On 2010-04-07, David Cantrell wrote:
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 09:46:52AM +0100, Tom Barry wrote:

Also insert usual point that double deckers have risks that bendies
don't, such as people falling downstairs,

So don't stand on the stairs when the bus is moving. Or if you're so
unstable on your pins that you can't walk up and down stairs safely,
stay on the lower deck. There are seats reserved for the elderly and
infirm, and passengers generally give them up when needed.

When requested, if you're lucky. Without grumping at you, if you're even
more lucky.

E.

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 08:06:15PM +0100, Eric wrote:
On 2010-04-07, David Cantrell wrote:
So don't stand on the stairs when the bus is moving. Or if you're so
unstable on your pins that you can't walk up and down stairs safely,
stay on the lower deck. There are seats reserved for the elderly and
infirm, and passengers generally give them up when needed.
When requested

Well DUH. How else is some random stranger who's never seen you before
and is far more interested in reading a book than in carefully examining
everyone else to see if they might need a seat going to know that you
need his seat?

if you're lucky

Total cases I've seen where someone who bothered to ask didn't get a
seat: zero.

Sure, there's the odd lout who refuses, but there are always decent
people on the bus too.

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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place
of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their
households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They
contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.
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