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A reminder of why you shouldn’t be quick to judge who’s sitting in Japans’ priority train seats
投稿日 2018年7月10日 10:00:01 (ニュース)
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Pregnant woman’s “battle” for a seat has a twist ending.
In the corner of just about every train car in Japan you’ll find a bench of “priority seats.” While they’re shaped and sized just like any other seats on the train, the priority seats are there for passengers who have an especially strong need for a place to sit, as opposed to stand, during their journey.
Good manners dictate that priority seats should be kept clear for, or at least given up for, passengers who are elderly, physically disabled, or pregnant. Of course, sometimes entirely able-bodied individuals snag one of the seats and don’t want to vacate it, and this is what appeared to be happening on a train recently being ridden by Japanese Twitter user @otamiotanomi.
今日少し混んだ電車で
妊婦さん乗ってくる
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座席に座ってる若い女性の前に立つ
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バッグをズラして妊婦マークを見せる
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女性、スマホに夢中で気付かない
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妊婦さん自らのお腹を大きく撫でる
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女性、やっと気付く
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そして
自分も妊婦マークを見せる
という戦いを見た。
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おたみ (@otamiotanomi) July 05, 2018
@otamiotanomi, who was standing, noticed a pregnant woman step onto the train and make her way over to the priority seats, only to find them all occupied. But rather than try to find a seat elsewhere, the pregnant woman took up a standing position in front of a younger woman who was sitting in one of the priority seats. When the younger woman didn’t make any move to give up her seat, the pregnant woman made a show of shifting her purse on her shoulder, showing off the pregnancy marker that many pregnant women in Japan carry in order to subtly state their claim for a priority seat.
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▼ A pregnancy marker, declaring “There’s a baby in my tummy.”
友人の妊婦マーク。ANA仕様。 https://t.co/fymDfQErUs
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とび子 (@Hikaru_hb) May 21, 2017
But the younger woman continued to sit and fiddle with her smartphone. Figuring she had to make a more overt issue of her pregnancy, the pregnant woman then began rubbing her stomach in large, expansive strokes, and this finally got the young woman’s attention. Yet even this didn’t convince her to give up her seat, because instead of standing up, the younger woman instead shifted her own purse, revealing her pregnancy mark.
“I witnessed a battle,” @otamiotanomi tweeted, and while that’s a dramatic way of putting it, his story made waves throughout the Japanese Internet, earning well over 150,000 likes. It’s a good reminder that you can’t always judge with just a quick glance what sort of physical conditions a person may have. Even people who look young, fit, and non-pregnant may have injuries or ailments that make it painful or even impossible for them to stand for extended periods of time, and keeping in mind the possibility of circumstances beyond your perception is the best way to mentally deal with such situations (repeated shanking, of course, remains the worst way).
Source: Twitter/@otamiotanomi via Jin
Top image: Pakutaso
Source: SORA NEWS24
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