An incident on the tram

[pi]

There are moments when you should speak up, and there are moments where you need to learn to let it go. You have to learn how to distinguish between the two, and when to make the right call #westernburbs

This.

For small things like this, let it go

[teletubbies_95]

I swear I read about a similar incident in the mX yesterday!

[Mr Keshy]

I find it hard to let go of even small things! After what ever happens, happens, I'm always constantly thinking "what if I did this, what if I did that?"

But in this situation, it was almost win-win. Give up your seat, the lady looks like a tool, don't give up your seat, you stood your ground and the lady got what she deserved!

[Stick]

Don't give up the seat and you run the risk of violence. :|

[Mr Keshy]

Don't give up the seat and you run the risk of violence. :|

Maybe if the person in question was Vin Diesel , but in this kind of situation, I can't see why a mini debate can't be held, and if the lady becomes abusive, give up your seat, and she looks like an even bigger tool!

[Stick]

I don't think that's a good idea...

[Mr Keshy]

I don't think that's a good idea...

I don't see why you shouldn't be able to at least try and reason with somebody as to why you're right? I wouldn't want to be pushed over for things like this all the time, personally. But again, this is on the trivial side of things so I guess I wouldn't try too hard..

[pi]

I'd rather just stand up than make a big deal out of it. Much simpler for everyone, standing up isn't a big deal anyway.

[Bad Student]

I think you made the right decision to give up your seat. If you didn't, something like this might have happened.

[Mr Keshy]

Yeah I've seen a similar video before 

[Fyrefly]

Technically people travelling on school concession cards are required to give up their seats to full fare passengers. In saying that though, you shouldn't have to give into a bully like that woman. Back in high school, I probably would've been shocked enough to just give up the seat, like the students you saw. It's a level of rudeness that takes people aback. Of course, if it happened to me these days I'd probably say something sassy like, "You gonna say 'please'?" It'd put her in her place if she had to be polite to me. If she'd refused to use manners, I would have refused to give up the seat.

I have an incident that kind of haunts me because I was so shocked by it. I was walking home from school with a friend one day, and a middle-aged man was walking the opposite direction. The footpath was too narrow for three people, and I couldn't move over without forcing my friend into a tree. The grass was firm and flat (it was almost summer - no mud or anything) so I figured the man would just walk on the nature strip for a few paces to pass us. Instead he walked right in the middle of the footpath, and rammed me. It was obviously intentional, and he'd braced himself right before he hit me. I said sorry automatically even though I knew it wasn't my fault, and he abused the fk out of me. My shoulder was really bruised, and I was pretty shaken.

It really sucks, but there are a lot of lowlifes out there. A lot of adults will bully school-aged people because they have sad lives, and they don't have the guts to pick on someone their own size.