To lose all faith in humanity after another awful tube journey pregnant?

[starsandswallows]

A bit of a rant, need to vent my frustration. I'm 28 weeks pregnant with twins, obviously pregnant and still have a few weeks to go commuting into work on the tube.

So far no one has offered me a seat, I've tried asking and suddenly everyone is busy rummaging through their handbags/reading newspapers/faffing with phones etc.

Now I know other people may have reasons they need to sit down that you wouldn't be able to tell just from looking at them, but surely not everyone commuting on the tube? I get 2 different tubes into work and home again, on there for about 35 minutes in total and bump is starting to feel really horrible and heavy trying to stand for so long. Surely it can't be just me?

Some people are so bloody rude!

I know there are a lot of people out there that do offer to help even when not asked but the minority of ignorant rude idiots does give us a dim view of public transport!

congrats. i had my first child in singapore and imo it's even worse there. every time i got on people would throw papers over my head to 'chope' or reserve the seat i was heading for, or suddenly develop narcolepsy, while still managing to clutch onto a Samsung Galaxy. and pretended not to understand either english or hokkien

you have my sympathies and i too a hard bitten reporter frequently cried after a long commute.