COMMENTS
1. At 16.11 on 24 July 2010, Anonymous wrote:
Why not offer your seat to a pregnant woman, I
would as a woman offer my seat to an elderly person male or female, a pregnant
woman and a disabled person or any other person who looked in more need of the
seat than myself. If the person chooses
to decline my offer I would simply keep the seat and not get upset by their
refusal. I am upholding my own values
and principles in offering the seat and can do nothing about any other human
beings poor interpretation of my actions.
2. At 11.24 on 25 July 2010, Helen wrote:
I love the idea of having a badge - I myself a
good few years ago when 8 months pregnant was travelling out of london on a
packed train and no one offered me a seat, after a while of looking people in
the eye with no repsonse I gradually pushed the sizeable uterus with fetus
kicking into the faces of two travellers until one eventually gave up their
seat. I realise that these travellers
had also paid for a seat and expect to get one after a busy day at work, and as
you say I am sure it is also difficult to determine obesity from pregnancy (I
am only 4ft 8 so did look rather round!); I feel chivalry may have been lost in
society due to people taking advantage of and abusing sysytems such as parking
permits for the disabled being used by the able bodied, and likewise the badges
may just become another item that can be sold on to those that are not worthy
of it, chivalry I am afraid may have disappeared as it semms to be all for one
and none for all!!
3. At 11.03 on 26 July 2010, Kim wrote:
This is a dilema, more so in London, my poor
husband was slapped by a woman for offering his seat, as she wasn't pregnant,
as he had thought, just greedy! I agree ' baby on board' badges should be given
to all women at booking.
4. At 12.00 on 2 August 2010, Xavier Izaguirre wrote:
Yes, is very embarrassing when people refuse the seat you offer in an upheaval, which makes you less likely to do so.
I think we need to keep doing it though, but I won't like the first time someone younger than me does just that.
Modern dilemma.
