buses and such things
so i climb on the bus to make the journey back to mainland from west campus this morning. as usual it's completely full and there are probably 20 guys standing in the center aisle. i conveniently slide into place at the front.
guy behind me: 'there's a seat open back here.'
me: 'no thanks, i'm ok. you take it.' at this point i really didn't see the point in me wading through 10 guys to get to a seat one them could just as easily have taken.
first stop.
guy: 'you can sit down. there's a seat back here.'
me: 'thanks, but i'm really fine. you go ahead.'
second stop.
guy: 'you wanna sit down?'
me: 'nope, i want to stand. but thanks.'
i totally appreciate the gesture. completely. but i just don't see the logic in my deserving a seat over a male. i'm just as capable of standing as he is. besides that, is it not ok for him to sit down even after i've refused the seat....twice. at what point does chivalry just become silly?
if you were the guy in this situation, what would you have done?
guy behind me: 'there's a seat open back here.'
me: 'no thanks, i'm ok. you take it.' at this point i really didn't see the point in me wading through 10 guys to get to a seat one them could just as easily have taken.
first stop.
guy: 'you can sit down. there's a seat back here.'
me: 'thanks, but i'm really fine. you go ahead.'
second stop.
guy: 'you wanna sit down?'
me: 'nope, i want to stand. but thanks.'
i totally appreciate the gesture. completely. but i just don't see the logic in my deserving a seat over a male. i'm just as capable of standing as he is. besides that, is it not ok for him to sit down even after i've refused the seat....twice. at what point does chivalry just become silly?
if you were the guy in this situation, what would you have done?
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Michael Ward, at 8:27 PM
Ah, yes, the old refusing the bus seat routine. What is it about you women and buses? Sometimes you want the seat; sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you will move to the back of the bus; sometimes you won’t. Oh you women are so fickle. It like chasing a rubber ball under three nut shells: its over there! No its over here! Confound it, its back over there!
After the history that women have on buses going back, what, nearly 60 years now (and needing to only go back to letters to the editor of the Battalion last spring for the latest woman-scorned bus episode before this post), its quite obvious that women should walk and save society the trouble.
Now in all fairness, I think the guy(s) involved in this latest tragic bus episode were acting a little over the top. Unless your hearing was obviously obstructed in some way (e.g. cell phone), it would seem that one offering of the bus seat would suffice. Perhaps Larry, Curly, and Mo were simple pawns in the ugly game of paternal deference (that’s what you feminists call it right?) Or, perhaps, their bus seat overtures were more amorous in hue.
Yes, it is a sad reality that the bus seat offering ploy has been used on more than one (valiant but often snubbed) occasion to snag a woman. “Hmm,” thinks the mild-mannered business major, “there’s a girl in the aisle and a seat next to me. I can capitalize on this, if I only knew how…ah, yes, yes…” No I’m not suggesting any Risky Business L-train style action, however, its common knowledge among guys that the “here’s a seat for you” line has little risk and all reward—that is until its subverted by more than one guy jumping in. And that seems to have been the case.
Martha, girl, these guys didn’t want you to sit so much next to them on the bus as they wanted you to sit across from them at the booth in Chili’s. And you shot them down—one snotty nosed sophomore after the other. You stand tall girlfriend! (right in front of that glaring open seat…)
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Michael Ward, at 8:27 PM
I would have taken chivalry to a new level. I would have hog-tied your ass and put you in the seat.... then massaged your feet.
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Anonymous, at 8:19 AM
y'all have it all wrong. they weren't trying to hit on me. i really think they thought it wasn't ok for them to sit down if a girl was standing. maybe they didn't want to look like a jerk?
and fred, they were the same two guys the whole time. you guys can be a bit slow at times.
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martha, at 2:09 PM
They were just being nice...too many people read too far into things. Just be greatful there are still nice people in the world.
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Anonymous, at 5:39 PM
Maybe I'm reading a bit too much into your comment. However I would think you are an idiot since you can't even spell the word grateful. That's just my opinion.
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Anonymous, at 11:54 AM
please be nice or put your name. gracias.
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martha, at 1:35 PM
I can see where you are coming from, but there are many out there at A&M that still give seats up to the ladies as well as hold doors open, etc. It's called common courtesy, but if you refuse, that's understandable...then it rightfully becomes annoying for you. We aren't try to belittle you ladies. We're only trying to be courteous, maybe something was different here, but the way the west campus to main campus buses have gotten, if I were you I'd take the seat if the opportunity knocks.
By the way, Michael, let's not start put down the sophmores. We have just as much claim to A&M as you (whatever year you are). The only one "snotty nosed" seems to be you, but I digress.
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John, at 11:17 PM
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