The older gentleman who gave up his bus seat for a pregnant lady is

[riversedge]

my HERO of the day!!

Link to tweet

[elias7]

1. Funny, but isn't chivalry and virtue signaling dead?

Only kidding in part…

[Hope22]

28. When you get pregnant you'll understand

That it’s about humanity not chivalry! A halfway joke about a pregnant woman in this country is not funny at all. Pretty much you said it the first time….we’re on our own.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. HAH!

[NoRethugFriends]

3. no doubt staged

[orleans]

11. exactly. i was gonna ask: what improv troupe are they with? nt

[NoRethugFriends]

18. I am amazed others seem not to realize. The camera was out at the very beginning of the action

[hlthe2b]

23. No... Most just are not willing to miss the point of this little "life play" in skit form.

Don't fail to see the forest for the trees, folks.

[hlthe2b]

4. PERFECT!!!!

I want to meet that guy (the older one, obviously)... LOL

[hlthe2b]

5. I advocate for giving up one's seat to anyone, male or female, young or old, that needs help...

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The one time I was on crutches, I cannot tell you how many times I had doors slammed in my face as I was trying to negotiate both steps and entrance doors to grocery stores, post offices, restaurants-- you name it.

If anything sensitized me to the fact we are too often far too self-absorbed or just clueless louts, it was that experience. So, I try very hard not to add to the problem.

[riversedge]

6. Thank you.

[Lonestarblue]

7. I've had the same experience in stores that lack automatic doors.

Many people just do not bother looking behind them to see if anyone is following them through the door. Part of the problem may be that we get so used to doors that open and close automatically that we no longer think about those that don’t.

[Katcat]

16. I know what you're talking about

When I broke my ankle a few years ago and had to shop at Walmart, ii used one of their scooters. I was going to go down one aisle in the pharmacy area and I swear a woman looked at me and then MOVED HER BUGGY IN FRONT OF ME. I had to back up and go around another aisle.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This made me smile

[JoseBalow]

9. Is this a Mentos* commercial?

*The Freshmaker

[ShazzieB]

10. OMG, what a perfect finale!

I literally cackled, so loudly I woke up my cat and got the stinkeye from her! (She's gone back to sleep already.)

I was incensed when that lout offered to let her sit on his knee (what a jerk), but the ending made it all better.

If this was staged, they did a damned fine job.

[calimary]

19. I love this! That big guy served some just desserts that day!

[patphil]

12. I don't know, looks like a setup to me. A "made for X" video.

But still funny.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Sure, so what if it is. Perhaps the point is made more clearly by scripting and acting. So what

It doesn't seem to be sold as actuality.

The Xitter caption seems to be like a PSA: "A humorous awareness video". There is a logo F in the upper right.

[Think. Again.]

29. Yeah, I'm a little confused about...

...why folks are thinking this a random live video.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. I was taken on first viewing, but something made me view it several times until I could confirm it must be acted. . . nt

[Think. Again.]

31. Bu there's a camera set up and sub-par acting...

[MurrayDelph]

13. My wife and I got on the bus at a national park

(I don't remember which)

The driver saw these two middle-aged people walking with canes, and announced that the bus was NOT moving until someone gave up their seats for us.

[erronis]

14. Not just an older gentleman, but looks like someone the punk wouldn't want to mess with.

[sab390]

15. I am 68 years old

I remember every time I screwed up. One time I was self absorbed and blew out door an older woman was trying to get into. Another woman, younger, read me the riot act and rightfully so. About 45 years ago and I still remember her face and everything she said. We all fail, the key is to remember and learn.

[KS Toronado]

17. If you look out the window at the moving scenery.

it changes with the two clips of the older guy sitting down, was staged somewhere other than a real city bus.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Nope, but there is an empty seat at the back of the bus and an F logo in the upper right

The second sit on the guy is the same as the first, but zoomed in slightly in post-production and slowed down. The young actor's movements are identical.

But the other clues (in my reply title) and the steady-cam videography indicate it is staged.

[KS Toronado]

24. May have been the zoom that confused me.

[poli-junkie]

21. And she has a pillow under her shirt.

[GenThePerservering]

25. ::sigh::

this was a human awareness video, people.

No need to pull it apart.

[chowder66]

26. "A humorous awareness video" is the caption

Above the video in the tweet. It’s right there!

[sheshe2]

27. Staged or not.

It was a great teaching moment.

It did make me lol.