AIBU to think that obese people should be extra careful on moving buses?

[figcake]

I had an obese mum land her entire body weight on my right knee yesterday as the bus we were travelling on jolted forwards - I was already sitting with ds, she had just got on with her husband and toddler. She apologised and even gave my knee a quick pat.

I woke up in pain today. There were plenty of handles to hold onto (it was a very modern bus) and def not overcrowded. I had intended to run many important errands today though I cannot do this anymore as it would be too painful. I am fuming.

Obese + clumsy = do not travel by bus ??

figcake, there is nothing to rise above tbh. It's so below anything I have read for ages on it that simply staying by put you would already be waaay above the posting level on this thread.
Sometimes MN makes me want to barf with it's stupid school girl antics and puerile posters.

bloody hell that last post of mine was arse about tit, please excuse and make sense of what you can. I'm either very drunk or very tired.

Did you not have time to do a defensive move like move away from where she was about to land on you or get your bag in the way to protect yourself in time? In theory you would have some sort of claim against her. May be she was recorded on CCTV and you can track her down for your pain and suffering claim.

Xenia

Flippin - I remember the days when AIBU was about slow, thorough well-thought-out debates - not a gratuitous swear word in sight and unspoken codes always adhered to regarding minimum levels of politeness and the ability to engage intellectually - oh, where did it all go wrong? Yes, my OP was hardly the most accomplished piece of writing that I have ever produced but honestly, I don't think I could ever have envisaged this.

They just don't seem to be capable of debating without switching into Jeremy Kyle mode and it seems to be very much about covering up deficiencies in other areas. It's such a waste of time. I truly despair for their children.

Yes, figcake I'd agree with that one. Like a massive herd of angry sheep really. You learn not to write OP's about fat people though or join in any fat people threads either.

flock of angry sheep even

What is the point of all this?

Has it made any of you feel better, chuckle or just increase the sum total of human happiness?

What use is this spite, maliciousness and pettiness? What end do those of you indulging have in view?

Life is short and brutish and we should try to help and love each other, not make each other sad and angry.

Let us all take a deep breath, look quietly at some lovely flowers, throw a little glitter around and be grateful that we are not in Afghanistan, Japan, Darfur, Ivory Coast, Iraq, Libya etc etc.

Oh good post, Hullygully.

_However, it is a measure of intelligence to be able to successfully counter-argue using the same currency without bringing it down to the level of a street-brawl. It is shocking to see how many posters fail to even see this, let alone implement it. It is as though AIBU now constitutes an excuse to stick a tube up their colon and spill out whatever emerges in the direction of the OP. Once their online cronies join in, in no time at all, you are knee-high in their crap.

And then they get bladdered and urinate in the kitchen sink. What shining credentials - the radiance is almost blinding. And so classy. Mumsnet does Blackpool._

Put down the crackpipe love,[hmmm]

In my defence I stood up about those affair comments, not something to joke about and nasty

Let us all rise above this now, quietly ashamed of the parts we have played in making the devil rub his hot little hands together at the prospect of misery and suffering spilling out across the world, let us neither quote intemperate words or fashion new ones, but reflect upon our blessings and resolve to offer just a little more love.

Yes [hmmm] ...

OP has been railroaded into place='you're a pack of dogs!'

'all these enema spraying cronies get drunk and piss in the sink...in blackpool!'

We are the ones who belong on jeremy kyle (!)

Oh Hully - you have brought a little tear to my eye.

Delia Delia Delia, fight it. Rise above now, you will feel the warm glow that comes from love and kindness. Fix your mind on daffodils, warm days at the beach and the gentle waft of a dandelion clock.

Do you think pregnant people should use public transport at rush hour. I always feel guilty when I am sitting down and they push their big belly in my face. Ditto people with push chairs.

When I was pg I would travel very early or late to avoid rush hour.

Hully that was beautiful. And inspirational. You should be the Middle East Peace Envoy.

You know, talking about buses ....

Has everyone read about the bus driver who saved the boy's life by driving her bus towards the group stabbing him? And then getting him on the bus?

Yes, I know it's off-subject, but, hey, maybe it's time to break out the admiration for instances of human generosity, kindness, and courage ... and it is a bus story ....

We all have difficulties and differing needs. If you see someone who needs a seat more than you, be they old, pregant, infirm, overweight, underweight, offer it to them with love. We are all equal and all need love at different stages of our lives.

It has always saddened me that they need to have those little signs on public transport reminding people to exercise basic common decency.

shall we sing now?

That is lovely, Animula, and much more the sort of thing we need. Let us celebrat stories of love and kindness, not nastiness and spite.

I have tentatively scheduled in the Middle East for after Easter. I'm taking chocolate and love.

gee this thread is still going!! But I see Hully & co have retrieved it from la la land at least :)