hiddendriver34 said:It honestly drives me absolutely crazy how nobody ever offers up their seat on the subway. I take the train back and forth to work every single day, and some evenings, I am just completely wiped out by the time I get home. Just the other day, this elderly lady with a cane actually offered me her spot—she sounded pretty annoyed about it too, which honestly made sense since no one else had even blinked. There was one afternoon where every single seat was taken, and there was only one person standing: a pregnant woman, of course.
I’ve noticed that people generally don't show much empathy toward pregnant women.
I personally never let anyone cut in front of me in line, and I tend to avoid public transit altogether because of it. I once had this experience at a Target where I was waiting in the priority lane reserved for pregnant women and those with disabilities, and this lady on crutches tried to push ahead, but the man in front of her just brushed her off, acting as if her disability didn't give her any special treatment over the rest of us.
If you don't stand up for yourself, nobody is going to acknowledge your situation. That is just the kind of society we live in now.
I even had a terrifying moment on the sidewalk recently when a kid, maybe nine or ten years old, saw that I was pregnant. He was so preoccupied playing roughly with his friend—while his dad was shouting at him to settle down—that he lunged straight toward my stomach with everything he had. I managed to throw my hands up just in time to protect myself and yelled at him, but the kid didn't even flinch; he just kept running right past me. His parents just glared at me, and in that moment, I felt like I could have slapped everyone in sight. People have truly become heartless. 😠
