The respect for the old people

If I were you, I would just say, "Excuse me lady but you may sit besides me". To me, although she is old, if she can take tram and speak aloud, she is still not that old. Furthermore, if your seat is meant for 'give way seat', you may stay put, maybe you have minor leg injury at that point or feeling unwell. As long as someone shouted unecessary is rude. You have done the right job, just ignore her

oh my god if they want us youngens to treat them with respect they should respect us to it dont work one way. i would of said excuse me but there are other seats to sit on .

In the society we normally respect to the old with conditions. This old lady mentioned was quite irrational bcoz there were still two vacant seats behind you, moreover she was healthy enough to get there. Her rude speaking in high and mighty tone in the public did really hurt you. What an impolite person she was!!!!

I know how you feel. Ive been moved from seats half way down the train by the elderly. This happened once when I was pregnant and once when I had a broken foot and had crutches. There is no need to yell at someone to move when there are vacant seats around. And who are these people to know that you havent yourself got a disability. I have a severe spinal injury, if I fall my spine could snap and I end up in a wheel chair for life, so when travelling on a bus or train I must be seated and as these seats nearer to the door are allocated for the disabled and elderly I look to these only as a last choice if other seats are not available. But I still give my seat up for the elderly, pregnant or disabled if I see them coming then ask a younger person nearby if they would mind me taking their seat due to my problem. I explain my problem, I wouldnt dream of yelling and saying get out though, cause how can the young respect the elderly if they arent treated with respect in the first place. You did the right thing by giving your seat up, but I would not have been able to hold my tongue as I walked off, I would have said loud enough for the person to hear but with a smile "Maybe the young need to teach the elderly some manners these days.." then turned to the lady and said "No problems, you dont need to thank me for giving you the seat when their where vacant ones". Learn to be polite, firm but sarcastic....

Wow, this type of behavior was certainly not right. While I have no idea why she wanted YOUR seat, it was respectful that you gave it to her. But for her to go on and say that young people are impolite blows my mind. I have encountered people who think they are high and mighty and deserving because they've reached a certain age, and I think that comes from how they were raised. And as times changed, they obviously didn't change with the times. I had a professor in college who used to say that a lot of elderly behaviors is fear-based... fear of getting old, fear of being hurt while being unable to protect him/herself, fear of being vulnerable and fear of being not worthy or worthwhile. Maybe that is where this behavior came... I don't know. You did the right thing, give her the seat, ignore the comments, even if she is wrong.