Would you give up your seat?

[sannyrut]

I see that Gordon Brown's entourage apparently were responsible for disrupting the seating arrangements of a pregnant woman and her assistants,so that the man who saved the world,(boke), could have more space with his entourage.What a plonker.Perhaps a broken spring on his seat would have been appropriate.

[KKOB]

I'd have told him, his "aides" and BA in no uncertain terms to p1ss off !

[laffa]

Me too Kaya,

[Jacqui Harvey]

They did not know they were giving up their seats for Brown, they were lied to and told there was an "over booking"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370343/Pregnant-woman-told-seat-Gordon-Brown-fly-BA-Club-Class.html

[Highlander]

I did try and search for this story but couldn't find it, so I'm not sure if I have related before. Anyway here goes.....

Some time ago, I can't remember exactly when, Brenda and I were on an over-crowded (is there another sort) dolmus on our way to Fethiye.

Seeing that were several young ladies standing in the crush, I used sign language to offer one of them my seat.

Just as the young lady went to accept my offer, an elderly Turkish gentleman standing next to her, gentle took hold of her arm. Looking sympathetically at the young girl, he started stroking his chin while motioning in my direction and politely shaking his head.

I could soon tell from Brenda's strangulated laughter that the old gentleman was clearly telling the girl that I was in far more need of the seat than her:(.