do you offer your seat?

I used to do it but I stopped after I kept getting my offer rejected. When it happens one time too money, it gets a bit embarrassing. Anyway I am trying to start being nice again.

I still believe in that and do it on a regular basis, in fact. I don't like driving to work because of the traffic so I prefer to take public transportation. Whether I am on the commuter train to San Francisco or on the light rail system once I get there, I will offer a seat near the doors to an elderly or disabled individual immediately. If the car is full, then I will offer my seat to more people, women and children or someone who might need to sit down... I think it's important we show this kind of respect to everyone because so much of it is lost in today's world...

I'm a 71 year old who has a "right" to a seat on the bus, the metro or the commuter train. I will give up my seat to a woman who looks older than I, I will give my seat up to a pregnant woman, I will give up my seat to a disabled or deficient person. They tell me that before the Carnation Revolution in 1974 the young people and men were courteous and "played by the rules". Nowadays men/women like that are few and far between. I have seen it so often and been subject to it as well. It is pitiful to say the least. The Portuguese are very considerate and courteous people on the whole but the one thing they find hard to do is give up their seat.

I always give my seat up on a bus etc when an elderly person gets on and there are no seats available. I remember a few years ago, i got up for an elderly man and he said its ok i am only going 3 stops, i said well then sit down until you get there and then i'll have it back because he could hardly stand as he was using a walking stick. When he got up for his stop, he said thank you very much and i hope some one does them same thing for you when you are my age.

yes, this filipino culture is disappearing nowadays, however, there are still gentlemen out there who will readily give their seats for pregnant and elderly women.

comfort has taken over manners, unfortunately. it's sad but it's partly the older generation's fault. i know, i know, we should never point the blame to other people. but see, more parents are too busy earning money to teach their children manners. and these men (old and young) probably never saw their fathers do it. sad how our economic problems are affecting the younger generation.

Hehehe - no the seat gets offered to me as I'm female and not so young anymore. Of cause if it is a lady lots older then me or a sick person - I will offer my seat, and if it is a nice young man - I might share it...lol

I'm a 25 year old female american and i was brought up with the "Show your elders repect" line. When ever and elder waled in the house and there was no seat my mother made me get up and let them sit. She always told me "Your young and will adjust. sit on the floor" so now i do this automaticaly and when an older person tells me to sit when i offer my seat i feel guilty. I have done it even being pregnant and i get the line your pregnant and need to rest so sit down. Weather that it soposted to make me feel good about it or not i don't know but i still get that guilt feeling because of the way my mother and father tought me to stand or sit on the floor. If an older person drops something on the floor i automaticly pick it up for them and tell them that my knees bend better then them. It's not to be rude but respectful and when i say that line they normally smile and tell me how true it is. It's just that i'm more flexable then them and what to help by nature. I have a very soft heart and i love helping and showing respect. I use please and thank you all the time and i teach my children this as well. I even try to teach them about kissing a lady's hand when they first meet them but the boys just look at me like "Why do i have to do this and it don't make since." I guess that i wish i was from the olden days when gentalmen did this. If this was the olden days then everyone would show respect to women and the olderly with out thinking about it. It makes more since to do this because the elderly have gone through so much more then the young have. So they need to be respected more.

i dont give the seat up i just move over and share it with them i have done this a few times, as find it more safer if everyone sitting down.

Yeah youre right, seldom do i see one also here in my place, philippines..like yours...maybe those values are gone now with the new genre..

well, in buses from our province going to the city, the driver usually dont pick up passengers if it is already full. but in the city, i do give up my seats to the elderly.......

I think it is unfair that women would always expect men to behave in such ways. Sure I'll offer my seat to the elderly, be a man or woman. Also to pregnant women or those burdened with baggage. But I wouldn't offer my seat to a girl my age, with the exception if I see her having difficulties. This I think is another form of gender inequity and double-standards. Women will want to have equal rights, but they expect men to always cater to them. But then again, there are also instances when men dominate the inequality.

hello there. I have always gave up my seat to the elderly or women if there is no other seats availabe. I was taught to do this growing up, so i just think its an instict in my behavior. I think that everyone should do the same, its just polite and the right thing to do..

yea!! while travelling in a bus if a senior citizen comes i offer her a seat everyday while goin go college i feel happy and i get blessings to.... its a goob work it makes ur day!!!!

Im a woman but yet if I see an elderly person stnding up I will offer my seat to them and I will also offer it to anyone I think needs it more then me. I was brought up to do this to always show kindness to others and to respect my elders, But here in the usa alot of the new genertion or rebellious and just plaion mean and they will not give up their seat for nothing even if they see a woman fixing to faint.

Culture had been changed drastically for the last couple of years where observe tradition before where not practice anymore by the younger generation. This is true with this traditional custom where men (gentleman) offer their seats to woman and elderly people. In our generation, we still manage to do this (though sometimes we pretend to be asleep). But now I can see how young people of this ignore this tradition. Whenever I ride in bus or in train, I can count with my hands how many men are still doing this. Some just look and continue with what they are doing and there are some who still fighting it out with women in getting a seat first.

i will offer my seat to the old person,the pregnant women and the child when there is not spatial seat in the bus. certainly i am not a noble sentiment person .nobbut this is a custom which i has fostered for many years.

Hello kababayan! I also seldom see Filipinos who are sharing their seat. Even I don't share a seat because i am kinda shy to share it. Lol, and i haven't been to that situation where i really need to share my seat. Maybe one day, when i am with that situation then i'll try to share my seat also.

we do .in my country ...china....

for me ,i am bound to offer my seat to the old . helping others is a good thing ,which can make you happy ,at the same time ,others will appericate you very much .