Redditors Applaud This Teenager For Not Giving Up Her Seat To A Pregnant Woman

If you are a commuter, these kind of scenarios would be familiar to you.

Mary

• Published in Interesting
• January 17, 2023

Have you ever given up a seat for someone that you don't know and just felt the need to do so? Or have you been asked by other people to offer your seat?

To ensure the safety of passengers or commuters, public transportation vehicles like buses, trains, and others have priority and courtesy seats intended for people like the elderly, pregnant women, and a person with a disability or injuries. This is also to provide equal access and comfort for every individual who needs priority and courtesy seats.

These seats can be used by any passenger, but they must vacate the seat when there is another passenger who needs them. However, when the person who is sitting in a priority seat belongs to the mentioned intended passengers, he or she is not required to give it.

On the other hand, there are definitely cases where people do not give up their seats when asked. In these cases, no one can force them, not even the driver or the operator.

Considering the varying degrees of disabilities and injuries, it is important to understand that there are cases when people do not feel comfortable talking about their situation in public. They sometimes choose to stay silent when asked why they wouldn't vacate their seats.

Instead of arguing, try to find another seat since public transit follows a first-come, first-served basis. Since other passengers have also paid a fare, they are not expected to make room for other passengers.

1. The pregnant woman versus the injured teenager.

The anonymous woman with the username u/supportiswelcome posted about her experience on Reddit where it became viral. Many of those who joined the discussion are people with disabilities who have shared similar experiences in terms of riding public transportation vehicles.

The post gathered 17,2K upvotes and 2.2K comments with many praising the injured teenager for standing up for herself against those entitled adults. Aside from the pregnant woman, other passengers also made her feel bad, so she asked Redditors if she was wrong for her actions.

2. How OP became the perfect candidate to give up her seat.

3. OP "showed" why she can't vacate her seat instead of arguing with the pregnant woman.

4. If they were so concerned, they should be the one giving up their seats.

5. It's definitely not you.

6. The best way is to just ignore them.

7. It would

8. "The pregnant lady was entitled, rude and dismissive AH."

9. Don't listen to those people.

10. They are just unbelievable.

11. She got what she deserved.

12. This:

13. Volunteering is free. They should do it.

14. Try to pretend to be asleep so people won't bother you.

15. It is reasonable.

16. She could have asked someone else.

17. You can ask but you can't yell at someone for not giving up their seats.

18. "Sometimes people can see facts and still won't believe the truth simply because they don't like being wrong."

19. "You said no with a valid reason."

20. The pregnant woman was way out of line and demanding.

21. The adults should have known better.

22. They should have

23. Those passengers try hard to make you look bad.

The teenage passenger deserves to feel comfortable while riding public transit since she also paid for her ride like everyone else. It is not right to target someone just because they are younger.

Since giving up a seat depends on the person being asked, approaching them nicely would increase the possibility that they might vacate their seat for you. This serves as a lesson to everyone to always be kind and polite, it's always free.

Mary