deserved seating

Just yesterday I was on the MRT when I saw a man fighting with a woman for an empty seat. The man was originally standing and reading newspaper while the woman was leaning against the pole. As a seated passenger got up to alight, the 2 made a life-or-death dash towards the seat. The man won, raising many eyebrows and attracting much attention in the train. It was as though the man did something immoral just because, well, he's male. I don't blame him though, I blame the train frequency.

They always say, give up your seat to those who need it more than you. C'mon, don't you think "give up" is a very negative phrase? It's like, "give up lah, you cannot make it lah". On the other hand they always tell people don't give up hope... Why don't they change it to "offer your seat"? Who doesn't like offer? Then the next thing is "need". We all need the seats, although no one would die if we don't get the seat. How about going by the approach of who deserves the seat more?

If they can come up with an intelligent system showing every passenger's HP (hit point, no combo though), the distance they are travelling, and bonus score if they have past record of giving up seat (I mean, offering seat), then basing on these criteria every passengers are assigned priority to seats. Obviously, a sick person would have lower hit point (even if he is not bai kah bai chiu), and a retired old commando could very well stand from Joo Koon to Pasir Ris and back again.

The simpler solution would be to increase the train frequency.