Old Lady On Bus - I Didn't Give Up My Seat

Haha! Good for her! What did the old woman do after?

Yesterday I was sitting on the bottom deck - quite quiet, not very busy - and I was asked by an old lady if I she could have my seat. I wasn't sitting next to anyone, I was next to the window and I was about 2 rows away from the elderly designated spot.
I asked her why and she told me because 'she liked the window seat' - There was at least 6 empty spaces which she could have gone to and 2 of those had a window view. And when I refused to give up my seat she started prattling on about how she's earned more right to a seat than I have etc. She eventually shuffled over to one of the other window seats, but she started moaning about me when I was within earshot.

I'm a little stunned at how ungreatful she was and her reasoning for wanting a window seat is just ridiculous. She was just plain rude.

Another incident which annoyed me was when I had been waiting for a bus for about 10 minutes and a group of elderly people arrived about 3 minutes before the bus arrived - they noticed I had been waiting first, but when the bus appeared they all moved forward infront of me and got on first, without even asking me if they could get on first.

It's that deserving/expectant attitude that some old people have which really annoys me a lot. I'd happily give up my place in line or my seat if I was asked nicely and if they gave me a decent reasoning for doing so. But it's that 'we're old, we deserve everything' attitude which annoys me so much.

Have you ever had a similar experience/known of something similar??

This sort of situation I've known occur a lot. I do agree that we should respect our elders, and of course if it had been in another situation, its manners to give up your seat. It seems here however, that this woman was just trying to assert her authority over you. This happens with a lot of the elderly I'm afraid. They think all of us under 50, are ungrateful, selfish, chavs etc etc, when that's hardly the case. She was merely trying to prove a point, and to be honest you were right to act the way you did.

A somewhat similar situation I was on an extremely crowded train. Most seats were booked, but there was a fair few that were available. The rest of us just had to stand. There was so many of us standing that there was a lot of pushing and shoving and it really wasn't comfortable. I saw from the other end of the compartment there was a heavily pregnant woman being knocked about, and did anyone offer her a seat? Of course not! No one was physically handicapped from what I could see, and the majority sitting were easily over 50. Now I known we are selfish and many of those had payed for a pre-booked seat, yet I know there were others who weren't...why couldn't they have given up their seat?!? Instead of any sympathy from these people, this poor girl was getting tutted because she was younger mother!!! Outrageous...

Tutted? They actually tutted at her?

Free bus passes annoy me. Why should students have to pay over £200 for a bus pass when everyone over 60 gets one for free.

One time I had an old woman come up to me and my friends and say 'which one of you is going to give up your seat' I would have done this anyway, but the attitude made me feel a bit murderous. Some times old people should just hurry up and die.

...Your legs work fine, I just saw you give Usain Bolt a run for his money, go sit in the empty spaces behind me.

Another incident which annoyed me was when I had been waiting for a bus for about 10 minutes and a group of elderly people arrived about 3 minutes before the bus arrived - they noticed I had been waiting first, but when the bus appeared they all moved forward infront of me and got on first, without even asking me if they could get on first.

Tutted? They actually tutted at her?

This is a genuine question; is there some kind of etiquette I wasn't aware of that states the order people should get on the bus is dictated by who arrived at the bus stop first? Never come across this in my life, it's always just whoever's closest to the door gets that on first.

I had something like this happen once. I was on a packed bus (it's a uni city, all the buses are packed) and I saw this reasonably fit, healthy pensioner run for the bus. Yeah, run. At full pelt with her bags.
I, too, was probably 2-3 rows back from the 'pensioner seats' but they were already full of pensioners. So this woman gets on the bus, flashes her bus pass and comes and glares at me expectantly because I'm the youngest person near her precious pensioner seat. I'm sorry love, but you are fitter than I am, I certainly could not run at that speed so don't give me that look because I'm going to be slightly closer to the front of the bus.
Your legs work fine, I just saw you give Usain Bolt a run for his money, go sit in the empty spaces behind me.

It well annoyed me. -.-