Giving up your train seat...
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I only give my seat up for old people or people who can't stand and have crutches etc. But not women or pregnant women.
Reminded me of this http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle...-up-my-seat-for-a-pregnant-woman-8545403.html
Personally I only give up a seat if someones looking particularly suffering, not just because they are old or pregnant. Just because you're old doesn't mean you have to sit down and it's almost disrespectful to keep asking older people if they do (most older people say no on the tube anyway) and on the other hand just because you're young doesn't mean you're fine to stand...
If you're hopping with a broken leg, old and frail bent over a walking stick or particularly heavily pregnant then that's different. Otherwise each to their own, especially if it's really early in the morning. The number of times I've almost puked on a packed train because I'm feeling bad from standing still for 20 minutes on a warm train early in the morning and no one gives me a seat...
Personally I only give up a seat if someones looking particularly suffering, not just because they are old or pregnant. Just because you're old doesn't mean you have to sit down and it's almost disrespectful to keep asking older people if they do (most older people say no on the tube anyway) and on the other hand just because you're young doesn't mean you're fine to stand...
If you're hopping with a broken leg, old and frail bent over a walking stick or particularly heavily pregnant then that's different. Otherwise each to their own, especially if it's really early in the morning. The number of times I've almost puked on a packed train because I'm feeling bad from standing still for 20 minutes on a warm train early in the morning and no one gives me a seat...
I also would to a mother with a young child.
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Soldato
Pregnant or hot women only.
It's dog eat dog on the northern rail commuter journey I'm afraid.
Why hot women? You're in the friend zone from there on out if you do this. Either ask if she wants to sit on your lap, or don't offer.
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Sounds like good Lesbian night out that does.
So you're a Northern Rail user too, it's a hard life isn't it.
Soldato
One must first gauge the breeding of the lady in question.
Seriously though, don't be white knighting, especially on trains.
Soldato
But what if the fair maiden is in some distress?!
Watch another white knight enter the friend zone.
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What irks me is when you pre-book, the train is delayed then your seat reservation isn't worth diddly squat.
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Pregnancy = lifestyle choice. If they are heavily pregnant and forced to take the train, it's their man who is responsible, not me, and it's their choice. Buy the ticket, take the ride.
I wouldn't give up a seat for someone who was morbidly obese due to jamming a load of food into their face either.
*awaits backlash*
I wouldn't give up a seat for someone who was morbidly obese due to jamming a load of food into their face either.
*awaits backlash*
I recall taking the train whilst on crutches, as I had surgery on my hip some months prior. I had great difficulty holding on to the support beam, and yet no one was prepared to part with their seat, until an old gentleman got up and offered me his. A true exception to the rule.
