An old man on a bus in Wuhan showed that he still has some strength in his bones when he aggressively pulled a younger girl up out of her seat and took it for his own.
The old man, who wanted the seat for himself, claimed to have a leg handicap that necessitated him sitting there. His temper was quickly set off when the girl in the seat ignored him by staring at her phone and a spectacle ensued.
Ironically the seat of interest was one of the ones in the front designated for weak or disabled passengers, but the display of strength by the old man doesn’t quite seem to fit the bill for a person that would need such a seat. To the surprise of many passengers, there were even other seats available on the bus.
In contrary to the man’s supposed handicap, video footage from the bus showed that he walks and moves around like a normal person.
While it is still possible that he suffers from a handicap, it remains clear that his legs at least seem to function quite normal.
Source: wenxuecity.com
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Some handicaps are mild enough to remain unnoticeable at a casual glance, automatically assuming the girl being the victim has something to do with cultural programming....
Jun 22, 2015 09:43 Report Abuse
If the man was old, then the girl should have offered her seat. But I can't see why the man couldn't politely ask the woman to move. Although manners are not a strong quality of the Chinese race. They really are a totally different species. I often see old people standing on the bus and nobody wants to let them sit down, it's despicable. No respect for the elderly in this society. But this certainly isn't the way to earn respect either, but maybe he was tired and frustrated.
Jun 21, 2015 15:37 Report Abuse
It's dog eat dog everywhere in public in China and people (barely) make concessions, have manners and a sense of civility toward their blood relatives. No generalized sense of civic duty
Jun 23, 2015 00:31 Report Abuse
I feel that's what everyone in the Beijing subway wants to do... but they just contain themselves lol. They all have that passive aggressive look on their faces when you're sitting down.
Jun 21, 2015 11:39 Report Abuse
It was a disabled seat. The girl should have stood up and moved to another open seat. Regardless of disability, age qualifies the man to get the seat. Both the old man and the girl were being rude here.
Jun 20, 2015 14:22 Report Abuse
Yup, neither of them is the victim here. Both are just rude, arrogant, ignorant folk just looking out for themselves.
Jun 20, 2015 19:24 Report Abuse
Honestly most of the time, I'm the only one that gets up for bent backed old ladies......Primary school kids and me, everyone else just does the look away gambit.........From where I live, that old lady probably had to eat her kids back in 59 she can damn well have a five minute rest on the bus
Jun 21, 2015 05:11 Report Abuse
people often do it, they just look for the weakest person.
Jun 22, 2015 16:31 Report Abuse
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