The Reserved/Priority Seat on trains
By XinfulThotz
@XinfulThotz (4136)
Singapore, Singapore
September 16, 2016 10:36pm CST
It's empty. I looked around looking for mortals who may need the seat more than I do...
No one seems to care about the empty seat. It's calling out for me...
My backs are aching like hell.. my shoulder can no longer support my bag which seems heavy as lead...
I have not been feeling too well... Can I? Should I? But no one would know I am feeling unwell...
Aiyah!! Just sit!!
As i sat down I rose to heaven instantly..realising I NEED the seat..
I will just give it up when someone older or pregnant or handicapped comes along... i paid for normal fare.. but am entitled to Priority priviledges at times too right?
What would you do if you saw a shiny tempting empty Priority/Reserved seat on the train?
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6 responses
@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Sep 16
too crowded to even notice the reserved signs.. that's a good one... 
@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@ms1864 thanks for your compliment. well, cos all of us will age.. we need to give before we receive... we cannot expect that others give up the seat for us when we need if we don't do it first right? 
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@marguicha (229667)
• Chile
17 Sep 16
It would not happen here
. Those seats are occupied by youngsters who don´t care for anything but their cellphones. I have to ask them to get up, please. I´m old. If they make any problems, I ashame them by asking sweetly AND loudly to give me the seat
. Those seats are occupied by youngsters who don´t care for anything but their cellphones. I have to ask them to get up, please. I´m old. If they make any problems, I ashame them by asking sweetly AND loudly to give me the seat@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
hi @marguicha! am so glad to receive your response! thank you..
well, there are times here in Singapore that some youngsters are too engrossed in their games on their cellphones and may not have noticed people around them whom need the seat more too..
but I see that it has been getting better these days cos there are more people whom give up priority seats so long as they noticed... and I believe if someone asks for it, he/she would probably be given the seat...
i sat down just now, but if i see a more senior citizen, i would definitely give up the seat cos i know no matter how aching my back is, that person needs the seat more..
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@marguicha (229667)
• Chile
17 Sep 16
@XinfulThotz I usially thank those who gove their seats immediatly in such a way that other young people wake up from their technological dream and give theirs.
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@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@marguicha over here, usually when someone gives up a seat, the person beside will really wake up and start giving up the seat..
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Sep 16
if the train isn't full, and you feel like you might faint any moment, then just sit until you feel stable again. as you said, you will give it up anyway the moment you see someone to whom it's reserved to, or just move sideways if the rest of that seat is not full yet.
when these elderly, pregnant or handicapped riders enter an empty train, do you notice if they go to the reserved/priority seats or seat anywhere they prefer?
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@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
17 Sep 16
@hereandthere as the priority seat is just next to the train door and the trains are normally quite full, everyone tend to be standing near the priority seat...
just so happens that today only one priority seat is empty and there are still commuters standing in the train..just not the old/pregnant/ needy
and i am not sure why i still feel a bit guilty/ashamed that i have to sit down...
@psanasangma (7910)
• India
18 Sep 16
Situation sometimes ask for urgency
Its difficult to say
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@XinfulThotz (4136)
• Singapore, Singapore
20 Sep 16
@Jackalyn seems that it is happening in a lot of places...If I am standing, and I see someone else who needs the seat more than another person do, I will use "eye power" to stare at anyone of them sitting that happens to look up..usually they will give up the seat to the more needy..
