Viral videos of clashes between younger and older passengers over priority seats are sparking debate across East Asia. CNN’s Will Ripley looks at how changing ideas about age, need and respect are colliding with centuries-old cultural traditions.
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Everything I see about Chinese people makes them all look like unfeeling, heartless brutes. Extremely jealous, petty, and spiteful. I know it can’t be that ALL Chinese people are rude and unfriendly, but I see so many behaving like this. I see the ghost cities of unfinished skyscrapers, I see the tofu dreg construction philosophy, the corruption and dishonesty and arrogant disdain for other people. I’m American, I know what rude people look like, and China could teach a master class.
There is a reason for priority seats, and you must not sit there unless you are in a priority group of people. Simple.
The saddest part is that nobody helped the young woman being assaulted.
Everybody was Kung Fu fighting….turu turu tutu tuu
I may sound mean here but…some elderly indeed don’t deserve respect. I see too many cases of entitled elderly shouting “This is my seat” (or even worse, looking at other passengers like they owe money) while the bus/train is almost empty 😅
take away all priority seating – problem solved. everyone thinks they are special so get rid of it
I would wear boxing gloves on these rides. Just in case.
Why won’t they attack men? They look for those that look weak. If it is a man seating, they smirk and comment under their breath. 😂
They all fight like they are in a Jackie Chan movie.
I see 👀 😂😂😂
Bro I still wouldn’t have *kicked* an elderly woman that’s crazy. Sometimes you just gotta take an L. I ain’t no monster. Kids, the elderly, and animals fall into a category where I would just have to control myself and report it or deal with it in a nonviolent way unless my actual life was in danger then some physical force would be necessary. Trying to assert your rights while hurting someone from a vulnerable population even if they themselves need to be checked is messed up.
When i just arrived in europe, i didn’t speak tha language yet but i could understood. And i was pregnant 6months but the belly was not showing much. I sat in the priority seat because i saw the drawings for those seats not only for elderly. Then an old lady got on the bus, i thought she was going to sit in front of me on other priority seats. But she pulled me out by force without asking first and said that was not my seat but her seat.
I was so shocked especially there were other priority seats facing the seat. She could just sit on the other empty priority seat instead. I was so worried about my baby inside, because i almost bumped something when she pulled me out from the seat. There were many young people standing next to, watched what happened and said nothing…
Pretty brutal, if you ask me…
I’m sure there are many entitled young people taking these seats but it’s not worth assault charges.
Old people act like they’re bullet proof & that for some reason we need to respect them but hey everyone is a tough guy until you punch them in the face