Standing up for Pregnant lady

SailorSam

I don't get trains often and don't know the procedure but last time i was coming home from Liverpool, about a 20min journey, i was sitting 'cos i'd got there early but before the train left it was full. An old man & woman was standing so i offered them my seat and i got some strange looks. The man sat down and the lady on his lap. They were still on the train when i got off so it would have been a long way if they'd had to stand for their whole journey.

Philip624

I do offer but the worse thing is if they refuse and say its okay because then others get on and I am sure they look at me and think why hasnt that git given up his seat. Mayeb there should be signs on trains you can hook around your neck that say 'I did offer.....'

Soleil_lune

Philip624 wrote: »

I do offer but the worse thing is if they refuse and say its okay because then others get on and I am sure they look at me and think why hasnt that git given up his seat. Mayeb there should be signs on trains you can hook around your neck that say 'I did offer.....'

:rotfl: Also, imagine if they WEREN'T pregnant, just fat? :rotfl:

Or if you offered someone 'older' a seat, and they were offended that you thought they looked like they needed a seat. :rotfl:

DKLS

I would have given up my seat but you need to be careful differentiating between fat and pregnant, I once offered me seat to a lady I thought was pregnant, she was huffing and puffing and looked flushed and uncomfortable, I offered my seat and she berated me as she was "effing fat not pregnant".

Still doesn't stop me offering my seat, just like I still open doors for the person behind me regardless of gender and I have been berated for that my militant feminist types.

Indie_Kid

Soleil_lune wrote: »

:rotfl: Also, imagine if they WEREN'T pregnant, just fat? :rotfl:

Or if you offered someone 'older' a seat, and they were offended that you thought they looked like they needed a seat. :rotfl:

How awkward! (never had that)

I've got really dirty looks for not offering my seat. I have balance problems and standing on a moving bus is really difficult.:( That's even if I hold on to the rail. (assuming I can - I'm rather short!)

PasturesNew

It'd depend on whether I liked her or not. If she looked like a sn0tty biatch, all glammed up and with immaculate hair, no. If she looked tired and sad and a bit glum and useless, probably, yes.

theEnd

Soleil_lune wrote: »

:rotfl: Also, imagine if they WEREN'T pregnant, just fat? :rotfl:

I learnt the hard way. It's better to make a pregnant woman stand, than make a fat woman cry!

Soleil_lune

theEnd wrote: »

I learnt the hard way. It's better to make a pregnant woman stand, than make a fat woman cry!

ROTFL!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:T:T:T

Actually at my age (mid/late 40s) I would be flattered that someone thought I look young enough to BE pregnant! :rotfl:

Soleil_lune

Indie_Kid wrote: »

How awkward! (never had that)

I've got really dirty looks for not offering my seat. I have balance problems and standing on a moving bus is really difficult.:( That's even if I hold on to the rail. (assuming I can - I'm rather short!)

Oh you poor thing.

This reminds me of a time when I was in a multi storey car park lift with my friend who has R.A. She is OK (ish) some days, but struggles badly with stairs. Also there were 3 rather elderly people behind us, a mum with a child in a buggy, and an oldish lady with 2 small toddlers (maybe grandchildren?) Upshot is, that apart from me, most people in that lift NEEDED to go up in the lift, as walking 4 or 5 flights of 20 stairs would have been a huge struggle.

Well we were going from the ground to the 5th floor, and the lift stopped on the 2nd floor, and a woman was there with a man in a wheelchair, and there wasn't any room in the lift for them both (and the wheelchair) so the doors just opened and closed. As the doors were closing, she shouted up; 'you are all disgusting, using the lift when you don't need it and a man in a wheelchair has to wait for the next lift!'

Cheeky mare! How DARE she assume that nobody in that lift needed it? As I said, virtually all the people in the lift needed to use it. What a judgemental arrogant old moo.

harrys_nan

I would and do, give my seat up for anyone regardless of age, sex or condition that I think needs my seat more than I do and I am an OAP. Not that should make any difference.