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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Seat-less-ness

I feel like narrating a little incident that happened while I was in a crowded bus this morning. So, here it goes!

All seats were occupied in an extremely crowded bus and I was standing. Then a person's bus stop came and he vacated the seat. I was the only female standing there, so the guy in the seat next to the vacant seat asked me to take it. Just then a man started struggling to clear the crowd around the vacant seat so that he could sit there. Also, a female who just boarded the bus started fighting with the man for the seat, and obviously, won. The man who had asked me to sit gave me a sympathetic look, but I gave him a superhero look that said "I can let a train pass over me and not feel a thing".

So now, a man is standing and a woman is sitting. I ofcourse, am still seat-less.

Then, another man who saw all this offered me his seat. I said I'm okay, and he can keep sitting (I'm a superhero!) But he got up. So, I took the seat and thanked him.

Now, the moral of the story:
Two men are standing, but guess which one can feel proud...
Two women are sitting, and guess whose day was made!


PS:

1) Sexists, no! the moral of the story is not what you think it is
2) Chivalry and good manners (read superhero-ness) are not outdated. I don't think they should ever be.
3) Sometimes, little things matter much.






Posted by Girl with a silver pen
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4 comments:

  1. Satyajit DasJuly 7, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Yes very much. Its the little things that matter, that add up in the end. And I believe these little things are infinitely the most important. What ya say?

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  2. deepsJuly 11, 2011 at 9:50 PM

    interesting...:P
    what matters s you got to sit down...
    but did you think about the man who offered the seat?? yea, as long as that was part of good manners all is fine :)

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  3. Girl with a silver penJuly 12, 2011 at 3:06 AM

    Dreamer, completely agree :)

    deeps, yes I got to sit down...but that was one of the rare days :)
    Also I did thank the man who first offered me the seat....see! I know my manners ^_^
    Thanks for visiting :)

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  4. Girl with a silver penAugust 3, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    Dreamer, completely agree :)

    deeps, yes I got to sit down...but that was one of the rare days :)
    Also I did thank the man who first offered me the seat....see! I know my manners ^_^
    Thanks for visiting :)

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