The pretty girl, you are not pretty actually.

There is another side to this coin. I was always taught to stand and offer my seat to a lady. I rarely go on public transport but one day I went to London. I was on a tube train and I got up and offered my seat to a young girl. She turned on me and said, with a sneer, did I think she was incapable of standing up!! I was shocked and sat down again and said to her that I was brought up to offer my seat to a lady but obviously I was mistaken in this instance. That brought a few laughs and some clapping from other passengers! I still offer my seat.

It's so common that people are so rude nowadays. A lady with a baby or an elderly person needs that seat so much more. Of course, it could happen that the teenager doesn't notice anything (like so caught up in a music or book), but that is really visible if she just doesn't care or it really happened.

We have a saying "Pretty is as pretty does" and you have given a perfect picture of what that means. Good manners never go out of fashion and they do a lot to make a person attractive. She was not. I bet the old grandpa looked like a hero.

She is just pretty outside but ugly inside. There are lots of people in the world who's like that, they act as if they didn't see anything. They have what we call "heart of stone". Upon ignoring the situation, she already got her reward in God's eyes.

I've seen such things so many times on city buses here. Before my injury I would always give me seat to elders, pregnant women, or women with young children. Now that would be impossible as I could not stand on a moving bus with my disabled ankle. I've also been on the other side of that situation, I had my four month old godson on a city bus full of high school kids heading home from school, I made the 45 minute ride to our stop, one arm wrapped around a pole the other clutching him trying to keep my balance. It made me very disappointed in human kind. So I agree the pretty girl was truly very ugly.

Fortunately, all young people are not the same. There could be a number of reasons why "pretty girl" did not give up her seat. Maybe she was waiting for a man to offer his seat...maybe she had some sort of disability herself, one that was not clearly visible to others, that would make it difficult for her to stand as well. My guess is that she was just plain rude, but then again, who I am to judge without knowing the whole story.

Oh I thought when I read this at first that you meant the girl was not really pretty but what you meant is that she is only pretty on the outside. Maybe she didnt realize how she was being. I think maybe after the guy gave up his seat for the woman and baby to sit down in maybe that will show her how to use good manners. Perhaps she wasnt taught respect and kindness to others.

odd how p eople will defend the uglyinside pretty girl just because she is pretty,now if she really was pretty she would have leaped to her feet and said "take my seat" to the woman with the baby.Most Americans think pretty means the pretty girl is really angelic when many times she is spoiled silly and very egotistic to boot. u

Then that girl was not taught well. It is sad that teens does not do that anymore. See back then guys would offer seats, teens would offer seats..but now? they act as if they have not seen those who had need it!

I can see she is not pretty as well. I know some youngsters are not bothered with their surroundings and forgot some good manners. It is very sad, I have seen a lot too, in the bus, train and other public places where youngsters never help the elders and other people who needs a little help.

I think there are many things that constitute how someone is pretty. I believe it is what you do, how you act, and so on. It is the old saying that "you are beautiful on the inside" that I think of the most. And I believe it is very true.

Yes, a person with good appearance uncertain that she/he is have a good soul. LOL The girl you talk about is very selfish. I some time, when I go by bus, i can see the same.

It happens in here in my city also. Right now there are many young people are selfish like that. They never give up their seat to women, children, elderly people. They just try to ignore it. You are right, she looks beautiful but her behavior is so bad. Hope she should learn to improve her behavior in the public area.

This is very quite now a days. I consider that most of the people which include in the new generation are feeling less. It seems that they have strong stone inside them as their heart. I wounder why the people behave so. I mostly used to give seat to those ones who are very weak to those ones who has kids with them. I believe that these are are the simple lessons that we should study from our childhood days and I consider this not as my duty but I consider as my opportunity to show my respect to them.

I'm sorry but I'm rather selfish when I'm in the metro, too. It's pretty tiring to go through life there, and I'd rather hold onto my seat. But, yeah. If faced with a pregnant lady and I'm not as tired, I'd give my seat, too.