Why do SOME teenagers behave so badly at bus-stops?

[UnquietDad]

I catch the bus some days to a place where I work. Share the bus-shelter with a bunch of teenagers (year 10 or 11, not sure), in the uniform of a well-thought-of and 'desirable' local comprehensive.

During the fifteen minutes or so that I was there, the only time they stopped spitting, smoking or swearing was when they had their tongues down each other's throats.

I am probably a boring old fart but I just had to share this.

[noddyholder]

They are all the same good school or not.Boringoldfartdom setting in I'm afraid My dp gives me the rundown of teenage behaviour he sees on the bus home from work every night drives me mad!

[MarsLady]

What were you like at that age UD? LOL

[UnquietDad]

I didn't spit, smoke or swear (well, OK, I didn't punctuate EVERY sentence with "fookin" like this lot) - although I'd probably have liked to have my tongue down some little strumpet's throat at 8.15am a bit more often than I did....

[MarsLady]

[LucyJones]

I was in town yesterday and brushed by a girl loitering outside a shop. I didn't mean to but sort of lightly touched her shoulder as i went past. She shouted after me quite aggressively. She was probably 16. I actually felt quite scared which horrified me.

[3littlefrogs]

I once witnessed some appalling behaviour on a bus that necessitated the police boarding the bus and removing said teenagers. They were from the local, very hard to get into girls' grammar school. I telephoned the head as soon as I got home and said I was shocked at the sort of people attending his school .

[NuttyMuffins]

God knows, but a partially sighted relative of mine got attacked on a bus a few days ago too. They asked him for the time and the told him they wanted his money.

Unbeknown (is that a word) to them, he does self defence classes and he grabbed one of them by his bollocks until he screamed and they all ran off

[ThePrisoner]

I do remember being loud and silly within a group, and thinking that people would think how witty and clever we all were - I don't have a particular problem with teens doing that now, but I do have a problem with the appalling language (every other word being "fecking") which gets worse as I walk past with small children who love to repeat what they hear. If I'm being brave, I tend to say, "thanks for that."

[bookwormmum]

Where I live the teenagers take it as a personal insult being asked to produce their free travelcards (courtesy of Ken Livingston). I've seen so many drivers insulted and buses being held up because of some obnoxious 15-year old who can't be asked to walk two stops home from school or actually carry their cards. Being a lazy-tyke hound is one thing but abusing someone for just doing their job? They ought to remember whose paying for their free travel.

Ok, I'm an old fart.

[OnePlumPoet]

Hi guys
First time post here but I’m so upset
collecting my daughter from school..3 teenager girls just insulting me for no reason it was under the breath I was playing with my daughter whilst waiting for the bus and they are talking amongst themselves whilst insulting me I wanted to say something but my daughter was with me I don’t usually take the bus it only my car is in garage so I had no other option but even getting on the bus I was talking to my daughter saying big steps and even then they were even laughing and repeating what I was saying in funny voice
I got so angry but I just didn’t want to make a scene
I just don’t get it why are people are so rude for plus the saddest thing people find it convenient to add their bag on the next seat and don’t even remove it for someone to sit there
it actually sad that teenagers nowadays get away saying horrible things

[MaloneMeadow]

@noddyholder

They are all the same good school or not.Boringoldfartdom setting in I'm afraid My dp gives me the rundown of teenage behaviour he sees on the bus home from work every night drives me mad!

Not true. The behaviour at bus stops from kids at the local ‘undesirable’ comprehensive is absolutely disgusting. I can’t even walk my dog down the road at 3pm without getting elbowed or having some random teenager accidentally shoved into me in the middle of a fight. Don’t even start me at the vape clouds and littering. Driving down it is even worse as they seem to find it fun to push each other out into the road in front of cars. The result of bad parenting and no boundaries.


At DD’s grammar school - a mile down the road, this behaviour would never happen nor would it be tolerated. Last year a member of public saw a child in the school uniform purposefully dropping a chocolate wrapper on the street, she rang the school about it and gave a description of the pupil who they promptly tracked down and gave disciplinary action to. Meanwhile at the comprehensive I witness staff stand at the bus stops and watch as the daily shitshow unfolds with seemingly no consequences to the pupils involved

[MaloneMeadow]

Sorry - zombie thread !!!