Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Elderly and Disabled

You see the signs on top of certain seats on trains that tell you to give your seats to the Elderly and/or Disabled. You happen to be sitting down on one of these seats next to the train door.

And then you see this guy, who looks kinda old, because he has white hair, but he kinda doesn't look that old, as in he looks like he wouldn't mind standing up for a 20 minute train ride.

You're not looking directly at him, but you can feel his eyes skim towards your direction a few times, because all the other Elderly and/or Disabled seats nearby all have elderly and/or disabled people sitting in them.

What do you do?

Do you:
(A) Stand up and offer the man a seat, and offend him for telling him that he's old? OR
(B) Remain seated and act like you didn't see the guy, and offend him by not letting him sit?