That’s about right. Why are some people so incredibly horrible? If I see a frail old person on the tube I feel so bad for them. The tube is battle and oaps just aren’t made for it. It must be terrifying.
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Tbh I’ve never seen anyone ask for a seat on the tube and be told no. Sure, some people are deep in their worlds / hungover / scrolling / just plain tired and don’t see, but if someone asks for a seat, I’ve never seen anyone say no.
so .. I have a white cane. Over the weekend I was offered a seat on the bus… I was embarrassed by this because I was only going one stop, was too lazy to walk it and it was cold…. (it was mostly the lazy bit though)
This assumes that they see them and the fact is a large portion of the people on the tube don’t because they’re busy looking at their phones.
So I’m male, early forties and look like in good health. But suffer chronic pain and am finding it increasingly difficult to stand for long periods. I feel very paranoid sitting in the reserved seats that someone will ask me to stand up. Sure most people are arsholes, but it’s not always clear cut.
I am a passenger on the tube. I don’t look up at every stop and check who is getting on.
I am also someone in need of that seat, occasionally.
If I’m having a bad day, and I feel I can’t stand for very long I will pull out my little disabled card which has a wheelchair symbol on it (I don’t need a wheelchair, it’s just the standard symbol for disability) and say to someone in the priority seat “do you really need this seat, becasue if you don’t I really do”. I have never had someone give me any difficulty – quite the opposite actually.
I remember offering a pregnant lady my seat on the tube once — I half got up and everything, but she said that she wanted to stand, so I sat back down. Everyone on our row saw this, so all was well, but then we stopped at a busier station… And boy, the looks we were getting from people, lol I just wanted to shout, ” I asked her already, and she said no!”
I knew I was doing it the right way the entire time
lol did everyone just miss the joke in this poster? 🤣
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That’s about right. Why are some people so incredibly horrible? If I see a frail old person on the tube I feel so bad for them. The tube is battle and oaps just aren’t made for it. It must be terrifying.
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Tbh I’ve never seen anyone ask for a seat on the tube and be told no. Sure, some people are deep in their worlds / hungover / scrolling / just plain tired and don’t see, but if someone asks for a seat, I’ve never seen anyone say no.
so .. I have a white cane. Over the weekend I was offered a seat on the bus… I was embarrassed by this because I was only going one stop, was too lazy to walk it and it was cold…. (it was mostly the lazy bit though)
This assumes that they see them and the fact is a large portion of the people on the tube don’t because they’re busy looking at their phones.
So I’m male, early forties and look like in good health. But suffer chronic pain and am finding it increasingly difficult to stand for long periods. I feel very paranoid sitting in the reserved seats that someone will ask me to stand up. Sure most people are arsholes, but it’s not always clear cut.
I am a passenger on the tube. I don’t look up at every stop and check who is getting on.
I am also someone in need of that seat, occasionally.
If I’m having a bad day, and I feel I can’t stand for very long I will pull out my little disabled card which has a wheelchair symbol on it (I don’t need a wheelchair, it’s just the standard symbol for disability) and say to someone in the priority seat “do you really need this seat, becasue if you don’t I really do”. I have never had someone give me any difficulty – quite the opposite actually.
I remember offering a pregnant lady my seat on the tube once — I half got up and everything, but she said that she wanted to stand, so I sat back down. Everyone on our row saw this, so all was well, but then we stopped at a busier station… And boy, the looks we were getting from people, lol I just wanted to shout, ” I asked her already, and she said no!”
I knew I was doing it the right way the entire time
lol did everyone just miss the joke in this poster? 🤣
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