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Giving up Your Seat
Tom : Janet, why don't you give that old lady your seat? She looks really tired standing there.
Janet : How am I supposed to text my friends standing up? Someone else can give up there seat.
Tom : Do you hear yourself talking? I thought your parents raised you to respect your elders!
Janet : Well, I don't know her and I was here first, so why should I care?
Tom : That's pretty cold! Your grandmother might be on a train right now after spending hours grocery shopping and there could be someone just like you not giving her their seat for the exact same reason. How would that make you feel?
Janet : When you put it that way, it doesn't feel good at all. My grandmother is like a saint to me.
Tom : Well, that lady over there could be a saint to someone else. Why don't you make your grandmother proud and give that lady your sat?
Janet : Wow, you really know how to give a guilt trip. If it will make you shut up about it, I'll do it.
Tom : Don't drag your feet, we're getting off in three stations. Do it now or I might just tell your grandmother!
Janet : Fine... Excuse me, ma'am! Please, come sit over here. I'm getting off the train soon.
Tom : <whispers> Don't you feel really good about yourself now?
[Vocab Tips]
* elder 연장자
* saint 성인, 찬사
* grocery shopping 장보기
* someone else 어떤 다른 사람
* give up ~을 희생하다, 포기하다
* cold 매정한
* when you put it that way 네가 그렇게 말한다면
* guilt trip 좌책감, 특히 과하거나 근거가 없는 죄에 대해 느끼는 죄책감
* drag one's feet 꾸물거리다
[Expression of the day]
You really know how to give a guilt trip.
너는 정말로 죄책감이 들게 하는 방법을 알고 있구나.
You really know how to make me feel bad.
You really know how to make me feel guilty.
You really know how to pile on the guilt.
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