I wouldn't give up my seat for a pregnant woman. You made that bed, now you lay in it, slutgina.

is there not lasik? jesus people on the bus

also, most old people are shut-ins, they know their place

i don't like when people get in with one of those little hand truck things with groceries in them when the bus has 200 people on it already. buy a car if you want groceries imo

http://contexts.org/socimages/files/2007/11/2016158443_9320b8584a.jpg

*pulp*

pregnant women are bonertime

I COME from a Third World country. Until I came to Singapore, I was under the impression that giving up your seat to an elderly person or a pregnant woman was a natural impulse.

Nearly 95 per cent of the time, a pregnant woman is assured a seat in a bus or train in my country, as the distances travelled are longer, and the conditions, more onerous. The most important issue here is the unborn child the woman is carrying. Every mother is anxious to ensure the safety of her child.

God forbid that the pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage if she is thrown to the floor by the sudden jerk of a stopping bus or train.

I feel very silly for raising such a well-known concern but, judging by recent reports, it almost seems as though people here are unaware of this issue. I was taught at a very young age to regard other people – be they elderly or pregnant – as my own siblings or parents.

It may sound corny, but I believe that if I were to sacrifice my seat to someone who needs it more, someday someone will return the favour to
my elderly parent or pregnant relative.

I have been teaching my sons this corny notion, by setting an example for them. They now give up their seats on their own initiative.

Singapore is my adopted country. While I am proud of its achievements and phenomenal development, I am amazed that we have spent so much time discussing what should by now be an inborn trait.

While I agree that there may be people with no obvious symptoms of discomfort who need seats, do we have to ignore those with obvious needs, just so we can claim that we treat every fellow passenger consistently?

We can all play a small part to make big changes in the mindset of our future generation. - Ms Sashikala Suganthan

a lot of this depends on where I'm at physically/mentally.
I'll always give up the seat to someone disabled/elderly and wobbly/pregnant
most of the time for little kids
sometimes to elderly not wobbly/ women of any age

http://www.theletteroffice.com/studio-projects/upstanding-citizens/

interesting!
(her commute blows obv tho)
i always give my seat up for pregnant women, but some of them are all 'that's ok!'
i had this cute, short, empire-waisted wool coat i used to wear but it needed a belt bc it was too big on me and the few times i forgot to do up the belt, people always offered me their seat on the bus! i declined, because lol fake pregnancy. i still have the coat bc now i know what it's good for anyway.
i think if i were actually pregnant and had to take transit i wld be all faking contractions on full trains and getting a seat via emotional warfare

also, irl lols:
I don't like it when parents want you to let their kids sit down. I am all like "BITCH, WHERE HAS THIS KID BEEN WORKING ALL DAY? HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAND FOR 30 DAYS."

― ShawShank Rambo Connection (Carey), Wednesday, February 1, 2006 6:10 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

I'm thinking she actually meant 30 minutes, but it's funnier this way.

I think I would probably stick to route 2 / the .8 mile walk commute

but I'm not pregnant

i would happily give up my seat (the rare times that i get one) but fear that i'm probably reading my book and not noticing slutginas

Recently, about once a week during my morning commute, some parent will get on a super packed train and start to loudly shame all the riders about how they are not making room for their kid and how no one in NYC cares about kids and how they need to move to somewhere where people care etc etc. Soooo awkward, no one has the energy that early in the morning to punch the parent.

yeah, and you just know if one person could make the effort they'd all break ranks and land a kick or a thump somewhere but it's hard to take the first step

lol

i give up my seat for older or pregnant people automatically but often times if I'm sitting it means I'm exhausted from a long day's activity, otherwise I would stand.... so it has to be a good reason for me to get up. doesn't mean I won't do it, but I don't like when people feel like they're entitled to my seat just because they want it.