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Manners on buses.

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wonderstuff · 05/11/2010 20:46

I suspect I should really just learn to wind my neck in. Caught bus today (20 mins late and it was raining) with my 2 dc's youngest in a sling because I knew I was getting a bus around school kick out time and they seem to always put a non-accessable bus (with steps to get on) so you can't take on a pushchair between 3 and 4, I imagine because so busy with all school kids. Another mum had 2 young children one in a buggy, she had to fold buggy and was no room to stow it as area full of bags, she stood and had her children sit on the bottom step of stairs going upstairs - which I thought not so nice on wet day and I thought really teenagers sitting on front row should offer seats to her and move back (there were seats available for them) no one moved, so I asked a couple of the kids on the seats in front to move back - mum decided not to take opportuntity to sit down and sulky teenagers who had given me a 'oh fgs look' on the way back moved forward again. I should have just kept shtum shouldn't I?

Later when bus was full a couple of pensioners (late 60s) got on and had to stand as none of the children moved. I also wanted to tell the girl sitting across from me with one seat for herself and one for her wet brolly and wet and muddy shoes to sort herself out but didn't.

And the bus was 20mins late and I really really need to learn to drive.

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chandellina · 05/11/2010 20:50

YANBU. if no one says anything, the bad behaviour goes on, unchecked. I'm surprised the driver would let small children (or anyone) sit on the stairs.
Getting up for pensioners is mandatory too.

wonderstuff · 05/11/2010 20:54

Thanks, I was beginning to think it was just me.

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TheNextMrsDepp · 05/11/2010 20:54

If seating is limited I think pensioners, expectant mums etc should be the first to get seats, and kids the last. They can always sit on laps, or stand. It drives me nuts when I see rows of kids sitting down and none of their mums say anything.

But if I was confronted with a seat filled with someone's handbag and wet brolly I would always ask them to move them, not just stand there humphing!

wonderstuff · 05/11/2010 20:58

These were all unaccompanied teeenagers. Only mums were me and my two and the mum standing with her buggy.

I do always worry about offering a seat to a pensioner that they will be offended, what age is old? - like offering up to the 'expectant mum' who actually isn't expectant.

I had a seat - wasn't standing humphing.

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TheDailyWail · 05/11/2010 21:05

We had an incident onthe bus today. A teenage boy didn't have his trvel card with him and the driver wanted him to either pay an adults fare or get off the bus. The boy refused to get off - a lady came to the front of the bus and paid for him. He didn't say thank you to the lady Shock x 100. He took the driver's number and was reluctant to move to a seat. He got a dressing down from another lady for beign extremely rude and the lady who paid told him to sit down because she wanted to go home because she was diabetic.

I reckon he'll get his mother to report it to the local newspaper. Angry

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