A Conservative politician is talking about Danish and foreign values on Danish radio. Values – as in morals. As an example of a Danish value he mentions giving up your seat to an elderly person when he or she enters the bus. Granted, I live in a different part of the country than said politician – but he is, after all, talking about DANISH values, so that shouldn’t matter. And I can honestly say that during the 13 years I have lived in Denmark’s second-biggest city, the number of times I have witnessed ANYONE giving up their bus seat to an elderly person can be counted on five, maybe ten fingers.
More appropriately, the particularly Danish values as far as bus seat economy goes – based on experience rather than ideals – could be described thus:
a) Keep your seat at whatever cost.
b) Feel bad inside for not giving up your seat to people who need it more than you. You are a Christian, after all.
c) If possible, always sit on the seat closest to the aisle and put your bag on the empty window seat so that no-one can sit next to you, even though they paid for their ticket just like you did.
d) And, whenever a seat with no seat next to it becomes available, immediately go and sit there, regardless that you will make the person you were originally sitting next to feel like there’s something wrong with him or her.
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