“Did my good deed for the day and gave up my seat for an elderly lady” (joke)

“I gave up my seat for an old lady today…..... How was I to know she’d never driven a bus before?” was posted on Twitter by Dean Kinsella on February 24, 2016. “I did a good deed today by giving up my seat on the bus to an elderly lady… How was I supposed to know she’d never driven a bus before?” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on October 15, 2020.
 
“I gave up my seat to a blind person on the bus. That’s how I lost my job as a bus driver” is a similar joke.
     
     
Twitter
Dean Kinsella
@Dingobilly66
I gave up my seat for an old lady today…..... How was I to know she’d never driven a bus before?
12:35 PM · Feb 24, 2016·Twitter Web Client
   
Twitter
Philip George
@wolfmanjak64
I offered my seat to little old lady on the number 10 service this morning, disaster ! How was I to know she had never driven a bus before .
2:11 AM · Feb 26, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Thomas Slupske
@thomasslupske
TomsTHOT: My good deed for the day, give up my seat for an old lady. How was I to know she’d never driven a bus before?
9:04 AM · Mar 9, 2016·Hootsuite
 
Twitter
𝕸𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖆𝖒𝖓𝖊𝖉
@MaidenWatford
Done a good deed today.
I gave my seat up for an elderly lady .how did i know she had never driven a bus ?
3:05 PM · Apr 28, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
The Nut House
@TheNutHouse_
Did my good deed for the day and gave up my seat for a little old lady.
How was I meant to know she’d never driven a bus before!
2:39 PM · Jan 27, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
D.B. Cooper
@CooperDBMan
Did my good deed for the day today.. gave up my seat for an elderly lady.. unfortunately I didn’t know she had never driven a bus before…
1:34 PM · Feb 1, 2017 from Quedgeley, England·Twitter for iPhone
   
Twitter
Tom O
@Tommy_Oldham1
I did my good deed for an elderly lady today and gave up my seat for her.
How was I supposed to know she has never driven a bus before
5:33 PM · Sep 11, 2017·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/andersonfmly October 15, 2020
I did a good deed today by giving up my seat on the bus to an elderly lady…
How was I supposed to know she’d never driven a bus before?