A big part of character is manners. Sometimes it’s as simple as “please and thank you”, opening up doors for others and “have a nice day.” It’s truly the simple things that go a long way.
This is true in every culture, not just here in America. So, when I saw this video, I just cringed. In China, a man waits with his pregnant wife in a waiting room. There are plenty of seats, but people already occupy these seats. Of course, all of these dopes are on their cell phones, oblivious to what is going on (or at least they play it off that way). None of these young people offered to give up their seats to the pregnant woman. After waiting for a while, the woman’s legs went numb. She needed to sit. So, her husband crouched down on the floor and formed a human chair for his wife to sit on.
Joe’s Perspective: I pretty much gave my perspective above, but I’ll emphasize it here. In China, the follow up stories focused on the husband’s loving gesture for his wife. And, it was, but…what about the ignorance of the others in this story? Did no one teach them manners? For me, I don’t care where you come from, who your parents are or what God you pray to (or don’t pray to), you get your butt out of that seat and offer your chair to that pregnant woman. Period. If she says no, you ask again and then you demand that she take your seat. You say, “My mama taught me better than that,” or “I won’t be able to sleep tonight if you don’t take my seat, please, please, please. I’m begging you.”
Put up away your damn phone. Take your nose out of social media and be social. Care more about the people right in front of you than the “friend” commenting on your posts.
Your Turn: Do you feel as strongly about this as I do or am I over-reacting? Explain.
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I agree to every thing you said because if their in social media because you have no idea how long their going to last so they better care more about the people right in front of them I might be on the xbox but I don’t stay on forever now I still go hang out with my sisters and my friends. I will never stop for something so stupid like a xbox or ps4, i will play games for them i will take them to the Y.M.C.A not to play games because you never never know how long the will last.
i agree with every thing you said in this article.with social media
i agree to every thing you said because if their in socic meidia becuae you have no idea how long their oing to last so they better care more about the people right in frong of them i mght be on the abox but i dont stay on forever now i still go hang out with my sisters and my friends.i will never stop for somethings so stupid like a xobx or ps4.i will play games for them. i will take them to the y.m.c.a not to play games because you never never know how long the will last
I completely agree with this. It’s sad to see that people are so attached to their phones, that they can’t see whats going on right in front of them.It would have been amazing to see a person get up and give up their seat for that woman. Sadly, not everyone has good manners. That’s why its important to learn manners and help others around you.
I agree that somebody should’ve given up their seat for this poor woman. I feel bad that her husband had to become a human chair for her just because people are either rude, or to much into their phones to see that there is a poor pregnant woman that has no seat. It was most likely very uncomfortable to have another human sitting on your back that has another human inside her. If I were there I would’ve gave up my seat for this poor woman. People need to pay attention to what’s going on around them more, rather than be on their phones 24/7. Thank you! Byyyyeeeeeeeee!!!!!
Nobody could truly be a friend if you’ve never met them. They can be lying to you through the web. You can’t know them if you don’t actually spend time with them. Spend enough time to act polite away from the phone.
I agree with what you said because the world would be a better place if people would be kind and have manners tord
i love that people can be like that i think that every body should be doing that
I agree with you and you are not over reacting because people do need to get off their phones and actually look around and see who need help like if people took the time to actually look around they most likely would have let her sit down in their seat and they could stand up.
I agree that somebody should’ve given up their seat for the woman. I feel bad that her husband had to become a human chair for her just because people are not paying attention
I agree but than I disagree I agree because you do need to put up your phone and stay off social. I disagree because you don’t need to care about nobody but yourself that’s how I feel. I don’t worry about nobody but yourself but you should spend time with your family more. I really don’t play the game like that I be on the phone more than I play the game. I really disagree about this one.
I agree that someone should’ve given up there seat for this lady instead of sitting there on there phone not worried about the lady so focused on social media in whats going on in the world should be focused on whats going on right then and there instead of worrying about the social media in whats going on the media.
if i was sitting down in one of those seats i would’ve got up for the wife, just because i observe a lot and i am a kind person. i problem would not have gotten up right away but if i noticed the man being a chair for the wife then i would’ve let the lady sit down and i wouldn’t mind standing up because i’m not the one that’s pregnant. and then you have to think about the husband also that too much stress on his back especially on how the way he was positioned .
i agree because it is the right thing to do.
I agree about in principle about social media and manners 100% but I see empty chairs against the wall in the pic.
Maybe it would be helpful just to get someone’s attention and ask if she may have their seat. Sometimes it’s better if we talk to people instead of about them and allow a paradigm shift to take place. Just a thought.
People need to show respect to one another. To have general politeness and a bit of common sense. The world would be a better place if more people bothered to take a few moments out of their day just to show some half-decent manners and respect.
I believe people need to show respect to one another between what type of actions. This article was good because it shows how people respect each other and how they have good manners.
this shows composure because if i were that lady i would have yelled at someone to give me a seat
he is not wrong, the others didn’t care to see the somebody else is struggling.
I think that people should have basic manners but also should not be judged if they dont do what is seemed to be the right thing. This is becuase the person not willing to give up their seat could have a not visible disability at the time. For example, most prostec users can only tell if they are wearing shorts so they might not want to give their seat up.
I definitely agree to this, I was taught very well manners from my parents so when i see people that cant do simple things it annoys me. This is a very serious topic on how people should get taught to be better, and have some respect at least. Social media is taking over and creating a fake life for some people which rots their brains. everything would be so much easier if people learned to have some respect and do simple things for others.