Flattered, or not!

[KalamityKel]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> KalamityKel Wrote:

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> > That wouldn't necessarily make much difference.

> > When I was struggling along on crutches and then

> a

> > stick I was often overlooked.

>

> Strange. I was on crutches from Dec-Feb and always

> got offered seats on the bus.

>

> The only problem I had was when the bus driver

> pulled away rapidly before I'd sat down, and I

> clattered to the floor!

In all fairness at the crutches stage the bus did empty rather quickly as I got on... can't imagine why ;-)

[Pugwash]

I walk with a stick and usually on the bus I get offered a seat, normally by a woman. I sometimes take the seat but other times the seat is so low I have a job to get back up. I thank the person and state that having only a few stops to go, I would rather stand.

When I was around 7 months pregnant (many moons ago) I worked in Westminster and usually had to stand on the bus from Dulwich onwards. I got fed up having to stand the majority of the journey so made sure that my bump nudged a seated male passenger until he got fed up reading his paper and gave me a seat.

[Loz]

Pugwash Wrote:

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> When I was around 7 months pregnant (many moons ago) I worked in Westminster and usually had to

> stand on the bus from Dulwich onwards. I got fed up having to stand the majority of the journey so

> made sure that my bump nudged a seated male passenger until he got fed up reading his paper

> and gave me a seat.

Why specifically a male passenger?