I'm afraid if you commute regularly you will see that this is not unusual. My wife is pregnant at the moment and had to stand all the way home the other night despite having a prominent "BABY ON BOARD" badge on her coat.
I wear one of those, helps me get a seat in the Liberal club on match days ; )
The bad thing is that most people are very aware whats going on, They just don't give a #### about anyone else aslong as they're seated.
Most people bitd would've been brought up with the 'respect your elders' drummed into them whether it's offering seats or what.
TBH Though, I do prefer to stand infront of the seats questioning people whether there sister is there mother and there father is indeed their brother! ;-)
my mrs is 8.5 months pregnant and been properly showing out (slag) for 3 months and i can safely say it's been 50-50 on the standing journeys we've had on the tube whether she's been offered but that's essex for you
i always offer my seat to anyone who looks a bit older than me , although getting less of them people about someone like nicholas is probably always offered a seat and doesn't require it
going on tube tomorrow will see if she gets a seat
I bet some of you lot moaning about 'courtesy and respect' are the ones who dont even say thank you when they get offered a seat
I cant disagree with you Smithy, I was going into a shop a lady was coming out struggling with her shopping I held the door as she came through, consierge like I touched my cap she was being followed by her husband who called me a pi55 taker, so I let the door go : )
Waiting to board my plane yesterday ,a little old man with a huge amount of carry on luggage stood in the middle of the corridor through which the passengers on the flight that has just arrived were making their way.
He was in everyone's way and somehow oblivious to the chaos he was causing - being polite Canadians everyone struggled to get round him, nobody said a thing.....
my mrs is 8.5 months pregnant and been properly showing out (slag) for 3 months and i can safely say it's been 50-50 on the standing journeys we've had on the tube whether she's been offered but that's essex for you
But most of the women in Essex are pregnant most of the time aren't they? I mean that's almost your 50% right there.
i always do but your all saying all younger people are selfsh and wont offer people a seat or have no common courtesy, your telling me that not one time in your life a youth or a more able person has not ever offered you a seat because i cant beleive that.
Last time I offered my seat to an elderly lady she got quite offended for some reason. And there's always the fear with offering your seat to 'pregnant' women who might only be pregnant with breakfast. The weirdest one was a while ago when I was going for a job interview at morning commute time and the tube platform was absolutely rammed. When the train pulled in it was just as bad and hardly anyone could get on, yet still this pregnant woman started shoving her way forward while shouting 'EXCUSE ME! I'M PREGNANT!!' like we were all blocking her way for fun rather than because of physics. She didn't get on that tube (and neither did anyone else) and you'd better believe the next tube was a pretty awkward one.
That's why I always stand on the tube. Negotiating all the good manners/bad manners, 'no madam, I'm just offering you my seat because I thought you might like a sit down, I'm not trying to mug you. Please stop trying to call the police madam, phones don't work down here. No, that's not my fault either' stuff is just too much work for me. Stand up, iPod on (at a volume that is respectful to my fellow passengers of course), look at the floor, escape.
i always do but your all saying all younger people are selfsh and wont offer people a seat or have no common courtesy, your telling me that not one time in your life a youth or a more able person has not ever offered you a seat because i cant beleive that.
Not at all. It's just that at one time not too many years go and certainly a time many on here remember very well, it just happened without asking or thought. It just did so something has changed.
Can I point out that not all people that look young and healthy are able to stand on a long train journey. I travel most days with a friend who suffers from a degenerative disability, but looks perfectly normal and healthy to everyone else. I have to try and save a specific seat for her on the train to try and save her a little pain on her journey home. There is no way she could stand for 10 mins, let alone longer, without being in absolute agony.
I will happily give up my seat to someone who needs it more, help with buggies and bags etc. but it's amazing how many people look at you as if you have two heads when you offer :-)
Anyone tried to queue for a bus at North Greenwich?
BUNDLE!!!!!!!
It's not just North Greenwich BDL. It happened to me waiting for a bus locally the other night. There I was front of the queue (which obviously counts for nothing theses days) and three young lads decide to come from the back to board in front of me without even bothering to ask if I was getting on! Now I know it probably wasn't a sensible move as I was outnumbered but I can still body check quite well and the lads got the message with a few words of advice!
I bet some of you lot moaning about 'courtesy and respect' are the ones who dont even say thank you when they get offered a seat
Whooosh!
Hm. No. Not at all.
Most of my generation from the 50's and 60's were brought up on large doses of P's and Q's and yes Smithy there will always be an element that are just downright rude but trust me standards are gradually getting worse in broken Britain.
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Most people bitd would've been brought up with the 'respect your elders' drummed into them whether it's offering seats or what.
TBH Though, I do prefer to stand infront of the seats questioning people whether there sister is there mother and there father is indeed their brother! ;-)
''Im not pregnant''
"Young people: Pissing off older people since 4000BC"
Im going to get me one of them Baby on Board badges mind you... and hope that i spot no one i know on the train.
i always offer my seat to anyone who looks a bit older than me , although getting less of them people about
someone like nicholas is probably always offered a seat and doesn't require it
going on tube tomorrow will see if she gets a seat
Most of my age group are losers and don't follow these rules me and some of my friends always do though.
He was in everyone's way and somehow oblivious to the chaos he was causing - being polite Canadians everyone struggled to get round him, nobody said a thing.....
That's why I always stand on the tube. Negotiating all the good manners/bad manners, 'no madam, I'm just offering you my seat because I thought you might like a sit down, I'm not trying to mug you. Please stop trying to call the police madam, phones don't work down here. No, that's not my fault either' stuff is just too much work for me. Stand up, iPod on (at a volume that is respectful to my fellow passengers of course), look at the floor, escape.
Not at all. It's just that at one time not too many years go and certainly a time many on here remember very well, it just happened without asking or thought. It just did so something has changed.
I will happily give up my seat to someone who needs it more, help with buggies and bags etc. but it's amazing how many people look at you as if you have two heads when you offer :-)
BUNDLE!!!!!!!
Most of my generation from the 50's and 60's were brought up on large doses of P's and Q's and yes Smithy there will always be an element that are just downright rude but trust me standards are gradually getting worse in broken Britain.
no but i had the pleasure of the 161 at school turnout time this afternoon in Eltham.
About 100 schoolgirls V 2 community policemen.
no but i had the pleasure of the 161 at school turnout time this afternoon in Eltham.
About 100 schoolgirls V 2 community policemen.
Yes, I think i've got that video somehwere
Yes, I think i've got that video somehwere
That just made my whole family LOL