My brother... What a Hero

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 04:33PM #1

Funny story my brother told me last night....

He was on the Luas and actually had a seat. It was full considering the seats and on the next stop an elderly lady came on (60+ he reckoned). My brother decided to get up and offer her his seat because like he said to me, "it has to be done". He tipped her on the shoulder and offered her the seat. At this she freaked out. She gave out saying what age he thought she was and he was very rude to offer! My brother is a no bullsh!t kinda guy so he just said "well do you want the seat?".

At this she said "Of course!". My brother could not believe how unnecessarily rude she was about taking the seat but just as she was sitting down (about 1cm off the seat as my brother put it) the luas pulled off. At this she fell over and landed on her face!

Now I'm not delighted she fell but at the same time couldn't help but think karma might have had something to do with it!!!

:):D

5starpool · 13-02-2008 04:34PM

Was her name Earl?

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 04:40PM

Havn't a clue... Why?

5starpool · 13-02-2008 04:40PM

Obviously you are not a fan of My name is Earl, a tv comedy about karma basically.

Charlie · 13-02-2008 04:46PM

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Funny story my brother told me last night....

He was on the Luas and actually had a seat. It was full considering the seats and on the next stop an elderly lady came on (60+ he reckoned). My brother decided to get up and offer her his seat because like he said to me, "it has to be done". He tipped her on the shoulder and offered her the seat. At this she freaked out. She gave out saying what age he thought she was and he was very rude to offer! My brother is a no bullsh!t kinda guy so he just said "well do you want the seat?".

At this she said "Of course!". My brother could not believe how unnecessarily rude she was about taking the seat but just as she was sitting down (about 1cm off the seat as my brother put it) the luas pulled off. At this she fell over and landed on her face!

Now I'm not delighted she fell but at the same time couldn't help but think karma might have had something to do with it!!! :):D

As my mates would say..clisics!

I hate old women on buses, there the rudest fcukers a decent joe can meet. They constantly have to be first on the bus, skipping the rest, even when there's only 8 or so people in the que!!! Grrrrr you'll still get your seat Agnes!

I'm convinced many of them just spend there days riding in an out of town on there bus pass, seeing how many people they can mug off in a day.

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 04:46PM

5starpool wrote: »

Obviously you are not a fan of My name is Earl, a tv comedy about karma basically.

Oh right yeah I get ya now! No I don't watch it. Wish I did though just so I would have got that joke!:D

Sir Gallagher · 13-02-2008 04:51PM

He should have told her to f/uck off when she said she wanted the seat, cheeky bitch.

markpb · 13-02-2008 04:54PM

He probably should have sat back down, stretched his legs out and looked comfortable as anything. Of course then he'd have missed the karma moment

MrJoeSoap · 13-02-2008 04:55PM

Delighted for her.

Rb · 13-02-2008 04:55PM

Lol, that would have been a great thing to witness.

Fcking old people.

Barlow07 · 13-02-2008 04:57PM

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Funny story my brother told me last night....

He was on the Luas and actually had a seat. It was full considering the seats and on the next stop an elderly lady came on (60+ he reckoned). My brother decided to get up and offer her his seat because like he said to me, "it has to be done". He tipped her on the shoulder and offered her the seat. At this she freaked out. She gave out saying what age he thought she was and he was very rude to offer! My brother is a no bullsh!t kinda guy so he just said "well do you want the seat?".

At this she said "Of course!". My brother could not believe how unnecessarily rude she was about taking the seat but just as she was sitting down (about 1cm off the seat as my brother put it) the luas pulled off. At this she fell over and landed on her face!

Now I'm not delighted she fell but at the same time couldn't help but think karma might have had something to do with it!!! :):D

I was on train one afternoon and offered my seat to American lady who i thought may need it, she took offense at first when i mentioned it, but she acutally laughed and said she wasnt as old i may suspect :rolleyes:.

I generally dont offer my seat anymore. ( safer me thinks )

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 05:06PM

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

He should have told her to f/uck off when she said she wanted the seat, cheeky bitch.

He said he was in semi-disbelief at her reaction. Afterwards when he thought on it he said he should have alright but...

markpb wrote: »

then he'd have missed the karma moment

rb_ie wrote: »

Lol, that would have been a great thing to witness.

Fcking old people.

I would have loved to have seen it too. Although I would have missed out on my brother telling the story. He is one of those people who are really good at telling stories. Think he has got ambitions to become a comedian!!! I hope he does one of the funniest people I know

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 05:12PM

Barlow07 wrote: »

I generally dont offer my seat anymore. ( safer me thinks )

Is that bad form though? Does anyone not get that feeling when an elderly person gets on the bus/train/boat/plane/car/bike that you feel compelled to stand up and offer your seat???

pd101 · 13-02-2008 05:15PM

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Is that bad form though? Does anyone not get that feeling when an elderly person gets on the bus/train/boat/plane/car/bike that you feel compelled to stand up and offer your seat???

Not if thats the reaction you're going to get. Let them stand.:D

ejmaztec · 13-02-2008 05:22PM

Hasn't anyone got any respect for wrinkly old offensive coffin-dodging crones anymore? Don't know what the world's coming to.

Morrigan · 13-02-2008 05:23PM

charlie mchugh wrote: »

I'm convinced many of them just spend there days riding in an out of town on there bus pass, seeing how many people they can mug off in a day.

