Really sad to see....

[Flamingeaux]

After a long day in the park DW would want to sit on the bus ride back to the room. You get to your turn to get on the bus and the seats are taken and you will be standing if you get on. DW would make us wait so she could sit on the next bus. My problem is if I wait to get on the next bus I won't be standing because I will give up my seat. Do I jump on the first bus and leave DW or do I wait knowing I will be standing anyway? Not once did I pick the first bus but oh I so wanted to.

Also you would be surprised on how many times you can't give your seat away. I guess this 57 year old gray haired man can look worn out after a long day at a park.

 

[lugnut33]

I just tell them they can sit on my lap and I'll massage their their backs.

 

[ladyandthetramp2]

I think it's safe to say that at the end of the day or night at a Disney park, everyone is tired, with sore feet, knees, hips, etc. Most people are at the threshold of their tolerance level with little patience left. Everyone is just done. Having said that though, where I live most boys are raised to give up their seats to the elderly & women, no matter how tired they are, & most definitely to open doors for them also. That doesn't mean they all do it (but I would bet they do in front of their parents at least), but my DH does & so does my DS. Neither one would think of letting a door slam on someone or not giving up their seat. It's just the way they both have been taught growing up. Now I have many times boarded the bus & no one gave up their seats for me or my DD. Obviously being use to the men in the area where I live doing so, I was a tad disappointed, but not upset or angry. Everyone is raised differently & like I mentioned everyone is tired after the parks, I understand. However, I do have to admit to getting a bit of a giggle when during a turn I came very close to landing onto of the "gentlemen's" laps that stared at the floor & didn't offer anyone woman, child, or elderly person their seat. His face was priceless, for me I righted myself & laughed.

Yes this is exactly what I meant....it's just nice to see people with high morals and manners!

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

I disagree. My bet is on a morph into entitled ecv and wheelchair users plus their giant families rant by the end of this page.

We could go for a trifecta and debate people who breastfeed while riding their ECVs to the front of the bus line with their families of 10.

Oh, and they could have an 11-year-old in a stroller, just for fun.

 

[Average Joes]

I get stressed when I am sitting when others should be. My wife gets angry at me because I usually manage to give up my seat. On the other hand it was about 50/50 to get someone to give my wife their seat when she was carrying our baby in her arms. I always seemed to make a general comment about the issue because people should feel shamed I guess I just expected the same courtesy that I was giving others.

 

[minnie mum]

Yes this is exactly what I meant....it's just nice to see people with high morals and manners!

So any adult who fails to give up their seat has questionable morals? Good to know.

 

[jesse8931]

So any adult who fails to give up their seat has questionable morals? Good to know.

yes they do. If you see an elderly person or a mother with a baby the polite thing to do is get up.

 

[LilyWDW]

yes they do. If you see an elderly person or a mother with a baby the polite thing to do is get up.

But... what about the idea of personal responsibility? Why did these people get on the bus if there were no seats? It's pretty easy to tell when the bus is getting close to standing room only. If you then continue to get on that bus, then you are doing so with the expectation of standing. Anything else is just... irresponsible.

Also... how you do know so much about the people not getting up? I mean, you seem pretty sure that these people are just being rude or something. How do you know?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I ride public transportation daily. It's rare that someone will actually get up unless the person boarding is very elderly, very pregnant or obviously disabled. Women and children, forget it. But in general people do not board public transportation looking to offer up their seats.

 

[Robo]

Have a great trip!

 

[larryz]

I've actually encountered some attitude from those so offered, as though I was in the wrong for applying my out of date upbringing to the 21st century.

It's to the point where you have to wonder why even bothering to offer...

 

[Allison]

There are already threads about this on the transportation board. It's getting to be a really old subject.

Sitting in a seat on a bus has nothing to do with morals.

 

[Mome Rath]

I've grown up going to Disney and it was one of the places my parents taught me and my brother manners and morals. Being a healthy 30 something female myself, if there is a mother with small kids, or small kids that can't stand, or elderly individuals, I offer my seat. Yes, I get tired and have sore feet like everyone else, but I'm not going to get injured standing on the bus between park and hotel because I can't keep my feet, not true for others. I wish more people would do likewise and teach the next generation to do the same. At the same time, I try not to judge those who appear hale and healthy that don't offer a seat to others, as they may have their legitimate reasons not to get up. It all comes back around in the end.

 

[BrittyRo]

I never participate in these threads (even though they seem to pop up way to much). Why does this topic keep being brought up? This time I will add my two cents and then enjoy the show

I feel as though these threads are started by people who do not take public transit in their regular lives. They blow these things out of proportion. Some people are rude but most people are just tired and need to sit! Being from Manhattan all I do is take public transit. I get up and let elderly and pregnant people sit sometimes because I don't know their situation. I only do this if I'm not in transit to/from work (because I am drained at those points) However at Disney after walking all day and being on my feet longer than I would even be at work (and I'm on my feet at work constantly; I am a RN) I want to sit.

Anyone getting on that bus elderly, pregnant, small children have also been walking all day; why now when they get on the bus are they miraculously so in need of my seat? If they are able to walk in Disney all day why should standing on the bus be so much more off burden for them than for another person?

These threads are ridiculous. If they are well enough to walk Disney all day they can stand on a bus. If not? Wait for the next bus.

 

[tjmw2727]

Just got back Wednesday after a week split between ASMu and Boardwalk so I used the bus service often. After Several threads on this subject over on the transportation board I was paying more attention than I normally would regarding "bus behavior!" I also probably noticed more because I was solo a few times.
I saw many passengers offer seats to those they thought may appreciate them, young and old male and female. I never saw someone struggle to stand that wasn't offered a seat.

 

[Robo]

I'll be the judge of that!

 

[anonymousegirl]

I can never understand it when someone opts to wait for the next bus rather than stand on the bus that is leaving now. If I am going to stand for another 20 minutes, I'd rather be ON the bus heading for my resort, the pool, and an adult libation versus standing on hot and tired feet, sweltering in the lovely Florida temps.

I guess if someone has balance issues, that might require them to wait for a seat.

 

[Kellie_G3]

Lol... I guess I echo a lot of people on here. I won't judge someone who doesn't give up their seat... yes we all get tired and sore, but then again as someone sort of mentioned, how do we really know why they aren't giving up their seat? Maybe they dont have manners but thats not our time to judge or who knows if they have a health issue we know nothing of? I too would give up my seat to the elderly, pregnant women or those with realllly small children but as someone who often is laid back and people watches it is amazing to see those who like mentioned, feel entitled, get all huffy and mad that they didn't get a seat. I too second that you can usually see when the bus is getting to or already at standing room, you should be expecting to stand then and not expecting anyone on that bus to give them a seat. JMO though! Not popular but...

 

[Dr Gevil]

Yes this is exactly what I meant....it's just nice to see people with high morals and manners!

 

[Kelly014]

Someone gave me and my four year old DD their seat on a bus last year, and another timeI moved DD onto my lap so an adult could have her seat. Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Also, Disney is probably a unique situation to some extent because everyone has walked several miles and is probably exhausted, so while it does happen, it probably doesn't happen quite as often as you'd see on a normal bus driving around town (which is completely understandable to me).