Show your manners to pregnant ladies [View all]

[The Straight Story]

AT EIGHT months pregnant with my second child, it's not hard for me to feel like the elephant in the room.

But the ability of a packed peak-hour Sydney train to ignore my supersize existence leaves me gobsmacked.

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Closer to home, even commuters in the laid-back Apple Isle can't seem to contain their anger at the suggestion they should let a pregnant woman take a load off her swollen feet. A spokeswoman for Tasmania's Rail, Tram and Bus Union said that last year a Hobart bus driver asked someone to offer their seat to the woman in question. Instead of doing the polite thing and standing up, someone called out:

"She chose to be pregnant."
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The organisation is about to celebrate its second annual International Be A Gentleman Day on February 22.
"This is a day for all (men and women) to reacquaint themselves with going about their day constantly displaying 'gentlemanly' conduct," the group proclaims on its Facebook page.

"This is a day to hold the door open for the next person, give up your seat for someone who needs it more ... look around and make the world a better place one gentlemanly action at a time."

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