A better solution for whom?
For everyone. Because if too many people can't use the busses, I think Disney
will find a way to solve the problem. Maybe that will mean lower-capacity busses so everyone gets a seat, or separate busses accessible only with a GAC card, or who knows. I just personally think more traffic would mean we would all pay for it in transportation time. But that's kind of trying to predict the future, so no hard feelings if our guesses are different.
The point most of us are trying to make is that for the most part we see generosity in terms of seating arrangement on a bus. I have been making multiple trips a year and can see that there are more ""manners" than one would assume from reading the first post.
I never said I
didn't see generosity. In fact I said I had experienced it personally:
People did it for me lots of times - especially when I was carrying a sleeping child, so now I get to pay that forward (and teach that now-almost-grown child to do the same) because I really do think it just plain makes the world a nicer place to be.
I was just saying I thought it was a good thing whose continuation should be promoted.
However, we all have our reasons for not offering to stand if that is what we choose to do.
Which I also acknowledged:
Again, I don't look down on people who can't! I realize anyone could have a knee brace, dizzy spells, or something else I can't see, so I'm not judging you if you don't.
Honestly, I'm not judging an individual who can't help in a particular circumstance! I'm just uncomfortable with the "every man for himself" attitude as opposed to a "we're all in this together" attitude. My personal observation has been that, in crowded situations like this, the second attitude makes things run more smoothly. But we've all had different experiences, and I get that not everyone will feel the same way. I never meant to sound "holier than thou" and I apologize if I made you feel attacked.
if you are concerned that a family member will be challenged by having to stand on a bus, or will not be able to wait for the next one that comes along you have a choice: rent a car or flag a taxi.
This one does kind of set off my "well that's not fair" sense a little bit. Bus service is supposed to be included in the cost of staying on property. I come from the suburbs where most people have a car and a license, but I know that lots of people from cities
don't, so they
can't rent a car. And taxis add up fast. I feel like assuming people with disabilities should just take taxis is like telling them that Disney should cost them more than it costs me. It just makes me feel a little guilty.
With all of this said, all the holier than thou business is frustrating because it comes from observing a snapshot of another's life. It is easy to stand back and make a pronouncement based on a ten minute ride, but without knowing all that transpired before that glimpse the observation is skewed to your own lens and is useless. I cannot help but wonder if the same people who complain about "no manners", or "cell phones are more important than family" have any real idea what they are seeing when they make their determination. I often think that they do not.
That's a really good point. When you are observing a situation, you don't know the background.
Some of the people you are observing
are doing exactly the first thing that pops into your head,
but some aren't. So I do think we need to promote our own ideas without saying negative things about others. - If I encourage my son to offer someone a seat, I just explain how
he can help. I don't point at someone
not doing it and say "Don't be like that jerk." Really, I'm not a monster! But I don't think it has to be one extreme or the other, either. I think we can find a way to encourage a general attitude of sharing seats without making it a crime not to.