I have heard stories of poorly behaved school groups with chaperones who were not doing their job and had also heard stories about poor behaviour on the busses but this trip I’m living it.
Does nobody offer a seat any more to somebody who might be in need? I remember being at Disney years ago and the common thing was for every fit adult male with empty hands on a full bus to be on his feet. That was common. Now it’s rare.
I feel bad offering my seat because it makes it so obvious others are not. When I’m with DW I’ll stand as a matter of course but I seem to be the exception.
Taking a bus just me and DD I insisted tonight that our 2 year old DD move to my lap (which she hates) so an older lady could sit. The lady seemed stunned and at the end of the trip said thank you and I was the first person to do that since they arrived.
And being on the other side of it is not fun either. I caught a bus at Fort Wilderness, got on carrying stroller and DD to find the bus seats nearly full of 14-15 yr olds with their chaperones standing in a group at the front. Nobody offered me a seat, fine, I could see a couple seats in the back. But the chaperones would not move. It was like their feet were glued to the floor. And I’m not tiny and quiet; I’m 6’3”, arms full and saying ‘Excuse me please’ in a louder and louder voice. Driver starts driving, chaperones still not moving, just making annoyed faces as I squeeze past them. Weirdly enough I got the impression that they just actually did not want me on the bus period. Fun times.
I remember riding public busses as a student and a teacher or chaperone would rip into you if you did not give up your seat to certain groups of people. When my baseball team took public busses you stood unless there was pretty much nobody else needing a seat.
Have I just had bad luck? Or is this how it is now; first come first served, everyone equal?
Does nobody offer a seat any more to somebody who might be in need? I remember being at Disney years ago and the common thing was for every fit adult male with empty hands on a full bus to be on his feet. That was common. Now it’s rare.
I feel bad offering my seat because it makes it so obvious others are not. When I’m with DW I’ll stand as a matter of course but I seem to be the exception.
Taking a bus just me and DD I insisted tonight that our 2 year old DD move to my lap (which she hates) so an older lady could sit. The lady seemed stunned and at the end of the trip said thank you and I was the first person to do that since they arrived.
And being on the other side of it is not fun either. I caught a bus at Fort Wilderness, got on carrying stroller and DD to find the bus seats nearly full of 14-15 yr olds with their chaperones standing in a group at the front. Nobody offered me a seat, fine, I could see a couple seats in the back. But the chaperones would not move. It was like their feet were glued to the floor. And I’m not tiny and quiet; I’m 6’3”, arms full and saying ‘Excuse me please’ in a louder and louder voice. Driver starts driving, chaperones still not moving, just making annoyed faces as I squeeze past them. Weirdly enough I got the impression that they just actually did not want me on the bus period. Fun times.
I remember riding public busses as a student and a teacher or chaperone would rip into you if you did not give up your seat to certain groups of people. When my baseball team took public busses you stood unless there was pretty much nobody else needing a seat.
Have I just had bad luck? Or is this how it is now; first come first served, everyone equal?
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