Being Courteous on the Train?

Question

Why is it that people are so mean to individuals they can clearly see needs a seat, talking about pregnant women, being newly pregnant myself most mornings I am unable to get a seat on the subway allot of individuals they look at u then your belly u your belly is as if they are trying to figure out weather its worth giving up their seat on the train. To all the people who find it to hard to give their seat up, one day u gonna need someone to be kind to u and it might be that once pregnant woman u refused the seat on the train. Be kind it just takes a heart beat.

Answer 1

I don't know why... my Mother would rise from the grave if I didn't !!  We were raised to be little gentlemen: open doors, give up your seat to women, girls, and the elderly, speak respectfully, etc...  

I used to take the BUS to NAS North Island in the 1990's... and was just shocked to see young male sailors not giving up their seats... So I started wearing MY uniform and giving those sailors a piece of my mind and making sure there wasn't a little old lady standing.

Blessings on you and your Baby-to-Be.

Answer 2

Manners and courtesy have gone by the wayside, and it's not just on trains.

I live in a small resort town.  When you do have to push through a 'tourist clot' in the aisles of the grocery store, polite society requires the obligatory "excuse me' or "pardon me."

The same polite society requires these expressions of civility to be acknowledged with a "excuse me' or "sure" or "no problem."  Here, when offered up, you don't even get a grunt in return from these boors.

My solution?  I have started goin' off on 'em, right there in the aisle, civilly, albeit with volume, reminding them of what etiquette requires, while pointing out that the locals who live here are not there for their vacationing pleasure, or at the very least, not as their personal pissin' post.

Of course this has no impact whatever on the offenders, but it makes me feel better.

Answer 3

It's called courtesy, and unfortunately there's so little of it these days.  We've lost the art of having good manners.

Answer 4

I think it's because everybody is so focused on their world that they no longer look at the BIG picture. And that is to bad. Some day I hope people will think of others and do what you can. Like you said it just takes a heart beat.