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To wonder how many different ways you can come up with to say YABU to this

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atthewelles · 25/02/2013 12:05

Just always fascinated by how a post that only seems to have one possible answer ie YANBU can be turned on its head, mis-read, mis-interpreted, taken out of context etc in order that the OP can be told they ABU.

So, to this perfectly obvious YANBU example how many ways can different posters find a YABU angle?

"I was standing at the bus stop yesterday and was first in the queue for the bus. After waiting about twenty minutes the bus came along and was pretty full. The driver said 'one passenger only' and the person behind me pushed me to one side and got on. AIBU to think this was rude, inconsiderate and downright cheeky and to wish I'd said something at the time?"

OP posts:

ThreadWorms · 25/02/2013 20:35

1/10

butterflyexperience · 25/02/2013 20:30

Bah haha
Please put this thread into classics

AlexReidsLonelyBraincell · 25/02/2013 20:28

I don't believe this really happened did it OP? , was the wasp on the bus? Did the lady trex her way onto the bus?
You're very confident for a new poster arncha?

MrsDeVere · 25/02/2013 20:23

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

HerbyVore · 25/02/2013 20:15

There's so much bullying on this thread...
you should all be ashamed of yourselves

AmazingBouncingFerret · 25/02/2013 20:12

I don't think the OP deserves such a flaming.

Nest of fucking vipers the lot of you.

ChaChaDigregorio · 25/02/2013 20:10

Personally I find this whole thread unreasonable. Who are you OP to judge other people's judgements of reasonableness? YABVU.

SirBoobAlot · 25/02/2013 20:03

Why didn't you get on an earlier bus? Jesus, some people are so disorganised, and then expect other people to make their lives a priority.

TheVermiciousKnid · 25/02/2013 20:01

Stop bullying me!

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 25/02/2013 19:58

What's with the Scotland comment, you some sort of racist?

TheVermiciousKnid · 25/02/2013 19:36

Are you in Scotland?

LondonMother · 25/02/2013 19:33

YABVVU, OP. The other person was clearly a spirited child whose parents wisely let him/her do exactly as s/he wished. You're the kind of person who probably doesn't like it in restaurants when children use waiters carrying scalding hot food as a slalom run, aren't you?

beautyfades · 25/02/2013 19:31

This is why i love mumsnet! I do not think YABU, if someone jumps the queue that is wrong, is it not?

foxache · 25/02/2013 19:24

Are you young?

Snazzynewyear · 25/02/2013 19:21

She'd probably come straight from counselling aimed at making her more assertive and had been told to practice her skills, thus you were colluding in her continued oppression by thinking you could just get on the bus. How can you be so selfish? If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.

almapudden · 25/02/2013 19:20

OP, I am the woman who 'pushed' past you, as you so rudely termed it. It might interest you to know that I have a very serious debilitating condition called crowd-blindness. I also have low self-esteem and it's people like you who make it so difficult for me to leave the house every day.

I hope you're proud of yourself. I am literally shaking with anger and shame :(

LadyBeagleEyes · 25/02/2013 19:13

The sheer concept of queueing is so British, and you sound a bit pathetic Op
If you live on the continent you 'll find that the French or Italians don't bother with all that malarkey, which makes for a far more tolerant society.
Learn to push and shove or you'll never make it in this world.
It's everyman/woman for themselves these days.
There is no such thing as society.

BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability · 25/02/2013 19:10

Can't believe you're not riding a horse, you environmentally unaware fuckwit.

ThreadWorms · 25/02/2013 19:05

Ywnbu to feel annoyed.

But you already knew that so Yabvvvu to start a thread about it here. This is AIBU, not somewhere to have a moan.

ouryve · 25/02/2013 19:05

If you'd made use of that big pink thing in your head, you would not be wondering this, now. You would know for certain.

So, YANBU.

lougle · 25/02/2013 19:03

Maybe, just maybe, she had a man with a stump chasing her, pretending to be a policeman...

oh no, that's The Pelican Brief.

KatieScarlett2833 · 25/02/2013 19:01

Maybe they were from a culture that does not queue?
Ignorant and racist OP
YABU

lougle · 25/02/2013 19:00

Maybe she had to get to a particular telephone box before a certain time in order to meet the demands of her Child's captor

(has watched Ransom too many times)

RalphGnu · 25/02/2013 19:00

Here we go, the OP likes everything 'dainty'. Some of us can't help being hefty oafs with dead cats and a penchant for public transport, you know. Why don't you take that entitled attitude of yours and fling yourself to the far side of fuck, you cunt.

RalphGnu · 25/02/2013 18:54

Maybe her cat had died you selfish fuck

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