My hero

[ms.peachy]

So, now that I've got this giant belly, most of the time on the Underground someone will offer me a seat. Not always, but usually. Sometimes not, though. Today on the way home it was apparently one of those 'not' days. At least, that's how it started out. So I'm standing there in the middle of the carriage, and a few feet down there's this older bloke - not old old, maybe late 50's or 60's - and he winks at me. And first I'm thinking, 'oh god, is he one of those weirdo preeverts that gets off on like preggo porn or something?' then he looks around at everybody and says - REALLY LOUDLY, in this great Irish accent - "What te hell's te matter wit te lot o'ye, none of ye's getting up fahr te pregnant gahrl! All sittin down dere pretend you doon't see her like! Yer mudders wud be ashamed of ev'ry one of ye's!"

Man, you never saw so many people jump up so fast. (y) Result!

[Hiebz]

*smiles* nice!

[marsdaddy]

It depends on how preggers the woman is. If she's about to burst, I know that exercise and strain can send her into labor. So, as a show of solidarity, I make her stand and exert.

[Leonie]

Hahaha how cool! I love the irish accent

[beastiegirrl101]

that's awesome...what a "stand up" guy.

I offer my seat up to preggo's and old peeps all the time.

[rirv]

That was me.

[hpdrifter]

How does it sound with a Southern accent, cmute?

Peachy, that is truly awesome. I always give up my seat for the elderly or pregnant.

[hpdrifter]

Ha!

The Southern accent is a hard thing to get right. Its so unsexy if ts sounds like all yokel and shit, but if its just that gentle lilt, it can be the hottest thing ever.

There's a lady who works at my work who has the sweetest lilty southern accent. I could listen to her talk for hours.

[Ace42X]

Man, you never saw so many people jump up so fast. (y) Result!

Would you give up your seat for a REALLY REALLY FAT bloke?

[enree erzweglle]

I love him!!


(I did something like that--sans accent--when no one would give up their seat for an old blind woman who had a seeing eye dog. It happened a couple of years ago and for maybe a stop or two, I was in utter disblief that no one would get up for her. Maybe they thought that because she couldn't see them, they were off the hook.

I tried to be patient--I looked a few people straight on and then looked at her then at her dog then at her and then back at them. They followed me. They understood. They looked away. Fuck! By maybe her fourth stop, I lost it and said something generally to the front half of the bus. Someone gave up their seat fast. Probably just to keep me from blowing. I don't remember what I said.)

[enree erzweglle]

Ha!

The Southern accent is a hard thing to get right. Its so unsexy if ts sounds like all yokel and shit, but if its just that gentle lilt, it can be the hottest thing ever.

There's a lady who works at my work who has the sweetest lilty southern accent. I could listen to her talk for hours.
Maybe because they were raised on American westerns, but when my Australian friends try to do a generic American accent, they all wind up sounding like cowboys.

[marsdaddy]

What if the blind lady didn't want a seat but her dog did?

[enree erzweglle]

What if the blind lady didn't want a seat but her dog did?I suspect that seats would have freed up sooner and without my intervention.

[marsdaddy]

Would you give up your seat for a REALLY REALLY FAT bloke?If I saw someone struggling to stand, I'd give up my seat.

There are aerobics for pregnant women, though.

[ms.peachy]

There are aerobics for pregnant women, though.
Antenatal auqaerobics, every Thursday at 7 :)

you should see us all waddle into the pool, like a flock of giant lumpy penguins.

[Ace42X]

awww. irish men are cool!

Like Ian Paisely or Gerry Adams?

[Ace42X]

i know an irish woman who was mates with gerry adams, even got a pic of them together in her flat.

Nude?

[roosta]

awww. irish men are cool!

yes we are

[Monsieur Decuts]

I loves me some old men.......the wink is key.

[ASsman]

Hah, excellent. Only that old guy could have made that work.

[Medellia]

Ha!

The Southern accent is a hard thing to get right. Its so unsexy if ts sounds like all yokel and shit, but if its just that gentle lilt, it can be the hottest thing ever.

There's a lady who works at my work who has the sweetest lilty southern accent. I could listen to her talk for hours.
Supposedly I have a slight lilt. Don't really know how I feel about that :/




Excellent story, Peachy. (y)

[avignon]

It is appalling how many people look the other way when someone needs a little help. I was going into one of the store entrances in the mall once and this kid in a wheelchair got hung up on the curb while his mom was still locking up the car or something. People just kept walking by like they didn't notice him all the while his wheels were just spinning. I went up and asked him if he needed a hand and he said, "Push." So I did. By the time I got him up the curb his mom came running over and scolded him for driving off while she wasn't looking.

[Ace42X]

It is appalling how many people look the other way when someone needs a little help.

It's called "the defusion of responsibility." It's a perfectly natural sociological response.

[avignon]

It's called "the defusion of responsibility." It's a perfectly natural sociological response.
It's still nothing to be proud of.

[Ace42X]

It's still nothing to be proud of.

