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in using the bus??

38 replies

nappyaddict · 06/07/2007 21:46

today i went on the bus with ds in his pushchair (mutsy urban rider). i got on there at one of the first stops on the route. about halfway way round the route another lady gets on with her pushchair but she can't get passed me so i move over to the other side so she can. i heard her saying to her friend the wheels are too big. stupid cow bringing that on here.

now fair enough she had a umbrella fold type thing but the wheels were probably actually as wide if not wider. if you look at this one you'll see what i mean.

now i do a lot of walking with ds. my nan lives in the countryside and we often go for walks over there so i need something with big air wheels that goes over fields without jolting ds all over the place. i also use public transport a lot. now i can't afford nor do i have the space to have a gazillion buggies for every which occasion and i really resent people being annoyed with me for taking my son on a bus!!

i got on first fair and square and it's not even as if she couldn't get on the bus. i get the bus very regularly and i've only ever once not been able to get on a bus cos of another pram so it's not like it happens all the time. i wasn't annoyed i just waited for the next one.

sorry for the ramble!!

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lanismum · 06/07/2007 22:46

some of the single decker buses are just too narrow to push it down the aisle, and where I live (east london) the buses do get very busy, there are always loads of prams on them, just less hassle for me to take a smaller buggy.

nappyaddict · 06/07/2007 22:43

why wouldn't you take it on the bus? cos you can't physically get it on (i can't with some of ours) or so not to annoy other people?

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lanismum · 06/07/2007 22:43

or you should have pointed out that your lovely mutsy has a handlebar the retracts in so was not taking up as mush aisle space as her stroller

lanismum · 06/07/2007 22:40

I have the same pram as you, and tbh I wouldnt take it on the bus, its far too big, and the few times I have tried I have had snotty comments, from other mums and bus drivers, but, you were on first, so she had no right to be arsey, you should have been a pram snob and laughed at her pram

nappyaddict · 06/07/2007 22:39

ah see and there's me thinking bus etiquette = one must own an umbrella buggy. ds is a chunky boy and i borrowed my cousin's for a while. he just looked really uncomfortable in it and was quite hard to push.

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ScottishMummy · 06/07/2007 22:20

awww poor you!!!i travel bus daily and as i understand it bus etiquette is first on = lucky you. sometimes i cannot gget on cos 2 buggies on already c'est la vie^ wait for next bus

just cos she has a umbrella stroller does not make her more virtous than you...or entitle her to be nasy about your pram...dont understand mums sniping/moaning about other mums prams whatever

anyway mutsy is a fine looking pram i have a bugaboo cameleon and its a great maneuverable pram - fits adjacent most buggies and handle bar flip over despite all the bugaboo haters and their bellyaching

nappyaddict · 06/07/2007 22:07

the bus that's on route nearest to my house does mean that i have to get ds out and fold it up and lift it on the bus. it is a nightmare cos its heavy to lift and you can't do it one handed but normally someone will hold ds for me whilst i do it. more often than not though i can't be bothered and i walk into town to get on a bus that doesn't have steps so i can just wheel him on.

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LittleBoot · 06/07/2007 22:02

God she sounds like an unpleasant old bat

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bigmouthstrikesagain · 06/07/2007 22:01

To be honest I am jealous that you are able to get on the bus at all without having to offlaod your lo and fold up your buggy first.

The irony is that in rural areas where you are more likely to need the bigger rough terrain buggies - the buses are ancient and infrequent and have loads of steps to get up on to them.

I have had to get a new buggy in order to be able to use the bus and I couldn't travel on public transport alone last year when dd was newborn and ds only 20m

gosh that is my rant...

no you are not being unreasonable...

mazzystar · 06/07/2007 22:01

seems to me that a large section of the bus-riding population seem to forget that the prams and buggies have people in them and that mothers don't just cart them around for a laugh.

but i have come to expect more solidarity from ther pram-pushers. probably just having a bad day.

bookwormmum · 06/07/2007 22:00

You were on the bus first - ignore her.

funkimummy · 06/07/2007 21:56

Take no notice. There's always someone in life who wants to have a gripe about something because things don't happen the way they want them to!

I agree that it's easier to get a smaller buggy on and off the bus, but if you can't afford another and you also like to go for walks in the countryside then you do it! It's a free country! FWIW I live in the countryside and I hate taking my cheap umbrella buggy over 'rough terrain' it's a nightmare! Big is definitely best for those occassions!

nutcracker · 06/07/2007 21:50

You are not being unreasonable, but tbh if it were me, i'd buy a cheap buggy just for the bus, less hassle.

Mind you, I used to be a buggy addict so I would say that.

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