Transport for London have written a report and have even issued badges. So why are many pregnant women still shy about asking for a seat on a London tube? I’m a healthy sort of lass and will take a seat as opposed to standing on the tube. But I’ll always stand for a pregnant woman, an oldie or someone who looks more in need of my seat than I. And yet there are many times when I’m too nervous to offer my seat to a woman because I’m not sure if she’s pregnant - or fat.
Which is worse? To offer my seat to a fat lass thinking she’s with child only to upset her for the rest of her day/life? Or to fail to offer my seat to a pregnant woman because I assume she’s been eating too many pies? So come on then, you ladies with bumps. If you’re pregnant and want my seat, ask and you can have it. Don’t stand in front of me with your tum in my newspaper, putting me in a dilemma of whether to offer you a seat or upset you forever. Better still, wear the Baby on Board badge. But whatever you do, make sure you get that seat. You deserve it. [Flaming Nora]