Not to have apologised to the child?

[JessieMcJessie]

I was running for my bus the other morning. A little boy, perhaps about three years old, was walking towards me with his Dad. As I ran past the boy stuck his hand out and i bumped it, knocking a toy out of his hand. I heard it fall but kept running for the bus- as it pulled away I saw the child in tears and the Dad looking daggers at me. WIBU not to have stopped to apologise?

You could have just called out a 'Really sorry!', presumably as you would to an adult, couldn't you?

You could have turned and given a wave of apology. Would you have stopped if the child had fallen over? Or if it had been an elderly person you barged past?

has this kept you awake the past few nights??

Agree with nanny off. Age is no excuse for bad manners.

A jogger knocked my toddler flying the other day
She didn't even break stride
YABU

YABU if it was an adult I am sure you would have stopped. it is not because he is small that you can just say "it is alright, he is small it doesn't matter!"

YABU it would have taken a matter of seconds to have shouted out "sorry" over your shoulder as you ran for the bus.
You would presumably have done so for an adult even if the mistake was theirs so why not a child.

YANBU to not have stopped if stopping would have meant you missed your bus. But you could have shouted an apology, just to be polite.

If they were walking towards you though then they woudo have seen you running, which begs the question of why the boy would have stuck his hand out? Maybe he just wanted to see what happened, in which case, you helped teach him a lesson.

Outraged probably because he is a child and they don't always think like that.

She didn't barge into the kid, the kid held out his hand into her way. So, not really her fault. Would have been nice to call out sorry, but no biggie. You could have called out 'mind your snotty horrible child out of the way, dick head' to the dad. That would have been a bit U tho ;-)

Actually, hearing the clatter and jumping on the bus were so close together I honestly couldn't even have turned back to shout "sorry". So probably would have been unable to stop and apologise anyway, good point. Don't think I would have stopped to apologise to an adult, actually, but an adult would recognise an accident, whereas was concerned that a child might have been more frightened by some stranger sending his toy flying, no? Still, sure the Dad dealt with it.

If someone was running Towards me and dc I would pull them in out of the way! Did he not attempt to move to the side?

Children do all sorts of things just to see what happens, or they do things for no reason at all except that they feel like it. That doesn't make it the OPs fault though.

Yabu to use the bus. Dirty places.

Really, would it have killed you to shout "Sorry!" as you ran past?

I'd have stopped, picked it up, apologised and made sure he was okay, even if it meant waiting for the next bus.

You're an adult, he's a child. So yes, YWU.

YABU. I always apologise if it's a small child. Even if they crash into me.

I would have shouted a quick sorry.

I would have stopped, would have been instinctive.

nah, fuck him. YABU for not turning round and giving him a good kicking too

nah, fuck him. YABU for not turning round and giving him a good kicking too

You sound delightful OP.

Yabu you could've even mouthed sorry when the dad was giving you daggers.

YABU, and rude and yes you would have been UR and rude if it had been an adult.

The child stuck his hand out so the OP ran into it. What does she have to apologise for? I'm not blaming the child as he is only small but it's not the OP's fault he decided to stick his hand out. It was just one of those things.

If an adult stuck their hand out so I ran into it I would expect them to apologise as it's not a particulary bright thing to do.