MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Would you give up a £50 train seat for a pregnant woman? 11 May 2009 at 12:14PM edited 12 May 2009 at 8:04PM in Money Saving Polls 630 replies 67.3K views

MSE_Jenny

Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on:

Would you give up a £50 train seat for a pregnant woman?

You book an advance seat on a five-hour train journey. It’s a Bank Holiday weekend, and there’s standing room only for non-reserved passengers, including a heavily pregnant woman. Normally you'd be up in a flash, but are loathe to give up your seat, as you paid £50 for it and booked early, knowing it would be crowded.

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Saucepot

I'd be in 1st class. I wouldn't notice.

Pssst

No i wouldnt.
If the woman was up the duff,she should have had the sense to book online,so securing a seat and a seat allocation number. Incidentally,are these enforceable? I mean,if you bought your ticket on line and found someone in your seat who refused to move,what success or otherwise might you have in securing a member of staff to persuade him/her to move?

jinky67

Yes I would....only if I could be sure of getting my seat back when she got off

Tigsteroonie

As a (not yet heavily but still) pregnant woman, I'd like to thank anyone who would give up their seat ... However I would have made sure that I booked a seat for the journey for myself anyway, so hopefully the dilemma will not arise.

scotsbob

Certainly not.

I wouldn't want to be regarded as sexist and politically incorrect by showing favour.

Besides, we taxpayers are subsidising her pregnancy with state handouts, I'm not giving up a seat as well.

tripled

It would depend how charitable I was feeling, however if I was in a reserved seat probably not. If I was in a non-reserved seat I probably would.

luxor4t

Pssst wrote: »

...,if you bought your ticket on line and found someone in your seat who refused to move,what success or otherwise might you have in securing a member of staff to persuade him/her to move?

In my experience, the chance of finding a member of staff on a busy bank holiday (other than the buffet attendant) = zero. You hear them making announcements, but can't find them.

Re the pregnant passenger, it's a £10 supplement to travel in first class on Saturdays & Sundays.
Being disabled but not qualifying for a disabled railcard, that's where I now travel after nasty experiences with supposedly 'booked' seats & pig-selfish passengers.

skylight

Yes.

And for a old person or a visibly disabled one (cos I wouldn't know if a non-visibly disabled person got on the train!)


And I have been knocked on my feet on a bus when heavily pregnant. Not one passenger got up to help me. But I would always help someone else (and do).

A.Jones

No, she should have booked a seat in advance for herself. I would not stand for five hours for her comfort. She would have saved some money too, which she will need soon if she is heavily pregnant.

enor

I would definitely. Just in case the person next to me offered theirs instead and she went into labour!