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Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
by colincostello
It finally happened. I accepted an offered seat on the tram. I had for years fought against this, seeing it as an insult to my manhood. I had been down the gym and had put in an extra 10 minutes on the running machine, thus making a total of 11 minutes. Then a long sauna. So I was really tired on the tram back. I was resting against the tram door when a kindly young woman offered me her seat. I took it instantly. I sat down with a low groan of satisfaction and relief.
I have just started wearing glases as well.
Is this the beginning of the end?
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 12:09 pm
by Sannerl
colincostello wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
It finally happened. I accepted an offered seat on the tram. I had for years fought against this, seeing it as an insult to my manhood. I had been down the gym and had put in an extra 10 minutes on the running machine, thus making a total of 11 minutes. Then a long sauna. So I was really tired on the tram back. I was resting against the tram door when a kindly young woman offered me her seat. I took it instantly. I sat down with a low groan of satisfaction and relief.
I have just started wearing glases as well.
Is this the beginning of the end?
"Please offer your seat to those who need it more" at the moment... that's what public transport suggests.
You've been paid forward to. Just return the favor and all balances out.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 12:17 pm
by yesterday
Cannot agree more
Give when u can and accept, when u need it helps us all
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 12:32 pm
by Fraufruit
I've noticed over the last year or so that only young ladies offer me their seats. Never young men. Of course, most are staring at their phones and totally unaware of their surroundings.
Anyway, good on you for opening your arms and receiving thereby giving someone else the gift of giving. That's what it's all about.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Sat May 25, 2024 1:19 pm
by alma.freya
colincostello wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
seeing it as an insult to my manhood
...
I have just started wearing glases as well.
Is this the beginning of the end?
Sitting down and seeing clearly...
I have spoken to the Council of Manly Men and it has been agreed you will be deducted 10 man points for these breaches of manliness.
You can not appeal this decision; appeals are unmanly.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 11:13 am
by colincostello
But what happens if I die alone in my flat? And no one knows? You read about bodies not being discovered for months and sometimes years. Imagine the smell. Some might say it would be an improvement.
I will not grow old gracefully.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 11:49 am
by LeonG
colincostello wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
Is this the beginning of the end?
Yes. I still haven't been offered a seat but not too long ago I dropped something on the street and a teenage boy swooped in to pick it up for me. Welcome to the club of old age.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 12:44 pm
by kiplette
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/warning/
I would just post the text, but it is her copywrite property, so that seems a bit rude.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 12:46 pm
by Sannerl
LeonG wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:49 am
colincostello wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
Is this the beginning of the end?
Yes. I still haven't been offered a seat but not too long ago I dropped something on the street and a teenage boy swooped in to pick it up for me. Welcome to the club of old age.
Or young people having some manners.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 4:53 pm
by Franklan
colincostello wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:13 am
But what happens if I die alone in my flat? And no one knows? You read about bodies not being discovered for months and sometimes years. Imagine the smell. Some might say it would be an improvement.
I will not grow old gracefully.
Is that a "burdening" thought for you at the moment?
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 4:56 pm
by Franklan
LeonG wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:49 am
Welcome to the club of old age.
Getting the free "Scheibe Schinkenwurst" at the butcher is a thing of the past, for sure.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 6:11 pm
by LeonG
Franklan wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 4:56 pm
LeonG wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 11:49 am
Welcome to the club of old age.
Getting the free "Scheibe Schinkenwurst" at the butcher is a thing of the past, for sure.
I did not know that was ever a thing but if you say so, I might try and ask
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 6:18 pm
by Franklan
LeonG wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:11 pm
I did not know that was ever a thing but if you say so, I might try and ask
It is/was normal in Germany for children to get a free slice of Schinkenwurst when they go shopping with mom/dad at the butcher. This stops at some point, usually around the time when hair starts to grow in places where there wasn't any before.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Mon May 27, 2024 6:43 pm
by AlexTr
On our vacation in Italy last year, a young man offered his seat to my wife, which she politely declined. The two of us and our friend made him feel like a hero in front of his girlfriend, going on and on about how such a young man is a treasure and how good his mother must be (Italy, after all). It was sweet. The kid just grinned ear to ear, and my wife recovered her ego quickly. Be glad such people exist and that the world still has kindness.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 1:03 am
by Fraufruit
Franklan wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:18 pm
LeonG wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:11 pm
I did not know that was ever a thing but if you say so, I might try and ask
It is/was normal in Germany for children to get a free slice of Schinkenwurst when they go shopping with mom/dad at the butcher. This stops at some point, usually around the time when hair starts to grow in places where there wasn't any before.
I remember and they used to call it Kinderwurst.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:19 am
by HEM
Franklan wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 6:18 pm
It is/was normal in Germany for children to get a free slice of Schinkenwurst when they go shopping with mom/dad at the butcher. This stops at some point, usually around the time when hair starts to grow in places where there wasn't any before.
Up 'ere kids often get what I believe is called a "Domwurst" at EDEKA or similar.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 7:24 am
by HEM
colincostello wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 11:40 am
Is this the beginning of the end?
One has to accept that the human TBO is around 40 years.
Its like with a car - after some time one needs new parts - I need a new wheel bearing (arthritus in the right hip).
Means after I fly a visitor I can get out of the glider OK but someone else has to walk the plane back
whilst I drive the car towing it!
Now I recall a guy in Scotland (Deeside gliding club) who flew visitors & needed crutches when walking.
I'm not that bad yet...
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:48 am
by colincostello
Its now happened twice in one day! I had someone offer me their seat on my first tram and then someone did the same on a second tram. Is my decline that bad?
I checked my face in the mirror and saw 2 large bags under my eyes. So large that EasyJet might well charge me for them next time I fly.
Oh well.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:58 am
by dstanners
On the upside, once you get to the airport someone might give you a hand with your luggage and transport you to the gate in one of those electric vehicles.
Re: Finally accepting an offered seat on the tram
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:46 pm
by LeonG
colincostello wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:48 am
Its now happened twice in one day! I had someone offer me their seat on my first tram and then someone did the same on a second tram. Is my decline that bad?
I checked my face in the mirror and saw 2 large bags under my eyes. So large that EasyJet might well charge me for them next time I fly.
Oh well.
You could wear sunglasses but then they may think you are blind