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School boy won't let people sit down

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Hospital2022 · 05/12/2022 17:49

Every day after school we see the same boy on the bus. He sits on a double seat and refuses to let people sit next to him he puts his leg there so no one can sit there. Several times people have wanted to sit. He won't move for anyone. Such as small children who can't balance . Elderly people. Adults have told him of on several occasions telling him to let the old lady sit down . Today he sat on the back seats. The ones where there are 5/6 seats all next to each other. He had his bag on one seat. He was sitting on the one next to it, then had his leg on the other so was taking up 3 seats . An old man asked him to move over so he can sit down . The boy refused to move several times the man asked and the boy kept refusing. The man then said im 74 years old and you won't even let me sit down you have no manners. He was a frail man. He was able to get a seat in the end. But this has been going on for a few weeks now and the boy is doing it everyday. I know what school he has to but I don't know his name or anything like that. So I can't complain to the school bas thete are over 1000 pupils in the school.

We are talking a London bus at school going home time so it's very busy.

It sounds petty when I write it but he is causing upset abd stress towards passengers.

Any suggestions ?

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BlueThursday · 05/12/2022 17:51

The kids a prick but it’s also disappointing an elderly man had to go to the back of a bus before getting a seat unless the bus was completely filled with others who required one over him

ArrrrrghStopLickingTheDog · 05/12/2022 17:52

He'll mess with someone who won't take his shit at some stage
Does he reply when he's asked to move his stuff ?

LightDrizzle · 05/12/2022 17:53

What a little twat.

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AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/12/2022 17:54

I'd take a picture of him and take it to the school

jollygoose · 05/12/2022 17:54

I would be sat on his leg!

cantkeepawayforever · 05/12/2022 17:54

Take photo, send to his school with description of behaviour.

glamourousindierockandroll · 05/12/2022 17:54

Are there other children on the bus or just him? What sort of time is it? Do you see where he gets off?

The school may be able to identify who he is if he is the only one getting that bus on that route, or is later than usual suggesting he might have been in detention. If you can give a description of him, you might be surprised how well they know their children.

Sparkletastic · 05/12/2022 17:55

Yeah take a pic and email it to the school. They will probably say not their problem though. Someone will probably teach him a lesson soon.

RabbitHoleOfHell · 05/12/2022 17:55

I'd give him a big smile and a 'shove over, love', move his bag and sit down. I'm a Northern cliche, me. 😊

Hellocatshome · 05/12/2022 17:56

I may be tempted to get a scary looking older teenager to accompany me on the bus and see what he does then. Is he by himself? School boys are generally ok individually but can be arseholes in a group.

GyozaGuiting · 05/12/2022 17:57

I’d be taking a photo from being sat in his lap as well! Can’t believe how many people just took his shit?!

Regulus · 05/12/2022 17:58

Start with the school, we would care if this was happening and it wouldn't be hard to find out who it was if you gave the bus number.

ehb102 · 05/12/2022 18:00

Isn't this something to alert the driver to?

Readinginthesun · 05/12/2022 18:00

i used to take a very busy bus to work . On several occasions I noticed a young woman who sat on the window seat with her handbag on the seat beside her . She flatly refused to move the bag . One day the bus was extremely busy, a couple of people were standing but the handbag had its seat . No way was a I standing when a bloody handbag had a seat so I politely asked her to move it . She refused so I sat on it . She went mental , the other passengers laughed . I never saw her again .

PeterRabbitHadACarrot · 05/12/2022 18:00

I would take his picture and send it to the school.
I'd also tell him to move and say I'm pregnant and then stand next to him when he refuses and 'accidentally' spill very strong cold coffee or something all over that will smell and stain. Oh dear, wouldn't have happened if he had moved.
Also, have you told the bus driver / company? They should be kicking him off really

Georgeskitchen · 05/12/2022 18:01

Couple of young blokes, 18, 19 years old need to board the bus. I bet he's shift his miserable arse then!!

Hospital2022 · 05/12/2022 18:02

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 05/12/2022 17:54

I'd take a picture of him and take it to the school

I'm not sure if that's against the law? Also I'm not sure what it might trigger. Which could cause further upset to people bon the bus children ect.

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TrashyPanda · 05/12/2022 18:03

Sit on him

the fatter you are, the better the result (said as a fat person)

what an ignorant little scrote

there is never any excuse for this antisocial behaviour

LightDrizzle · 05/12/2022 18:04

Is there never anybody bigger and harder than him who could just put his bag on the floor and sit next to him or offer the now free seat to the person who needs it? Is it fear of knife crime?

Honestly he wouldn’t get away with this on a bus down Hessle Road in Hull, some hard woman or man would unleash a right gobfull and sling his bag on the floor to the glee of everyone else.

I know violence isn’t the answer and I really don’t advocate it but I do get why some older people hark back to the times when some older man or men in their twenties would just have grabbed him by the collar and yanked him up and out of his seat and told him to learn some respect.

God! I sound like a right old bat! 😂

FaazoHuyzeoSix · 05/12/2022 18:04

tell the school, but they don't need to know the identity of the pupil or the number of the bus route to deal with this - as it's best dealt with as a whole-school issue about considerate behaviour and being a representative of the school community when in uniform and therefore bringing shame to the whole community when behaving like this. ask the school to deal with it with the whole school in an assembly or in an appropriate lesson programme if the have eg citizenship classes.

UrsulaPandress · 05/12/2022 18:06

I’d sit on his bag. Or his leg. 🤷‍♀️

LBFseBrom · 05/12/2022 18:06

Next time, tell the driver to sort it. Make a note of the boy's description and school uniform and contact the head teacher. Don't worry, he won't be hung, drawn and quartered but he will be reprimanded.

My son went to a school for a while, before he was eleven. I met him after school a few times when no car was available and we went to stand at 'bus stop. Each time a herd of boys would surge forward to get on the 'bus, ignoring other waiting passengers.

One day I spied the headmaster standing discreetly in the doorway of a shop near the 'bus stop, watching them. Obviously somebody had complained. It worked.

cansu · 05/12/2022 18:07

The bus driver should be sorting this. next time, the bus driver needs to tell him to move up. If he won't then he is made to get off. I would be taking this up with the bus company. They need to be sorting this little darling out.

VioletLemon · 05/12/2022 18:09

I'd avoid this boy as he sounds unstable and unpredictable. He could have a social communication difficulty or could just be watching porn and doesn't want anyone to see. I'd definitely alert the school but wouldn't take a picture. It's weird behaviour but could be something underneath it all.

Hellocatshome · 05/12/2022 18:13

FaazoHuyzeoSix · 05/12/2022 18:04

tell the school, but they don't need to know the identity of the pupil or the number of the bus route to deal with this - as it's best dealt with as a whole-school issue about considerate behaviour and being a representative of the school community when in uniform and therefore bringing shame to the whole community when behaving like this. ask the school to deal with it with the whole school in an assembly or in an appropriate lesson programme if the have eg citizenship classes.

Its nice that you think this boy would be in anyway affected by an assembly like this. He knows he should be letting people sit down he is choosing not to in order to feel like a big man instead of the little shit he is.

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