This is, such a wonderful sight for sure, but it also, rouses up the questions of W-H-Y, would this, seventy-something ELDERLY person need to do it, she DESERVED to be seated in the, priority seats already…off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
Two days ago when I was on the trains, I saw someone let up her seat to someone else. The one who'd let up her seat was a woman of about seventy years of age, she originally sat herself on the priority seats, noted how a woman in her thirties, holding to the railing, but kept switching her legs, noted that something was up with the younger woman, the elderly woman immediately got up, and had the younger woman sit down. The younger woman originally turned her down, but as the elderly insisted, she'd, sat herself down to rest.
There were the younger generations who sat on the seats that weren't labeled as priority seats, and saw that many elderly were standing, but nobody stood up. I'm guessing, that it's the beliefs of how only those in the priority seatings should let up their seats, that it doesn't work for the regular seats. It's just, that in the aging community, with a few numbered seats per train, that's not enough for the elderly who are in need, or for the women with the children in their arms.
the current "system" of priority seating arrangements on the MRT trains, photo from online
marked by the color differences...photo from online
There'd been many cases of conflicts regarding the priority seating in Taipei M.R.T. of late, one of the cases, the older man told the police, that the younger generation SHOULD let up their seats to the elderly population, and the police told the older man, that priority seats are for those who need, NOT a specialty for the elderly populations.
The priority seats had been in place for many years on end, and yet, many still mistakenly believed, that the seatings are specially for the elderly population, clearly, there's not enough, awareness. While letting the seat to someone who's in need, is a virtue, but it is gone away, because of the setting up of the priority seating.
Seeing the elderly woman, letting up her seat to the younger woman, it'd, reminded me of that song, "That Final Gentleness".
So, that would be the problem with the priority seating, because, we are socialized to believe, that this special seating is saved for the elderly, the ill, the pregnant women, and the children ONLY, but, sometimes, someone has a need, and it's not visible to the rest of the public, and there's that need for socializing the society on how the meaning of priority seating IS for those who are in need, NOT just a targeted small portion of the population, like the handicapped persons (that are visible…), the elderly, the pregnant women, children, etc., etc., etc., the seating showed the general civility of a culture.
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