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Old 03-22-2010, 10:07 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dlish View Post
i was on the 28E tram in Portugal and i scored a pretty cool seat after standing for a while. a few seconds later the tram stopped and some older people got on. there were no other 'courtesy seats' left so i got off my seat and gave it to the eldest man. he looked surprised, as if to ask 'why?', as did the rest of the people on the tram.

for the first time in my life, i felt embarrased for doing something i thought was a good thing.
I've given up seats before and got some surprising looks as well (just not from the people for whom I was giving it up). Strange, as I was brought up to do so as, again, common courtesy.
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