Bad Manners

I don't know about giving their seats up, they don't even wait in the queue some of the time. Was waiting for the bus with my Mum last year and two women (took them to be a mother and daughter with baby in pram) just calmly walked up just as the bus pulled into the bus station and got on ignoring the rest of us in the queue. They were not the type of people you would pull up about it neither, well not if you valued your safety. Some people just follow the example they are set unfortunately.
 
BERNADETTE said:
I don't know about giving their seats up, they don't even wait in the queue some of the time. Was waiting for the bus with my Mum last year and two women (took them to be a mother and daughter with baby in pram) just calmly walked up just as the bus pulled into the bus station and got on ignoring the rest of us in the queue. They were not the type of people you would pull up about it neither, well not if you valued your safety. Some people just follow the example they are set unfortunately.
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Same thing happened to me in Watford........waiting quite patiently for the bus (which was late) there were a few old ladies, some young lads and girls, just before the bus arrived a woman (slapper, actually and her teenage son) got to the stop and walked straight to the front of the queue and got straight onto the bus as soon as it stopped......nobody said a word to them so think it is a common occurance do there, so I keep quiet as well, not gonna get into a fight the day before I'm coming home :(
 
Royboy39 said:
You are right Margaret, that notice was displayed well into the seventies.
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I got on a bus in Aberdeen that displayed a sign proclaiming (DOGS MUST BE CARRIED):confused:

The conductor was not amused when I said,Where am I going to find a dog at this time of night.:D

OK Start the car.
 
Benipete said:
I got on a bus in Aberdeen that displayed a sign proclaiming (DOGS MUST BE CARRIED):confused:

The conductor was not amused when I said,Where am I going to find a dog at this time of night.:D

OK Start the car.
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The engines already running Beni:D
 
As the "youngest pensioner" on here, i was, obviously, born in 1949, lived in London, i remember seeing signs on buses for children paying half fare to give their seat up for mums with young children and older people. Have only lived in Spain for two months and have seen respect for the older people from the younger generation, sometimes if they forget their manners, the elders give them a real telling off and the younger stand there and accept the telling off even if the elder is not related and there is no verbal profanity returned. I admire the Spanish youngsters.
 
vera said:
As the "youngest pensioner" on here, i was, obviously, born in 1949, lived in London, i remember seeing signs on buses for children paying half fare to give their seat up for mums with young children and older people. Have only lived in Spain for two months and have seen respect for the older people from the younger generation, sometimes if they forget their manners, the elders give them a real telling off and the younger stand there and accept the telling off even if the elder is not related and there is no verbal profanity returned. I admire the Spanish youngsters.
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i found just the same when i lived oer yon, they could teach us a thing or two about respect n manners.
 
have things changed becuse iv always thought that half fare paying child passenges were expected to give up their seats for full paying customers.

putting the should someone give up their seat issue asside should a bus driver be allowing people not sturdy on their feet onto a bus knowing that they will be standing up while teh bus is in motion
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
Many years ago the buses used to have signs on them, that told the youngsters that they had to offer their seat to a 'full' fare paying passenger at busy times when the bus was full.
Please would someone of my generation confirm this.......just so that I know I haven't dreamed this!
PS.....my generation is the 1947 babies :)
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absolutely right Margaret,but a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then,,,,and it seems to have washed all respect and manners downstream,,,,,
 
grannyclaret said:
absolutely right Margaret,but a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then,,,,and it seems to have washed all respect and manners downstream,,,,,
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Maybe it's just because there are too many of you guys crammed into that tiny little island (sorry about the syntactical redundance); and you are for ever standing on someone else's toes ... or just generally getting on one another's nerves:rolleyes::D It's like that in Toronto and Vancouver; everyone pushing and shoving to get ... well, nowhere fast. But that respect for others still seems to be alive and well in small town and rural Canada, esp. in Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia ... oh, and Manisnowba too. But with a population density of only 3.2 per sq. km., we got lots of places where bumping into a fellow human is a pleasure. Bumping into bear, moose, and skunk is a little more challenging:D.
 
Eric said:
Maybe it's just because there are too many of you guys crammed into that tiny little island (sorry about the syntactical redundance); and you are for ever standing on someone else's toes ... or just generally getting on one another's nerves:rolleyes::D It's like that in Toronto and Vancouver; everyone pushing and shoving to get ... well, nowhere fast. But that respect for others still seems to be alive and well in small town and rural Canada, esp. in Newfoundland, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia ... oh, and Manisnowba too. But with a population density of only 3.2 per sq. km., we got lots of places where bumping into a fellow human is a pleasure. Bumping into bear, moose, and skunk is a little more challenging:D.
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You sure about that Eric .. you havent seen some of the people hanging around accy lately have you ....:D:D:D
 
accyman said:
have things changed becuse iv always thought that half fare paying child passenges were expected to give up their seats for full paying customers.

putting the should someone give up their seat issue asside should a bus driver be allowing people not sturdy on their feet onto a bus knowing that they will be standing up while teh bus is in motion
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Like I said, no standing room on buses as it is not safe.
 
Last night coming back from accy after meeting up with the researchers -1 and doing my shopping .. got on the bus .. and it there was a big queue .. all the seats were taken again .. and an old lady got on the bus .. and someone sat in front of me got up and gave her seat to the old lady .. there were younger people sat in front of her .. and they totally ignored her. Another lady got on with all her bags of shopping .. and the bus driver shouted round to the young girl who was sat behind him get up and give your seat up ... and the young girl did ...:D

Its not all bad manners ...
 
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