I know that's what I plan to do as soon as I get my free bus pass... that'll teach them young whippersnappers who've not been born yet ... and you'd think the robot war and apocalypse of 2051 would've been enough to rob them of their condescension... but no... there they go, all patronizing-like to their surviving bionic-elders...

briantwin · 13-02-2008 05:24PM

I generally would offer my seat. If its an elderly person i'd offer my seat up definitely. I remember once i did get up to let this old dear sit down and this guy just sat in the seat as she was gathering her bags. So i told him i had gotten up to let her sit down and for him to get up. He just stared straight through me. So the ould one came over and started telling him how if maybe he was little bit more mannerly and a little less ignorant maybe God wouldn't have made him a fat ,bald ,suit (business man type). It was very very funny, fair balls to the guy he sat there going redder as everyone was lookin over at him ,then he got off at the next stop with a big red face on him.

Lawless_Samurai · 13-02-2008 05:26PM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Hasn't anyone got any respect for wrinkly old offensive coffin-dodging crones anymore? Don't know what the world's coming to.

My brother does and all it got him was an ear full

Rb · 13-02-2008 05:35PM

Lawless_Samurai wrote: »

Is that bad form though? Does anyone not get that feeling when an elderly person gets on the bus/train/boat/plane/car/bike that you feel compelled to stand up and offer your seat???

I used to. I don't use public transport much anymore though, but when I did I got sick of them taking it for granted, not saying thanks etc. and eventually stopped doing it, preferring to watch them try to hold themselves up as the LUAS/Bus took a corner. Good times.

FunkZ · 13-02-2008 06:04PM

Quality, she got what she deserved. Aul' hag.

giveth · 13-02-2008 06:18PM

A few weeks ago someone I know was on a bus in Galway and saw the following:

A dwarf ("person of low stature" to be PC) got on the bus and a student got up and offered him his seat. The dwarf got really offended by this and started shouting/cussing at the student for a while. The student was really embarrassed and slunked down in his seat again.

A while later, an old lady who saw all this (as did everyone else on the bus) was getting off. She commended the student and as she was getting off said to the dwarf: "Hey Grumpy! What has snow white done to get you in such a bad mood?".

loved to have seen it!

Mossy Monk · 13-02-2008 06:23PM

giveth wrote: »

"Hey Grumpy! What has snow white done to get you in such a bad mood?".

Excellent. Some people are arseholes just for the sake of it.

MrJoeSoap · 13-02-2008 06:23PM

giveth wrote: »

A few weeks ago someone I know was on a bus in Galway and saw the following:

A dwarf ("person of low stature" to be PC) got on the bus and a student got up and offered him his seat. The dwarf got really offended by this and started shouting/cussing at the student for a while. The student was really embarrassed and slunked down in his seat again.

A while later, an old lady who saw all this (as did everyone else on the bus) was getting off. She commended the student and as she was getting off said to the dwarf: "Hey Grumpy! What has snow white done to get you in such a bad mood?".

loved to have seen it!

I've heard that story a few times over a few years now...

togster · 13-02-2008 06:26PM

rb_ie wrote: »

I used to. I don't use public transport much anymore though, but when I did I got sick of them taking it for granted, not saying thanks etc. and eventually stopped doing it, preferring to watch them try to hold themselves up as the LUAS/Bus took a corner. Good times.

Its nice to laugh at old people?:rolleyes:

There are tards all ages. Its the lazy way out to say they're all like that

zAbbo · 13-02-2008 06:27PM

She took offence to him thinking she was old.

Eoin · 13-02-2008 06:47PM

Reminds me of a quote from Jimmy Carr (I think) : "better a fat woman crying than a pregnant woman standing".

Dudess · 13-02-2008 07:57PM

Lol

I mean if a person genuinely thinks a woman is pregnant/older than she is, they're not actually going out of their way to offend her, they've just made a mistake.

Alanstrainor · 13-02-2008 08:13PM

eoin_s wrote: »

Reminds me of a quote from Jimmy Carr (I think) : "better a fat woman crying than a pregnant woman standing".

I'd rather see a pregnant woman standing on the bus, than a fat girl sitting down crying.;)

Eoin · 13-02-2008 09:06PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I'd rather see a pregnant woman standing on the bus, than a fat girl sitting down crying.;)

Damn it, I got it completely arseways!

jazoo · 13-02-2008 11:41PM

giveth wrote: »

A few weeks ago someone I know was on a bus in Galway and saw the following:

A dwarf ("person of low stature" to be PC) got on the bus and a student got up and offered him his seat. The dwarf got really offended by this and started shouting/cussing at the student for a while. The student was really embarrassed and slunked down in his seat again.

A while later, an old lady who saw all this (as did everyone else on the bus) was getting off. She commended the student and as she was getting off said to the dwarf: "Hey Grumpy! What has snow white done to get you in such a bad mood?".

loved to have seen it!

thats and old one seen that happen with a drunk and a dwarf on the finglas bus everyone was pissing themselves laughing

source · 14-02-2008 12:46AM

I once had an old hag, stare me out and make loud very rude and insulting remarks about me when i didn't get up to offer her my seat on a bus a number of years ago( bus was packed and she was standing right next to me) The look on her face was priceless when i picked up my crutches and hobbled off the bus at my stop, I don't think i've ever seen anybody that embarrassed before or since.

My brother... What a Hero

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