{"id":3324,"date":"2009-08-17T21:23:31","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2009-08-17T21:23:31","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T13:23:31","slug":"another-way-to-reserve-a-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/08\/another-way-to-reserve-a-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Way to Reserve a Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/128.jpg?resize=216%2C288\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After so many years, I still don&#8217;t understand why some commuters steer clear of reserved seats on trains and buses totally. This is so in some other countries too. It seems to reflect inflexibility in thinking. These are priority seats for the more needy &#8211; the elderly, pregnant, handicapped and those carrying kids. But even when none of them are in sight, while other seats are already taken, some still avoid these seats. The truth, is when there are none of the more needy around and when you need a seat, these seats become priority seats for you! Why reserve or relinquish a seat for nobody? Why be compassionate to no one when you can be kind to someone? Who? Yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, when you take up such seats, you should still be vigilant &#8211; and look out for new boarding commuters who need them more. Then again, this applies whether you are on a reserved seat or not, though those on reserved seats are more obliged to give them up. You can also see taking up a reserved seat as a way to reserve one, to ensure there will be a seat available for someone who needs it more! This is so as some occupy reserved seats while pretending not to see commuters who need them more. As long as you are not one of these folks, please take a seat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After so many years, I still don&#8217;t understand why some commuters steer clear of reserved seats on trains and buses&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photojournal","tag-compassion","wpcat-341-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}