Bus Etiquette

Observations from the front lines of American culture: Walt Disney World during Christmas break....riding the bus.

Rule #1: If there is a female passenger on the bus between the ages of 0 and 113, and you are a male over the age of 10, your butt should not be in a seat while the lady stands. If you are sitting, I am going to assume you are being (or were) raised by barnyard animals.

Rule #2: If someone else is a gentleman, and rises to give his seat to your wife and child, this does not mean that you plop your (male) butt into the seat. You idiot.

Rule #3: Just because you have paid for a theme park ticket or a meal for your toddler, when they are on a crowded bus they do not NEED a seat to themselves. You could hold them on your lap so that another adult could sit down. Do you not like your child well enough to hold them on your lap? And your child certainly does not need to be walking around into other people's seats while the bus is moving....

Common courtesy people...has it gone out of fashion? And why are so many men happy to let me (a lady) be the gentleman for them? Three times this week I've been the one to give up my seat so an older lady or child could sit down, while men stayed in their seats. Yep, barnyard animals. Somewhere Rhett and Ashley are turning over in their graves.