Willing to give up a seat, but not to have it snatched away！ A "divine clapback" on a Tze-Chiang Limited Express train goes viral online

▲ On assigned-seating trains, would you fight to get your seat back if it was taken? (Illustration / Photo by reporter Ji Xiangru)

Travel Center / Comprehensive Report

On assigned-seating trains, have you ever had your seat taken and not given back? One passenger shared his experience of having his seat stolen on a Tze-Chiang Limited Express. After showing his ticket, one elderly woman actually waved her hand and said"It’s okay for young people to stand a bit longer!"She also said"I saw this seat first, and I paid for it too, so let me sit here!"The passenger couldn’t help but argue with the woman and posted to express his feelings"I’m willing to give up my seat, but I don’t want it snatched"This viral clapback post was widely praised by other netizens.

This netizenon Dcardposted that he was taking the Tze-Chiang Limited Express home as usual. He looked at his assigned seat and saw it was an aisle seat, so he habitually stood for a while, waiting for the window-seat passenger to arrive and give them some convenience. Unexpectedly, an elderly woman came over, pushed him aside, and sat down directly. Soon after, the window-seat passenger arrived — a petite girl who politely said, "Excuse me, that’s my seat." The elderly woman A was stunned for a moment and actually replied:"Ah, but someone’s sitting here!"She pointed to elderly woman B.

Since the window-seat passenger had arrived, he also spoke to the woman sitting in his seat and said, "Someone’s sitting in your seat too!" and showed his ticket as proof. The elderly woman was stunned again and actually said:"It’s okay for young people to stand a bit longer!" "I saw this seat first, and I paid for it too, so let me sit here!"The original poster noticed that elderly woman B was "shamelessly trying to squeeze into the window seat," so he had a sudden idea and snatched the iPhone 6 from elderly woman A’s hand, saying, "Then your phone is mine!"

Elderly woman A panicked and shouted, "Why are you stealing my phone?" The original poster asked back, "How am I stealing your phone? What do you call this?" The elderly woman said, taking something from me without permission right in front of me, isn’t that stealing? The original poster cleverly replied:"Then taking something from me without permission right in front of me, isn’t that stealing too?"Then he flicked his train ticket.

After some arguing, it’s believed that other passengers reported the incident, and the conductor soon came over to handle it. He returned the phone to the elderly woman, explained what happened to the conductor, and the two elderly women were then taken away by the conductor. He even earned the thanks of the petite pretty girl. The original poster expressed his feelings in the post, saying:"I’m willing to give up my seat, but I don’t want it snatched."After this post was published, it quickly went viral, and many netizens commented: "I admire you, this kind of divine clapback communication is what society needs!" "So badass, do you have a girlfriend?" "Although the issue of giving up seats or not has been talked to death, every time I see it, I’m speechless — I really hate these self-righteous elderly women."