So much for chivalry...

My belly is quite large and I probably look like an about-to-pop momma, so it's been nice when people have offered to hold doors for me or let me off the elevator first.

I had to go to the grocery store with my toddler today. At the entrance to the store, where the carts are kept, I pulled one out of the line and threw my diaper bag in. Then I bent over and told my son to get ready to jump. I noticed an early-20's guy standing next to me. Silly me, I thought he was going to offer to help get my son in the cart. When I made eye contact with him, he made an impatient gesture, pointed at the line of carts and raised his eyebrows at me. Apparently I was blocking him from getting to his own cart! I got my son in the cart myself and got away from that guy as fast as my waddling body would allow. Sheesh!

 

Sheesh is right! so sorry!

 

some guys are soooo impatient!

 

That's just a lovely story. :angry: Must be why I have told my boys since they were small that they should help people with heavy stuff because that's why men have the big muscles! (Of course, it is only proper to ask before picking up someone else's child, so no wonder that's what you expected.) Sorry you had to deal with such a bozo.

 

Chivalry is dead! :angry:

I take three trains into Washington DC to get to work during the week. Most of the time the men are fighting to get a seat and don't give a damn if you're standing there with a huge belly in front of you. Women have been much kinder since I have been pregnant. They are normally the first to give up a seat for me. I guess they can relate better.

 

QUOTE(Mairoge @ Apr 10 2008, 08:46 AM) [snapback]714905[/snapback]
Chivalry is dead! :angry:

I take three trains into Washington DC to get to work during the week. Most of the time the men are fighting to get a seat and don't give a damn if you're standing there with a huge belly in front of you. Women have been much kinder since I have been pregnant. They are normally the first to give up a seat for me. I guess they can relate better.


It will live again. I have also drilled into my boys that as able-bodied males, I expect THEM to stand up on a bus/train if there is a shortage of seats. And they did when we were in DC in December. I didn't have to remind them or anything.

 

sorry. A little help would be nice.

 

It's great that you're teaching them early!

QUOTE(rubyturquoise @ Apr 10 2008, 10:53 AM) [snapback]715035[/snapback]
It will live again. I have also drilled into my boys that as able-bodied males, I expect THEM to stand up on a bus/train if there is a shortage of seats. And they did when we were in DC in December. I didn't have to remind them or anything.

 

QUOTE(Mairoge @ Apr 10 2008, 09:46 AM) [snapback]714905[/snapback]
Chivalry is dead! :angry:

I take three trains into Washington DC to get to work during the week. Most of the time the men are fighting to get a seat and don't give a damn if you're standing there with a huge belly in front of you. Women have been much kinder since I have been pregnant. They are normally the first to give up a seat for me. I guess they can relate better.


I used to ride the light rail in Baltimore to get to work. I always noticed men and young people (teens-20s) dashing to the seats as quickly as they could. I lost track of the number of times I gave up my seat to an obviously pregnant woman or an elderly person. One day I even saw someone step over a seeing-eye dog to snatch a seat from a blind person. Ugh!

I have been doing my best so far to instill good manners in my son, too. Even before he could talk, I always worked on Please and Thank Yous, and now we're working on saying Excuse Me if someone is in his way. He's got a ways to go before he can open doors for someone, but he does like to carry things for you.

 

nice; i cant believe how many rude people there are out there we encountered that alot in the big city but we live in a smaller city and its great! the bus drivers even ask me how im doing/how much longer