only designed for one person, but somehow they'd managed to both get on one. Anyway, just after they'd come by we heard a crash and a commotion.
We didn't see exactly what happened, but they were both prostrate on the ground. The next thing we saw was that young man scrambling up to retrieve his sunglasses which had landed a few feet in front of them.
He had to step over his girlfriend in order to do that, and didn't appear concerned about her at all.
It was left to a passerby to help her up, and thankfully she didn't seem too hurt, though her knees were bloodied.
Whatever happened to chivalry?
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Dec 17
I guess he cared more for his sunglasses than the young lady. She may have been his sister but either way, chivalry has indeed been killed by women who get ugly if men offer to help. I personally love a man to open a door for me, it shows impeccable manners. I didn't need to be liberated.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec 17
@BelleStarr It's a pity that feminism has knocked good manners on the head, isn't it? But in this case it should have been the natural reaction to help his girlfriend up and see she was ok, before retrieving his damn sunglasses.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
12 Dec 17
@jaboUK Maybe they were designer sunglasses lol!!
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
12 Dec 17
@jaboUK what a nice guy - even thinking about his glasses before his girlfriend - hope he is now looking for a new girlfriend
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
12 Dec 17
@arthurchappell If it was me, he certainly would be
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Boy, he must've been too concerned about his sunglasses being broken rather than making sure his girlfriend was not hurt 
!@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Dec 17
@jaboUK I'm just thinking that if was not designed for 2, then someone could potentially get hurt - and she did! I would have hoped that the guy wouldn't have wanted to take such a risk to begin with . . . I guess he'd rather save money, and save his glasses, than save his girlfriend.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
28 Dec 17
Segway is designed for those who have difficulty in walking as I have known it on TV. But it has become an enjoyable thing for teeners most especially.
That's bad for the boyfriend not to be bothered of helping her girlfriend from the ground. 
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@Juliaacv (48373)
• Canada
12 Dec 17
I see that often too, and I wonder how society has advanced so much and yet regressed at the very same time. I always taught our son to walk on the outside of the sidewalk to protect the woman, and to open doors and pull out chairs. And I'm so glad that he embraced that, his wife deserves it, and so many of our younger generation deserve that, but the guys seem kind of clueless on that level. A lot of our son's friends tell us that they were never taught that.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
He is obviously too vain and left his beau in Pain.
No chivalry in sight
but yellow livery his might.
Did you offer your service to their plight!
How about that for a dreadful four liner! Sorry there is no hope for me!
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. This happened when they'd gone about 10 yards past us, so someone nearer was helping her up.@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
@garymarsh6 It hasn't been as warm as usual here, but it's a lot better than home. We return on Tuesday.
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@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 17
@jaboUK I bet you are glad you are in Spain Janet. it is so cold here!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Dec 17
hmmm, so maybe there is no true love between these lovers, or maybe the girl is already accustomed to her boyfriend?
incidentally, segway here in my country has a different meaning, and this is 'diverting a conversation to another topic'.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 17
@ridingbet It's a funny word isn't it? Spelt differently here (segue) it means that one topic moves smoothly into another.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
18 Dec 17
@jaboUK yes, that is the right spelling for the segueway that i was mentioning, but it is pronounced as segway, hahah! us Filipinos, we tend to shorten the spelling of some words as long as they are pronounced the same, like the UR in YOUR.
@Shiva49 (26196)
• Singapore
13 Dec 17
@jaboUK Some are callous and never learn. Many here are getting injured as these mobility devices are encroaching on pedestrian walkways. When they zoom past I feel a shudder. And to think the silent electric cars are around the corner! siva
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
14 Dec 17
What is wrong with that guy! That was a mess!
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@LeaPea2417 (36428)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Dec 17
Wow, that guy sure didn't seem too caring towards the woman.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 17
@LeaPea2417 He certainly didn't - I hope this has opened her eyes about him.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Dec 17
Sunglasses over his girlfriend @jaboUK ? Oh now that's just wrong. If I would've been her, I would have hugged the person who helped me up and then kicked the boyfriend in the butt.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 17
@nanette64 That's exactly my reaction too Nanette!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Dec 17
@jaboUK I hope this opens her eyes to this guy.
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@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
13 Dec 17
@FayeHazel - it's sad that this sort of thing should happen, isn't it?
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
13 Dec 17
@jaboUK Yes... very sad-- Chivalry is pretty much gone, and so is even just being a decent person in some cases
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