I dunno. Generally, in my experience, people don't thank you if you go out of your way to help them. Whenever I have been particularly generous or helpful, all I have received is scorn and derision. So I don't bother.

Fuck you all.

[ms.peachy]

Generally my experience in this so far has taught me that people fall into four different groups:

- the people who don't really think twice about it, and offer a seat without hesitating (fortunately, there are still quite a few people like this around)

- the people who look around to see if anyone else is going to do it, and, realising no one else is, make the offer (this is probably where most people fit)

- the people who generally agree that someone should get up and offer a seat, but don't actually want to do it themselves, so they pretend to be very very interested in looking at something in their laps (these people are actually the worst of all, because they probably like to think of themselves as basically good, nice people, when in fact they are failing to perform a simple courtesy because they are selfish twats)

- the people who simply refuse to give up a seat on some sort of arcane principle, such as the bloke who told my friend when she was pregnant that he didn't see why he should have to give up a seat to someone who had chosen to let themselves get knocked up, so it was a "self-inflicted condition". (One marvels at his grasp of both common courtesy and human biology, but there ya go.) (these people, although complete cunts, are at least honest in their complete cuntiness)

[marsdaddy]

Being pregnant is kind of like being hungover.

[yeahwho]

That train story is great ms. peachy, a subtle hero is a real hero. I'm usually kind to a fault. It is amazing how many people ignore the obvious. If I'm in a huge hurry I will fly by flat tires etc....but stuck on a train? They needed a good shouting! :mad:

[paul jones]

So, now that I've got this giant belly, most of the time on the Underground someone will offer me a seat. Not always, but usually. Sometimes not, though. Today on the way home it was apparently one of those 'not' days. At least, that's how it started out. So I'm standing there in the middle of the carriage, and a few feet down there's this older bloke - not old old, maybe late 50's or 60's - and he winks at me. And first I'm thinking, 'oh god, is he one of those weirdo preeverts that gets off on like preggo porn or something?' then he looks around at everybody and says - REALLY LOUDLY, in this great Irish accent - "What te hell's te matter wit te lot o'ye, none of ye's getting up fahr te pregnant gahrl! All sittin down dere pretend you doon't see her like! Yer mudders wud be ashamed of ev'ry one of ye's!"

Man, you never saw so many people jump up so fast. (y) Result!


hahah!

I like standing up on the tube myself as I can get ready to leg it up the escalators and get a Burger King in time so I can get on the train back home quick

[ChrisLove]

So now when I ride the underground, Im looking for hot pregnant chicks, in case its Ms Peachy.....

So then she will be all like 'hey this guy gave me a seat' and I'll be lik 'hey thats me' then its all'wooo' and 'nice one'

yo

I mostly stand anyway

because I dont have a bum

[ms.peachy]

Yeah OK so, it must be my week, right?

This morning I get on the tube, and there are no seats. Ok, fair enough. This other woman about my age, nice professional-looking black chick, looks at me, looks around, then looks at me and gives this sort of sisterly "What the fuck is with these people?" eye roll. I just smile and shrug, like "hey, it happens."

We get to the next stop and a few people get off, I move towards an empty seat, but some scrawny hyena-looking chick rushes into it practically underneath me. (In retrospect, I totally should have sat on her and squashed her like a bug.) So, whatever. I stare at her, but she concentrates very hard on finding something in her handbag.

Now I'm a little futher down in the carriage, and the first woman is now standing next to me and she says "I cannot believe that no one has offered you a seat!" So I said "Yeah well, there are good days and bad days, you know? Everyone wants someone else to do it." And of course everyone immediately around us has now shrunk down like turtles trying to pull their heads into their necks. She says, "yes but it's still shocking how people can be so rude."

Now this one guy, who guess realises it's not going to get any better, looks up and says, "Oh I'm terribly sorry, I didn't realise you were expecting" and gets up. And I couldn't help it, I know it was a bit mean, considering how he WAS the only one to finally get up , but I looked at him and rubbed my belly said "Hmm, yes, if only I'd given you some sort of clue." Which cracked the woman up of course. The guy goes a bit red and clears his throat and mutters "Erm um well erm yes" and kind of shuffles a little ways down the carriage.

So now I'm sitting directly across from the skank who nicked the other seat from under me, so I amused myself for the rest of the trip by intensely staring a hole into her forehead. She of course would not look up but I could tell she knew I was mentally willing her to burst into flame by the way she kept twitching, and practically ran off the train when her stop came.

Ha, ha!

[Praying Mantis]

I would have to say that for the most part I'm usually standing when I ride the bus. ON the few occasions I sit, I would say that better than 50% of the time I gave up me seat to older people (not just elderly but older as well) and 100% to pregnant people. I would say that when my wife was pregnant, it was amazing how many people would not give up their seat.

I guess I'm just saying that I am so much more aware of extending courtesy to pregnant women after going through the same with my wife.

However, I will say that I am that asshole that will tell someone off if theywont get up for the pregnant though.