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To open my window on the bus

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 12:17

It seems to be a mission for some people to fight to have all the windows on the bus closed, for all of every journey? Why? Before covid this wasn't an issue - now it seems people have a point to make.

I get there can be a chilly draught, but just put your coat on, or put your hood up?

I am immunocompromised, and wear a mask and open the window on my way to and from work. Every single time I get ill, ( currently a couple of times a month) my classes are left with non specialist agency staff. I take all the precautions I reasonably can to keep from catching anything, but this constant battle on the bus every working day is really wearing my down.

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Longma · 28/01/2024 14:55

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OriginalUsername2 · 28/01/2024 14:54

It does amuse me when someone gets on and arranges the atmosphere to their liking without acknowledging anyone else’s existence. Bold move.

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:52

JMSA · 28/01/2024 14:50

I take it a lift share with a colleague isn't possible?

sadly no, no one comes in from the same direction at the same time.

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jay55 · 28/01/2024 14:50

If I've been waiting ages for the bus and get on and have to freeze some more, especially if it's been raining then I'm totally against windows open.

But when it's stuffy it's fine.

I'm lucky my most used bus is a smallish single decker, that's new and airy.

JMSA · 28/01/2024 14:50

I take it a lift share with a colleague isn't possible?

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:46

JMSA · 28/01/2024 14:44

Do you wear a mask?
It's unacceptable that you are off work twice monthly.

Yes I wear a mask, and no, I am unlikely to be off work twice monthly if there wasn't this bloody battle of the windows every day.

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:45

DillDanding · 28/01/2024 14:43

That is a laughable argument. So all bus windows should be opened to suit you and your needs?

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If people want teachers in schools, people are going to have to make it possible for the immunocompromised ones to get to schools ( 4 out of the 6 in my department, incidentally)

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JMSA · 28/01/2024 14:44

Do you wear a mask?
It's unacceptable that you are off work twice monthly.

Angrywife · 28/01/2024 14:44

MadamVastra · 28/01/2024 12:23

I guess one person isn't better than the other - some don't like a chill it might flare up their lumbago lol

Why do you get to choose?

Why do those that want it closed get to choose?

Why have them at all!

DillDanding · 28/01/2024 14:43

notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:36

Do you have children in school? Do you prefer it when those children have teachers?

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That is a laughable argument. So all bus windows should be opened to suit you and your needs?

ohdamnitjanet · 28/01/2024 14:40

MrsSkylerWhite · 28/01/2024 13:20

As it’s almost always the person behind you whose face it blows in, it’s polite to ask them if it bothers them.

Exactly. It would drive me nuts.

MadamVastra · 28/01/2024 14:38

Oh come on op all your windows are open and you stay more than 2m away from your students!! How's that work then?!

what utter rubbish you're spouting

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:36

DillDanding · 28/01/2024 14:15

I’d be irritated by someone opening windows on a cold day. Just because you’re immunocompromised OP, doesn’t mean everyone else has to be cold.

Do you have children in school? Do you prefer it when those children have teachers?

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:34

Alwaysalwayscold · 28/01/2024 14:16

I don't think public transport is for you..

well, there is no other way to get to work, and no one else prepared to do my job, so either I travel by bus, or a couple more hundred children don't get taught in a core subject.

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:32

MadamVastra · 28/01/2024 14:18

Isn't a class room a bug fest anyway? You must be quite close to the students I would of thought

All the windows are open and I stay more than 2m away.

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Comedycook · 28/01/2024 14:19

DillDanding · 28/01/2024 14:15

I’d be irritated by someone opening windows on a cold day. Just because you’re immunocompromised OP, doesn’t mean everyone else has to be cold.

I'm not immunocompromised but I'd rather be cold than catch a virus.

MadamVastra · 28/01/2024 14:18

Isn't a class room a bug fest anyway? You must be quite close to the students I would of thought

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:18

fortifiedwithtea · 28/01/2024 13:56

OP I’d welcome you on the bus. As menopausal and overweight I feel the heat.

Is there any possibility of you cycling to work?

I'm not well enough to cycle or walk or un to work, when I am fit and well, I do. but that is likely to be years away still

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:16

Roundtoedshoes · 28/01/2024 13:37

Unfortunately your own personal reasons do not get to dictate what others do on public transport. Wasting energy on it is pointless.

Limited options are using private transport (car/taxi), or asking people if they mind the windows open. I’m not sure I’d want to sit on a freezing bus, so you don’t trump others.

It also a stretch to say any illness you get stems from this.

sure, not every illness, but many do. it is the only time I am that close to people, and it is the only time I'm ever stuck in an unventilated space

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Alwaysalwayscold · 28/01/2024 14:16

I don't think public transport is for you..

DisforDarkChocolate · 28/01/2024 14:16

The thing is when you open the window near you it's people sitting in other places who get a horrible cold draft on the back of the next.

Bus windows need to more flexible so you can have some ventilation without it getting cold.

DillDanding · 28/01/2024 14:15

I’d be irritated by someone opening windows on a cold day. Just because you’re immunocompromised OP, doesn’t mean everyone else has to be cold.

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:14

Januarydayssss · 28/01/2024 13:29

Hahahahmy mum hates opened window as says she gets ill from it so she actually stands up, and shuts every window in the bus and if anyone has any issiues, she tells them off.

I think Ive met her.

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:13

MrsSkylerWhite · 28/01/2024 13:20

As it’s almost always the person behind you whose face it blows in, it’s polite to ask them if it bothers them.

There is never anyone behind me when I open the window. The bus fills up with window slammers later on in the journey

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notknowledgeable · 28/01/2024 14:12

HeddaGarbled · 28/01/2024 13:19

I don’t think one or two windows open on a bus is going to stop you picking up viruses.

It certainly helps

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