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優先席 (Priority seat) - sinsin08051

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Bus People: Friendly and Odd

Bus People: Friendly and Odd

As I waited for the bus yesterday, I sat on the bus bench outside one pawn shop and across the street from another.  An older man came along and picked up some litter that was in the bus shelter and I thanked him. “You’re a good man,” I said as he took it to the litter bin. “I do this every day,” he said, “but it comes back every time.”

When he returned from depositing the trash, he told me that…

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I’m sure you are all familiar with the priority seats in public transport. In China, the common categories are (by order): elderly people, weak people, people with illness, people with disabilities, pregnant women. (Although the definition of weak and illness is very vague) In France, I noticed what’s listed on top is disabled war veterans(I created the icon since there’s only word descriptions), followed by blind people and injured workers, with elderly people over the age of 75 in the end(very precise!) While I was searching more information on priority seats, I found out that in Bangkok, Thailand, the first place on the priority list are reserved for monks. I can’t help but wonder if the difference of the categories and their specific orders also also says something about each society, about their value and organisation. Putting veterans forward emphasis the idea of a nation, while reserving place for monks shows respect and the connections Buddhism has with the Thai State and Thai culture? In China, we are educated from a young age to respect the elderly and always offer seats to them in public transport, yet nowadays you also see people from younger generation questioning/ignoring this “rule”, which also indicates the evolution of traditional values and the influence of other cultures.

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Priority Seating

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Strange pecking order of the vulnerable in Korean subways

Ahn Ji-young, a 31-year-old woman living in Seoul, has avoided taking public transportation since becoming pregnant. “I’m worried about my baby,” said Ahn, who expects to deliver her child next month. “I get stressed and anxious whenever I sit on a priority seat on the subway. I’m constantly worried about being attacked by the elderly.”Throughout her pregnancy, Ahn ― staggering to hold balance with her burgeon...

This is the reality of the Korean subway system. While it may be the most efficient, the cleanest, and the most reliable mass transit system, there is still a strong bias against pregnant women.

While elderly priority seats are always left open, pregnancy seating is NEVER open, even when the train isn’t crowded and even when the seats are clearly labeled.