seat for pregnant women

Hi mummies. How do u approach strangers for a seats in trains and buses? Do you tap them if they're asleep? Most have headphones on or sleep. How about those with eyes glued on their phones. SG isn't really a friendly place by default. Is there a nice way I can try next time?

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Not a lot you can do sadly, priority seats only work if people are considerate but a lot of time people are not. I'd say I was given a seat maybe 20% of the time through my pregnancy. Lots of time they pretend they don't see you. I tried to stand right in front of the seat and shove my bump in their face, also no use 😂. Once in a while other standing people would speak up and ask the sitting person to stand up which I really appreciated. Or sometimes an elderly person not sitting in priority seat would stand up and offer their seat. I don't want to generalise but honestly a lot of youngsters in Singapore are inconsiderate.

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