Woman sparks debate after giving up seat on the Tube
A woman has sparked a debate on tube etiquette after giving up her seat on the London Underground for a young boy.
The woman involved said the boy's mother asked her to let her son sit down because he was just a child.
She later questioned whether she made the right decision.
The post led to some debating in what circumstance an adult should give up a seat for a child, while others shared their experiences of being asked to stand.
Describing the incident on Reddit, the woman said: On the busy tube and managed to get a seat when a woman tells me give my seat to her son because ‘he’s just a child.
He looked 10 years old and she didn’t say he needed a seat for any particular reason.
I stared at her in disbelief and didn’t even know what to say and then she raised h...