Most people have probably had a horrifying public transit experience. Cramped quarters and long waits can make people frustrated and general etiquette can often go ignored: pregnant women forced to stand in a subway car full of seated businessmen, someone taking up seats with their bags while others are crammed in a cluster, or just debates over which passenger is entitled to the armrest.
When so many people are corralled together in a very limited space, things can become a little heated. So, how can you determine who gets a seat? One woman went to Reddit to ask the community if she was in the wrong when she denied an elderly woman her son's seat on the bus.
throwawya293_ shares her story:
Alright so my son (17) has weekly therapy appointments that I take him to. Unfortunately, my husband let our daughter borrow his car and then had an emergency at work so he had to use my car so my son and I had to take the bus.