Just in from the vets and rushing to get dinner sorted so shall make this quick-ish.
My kittens had a check up today at the vets. I don't drive, so me and dd took the bus with them in their pet carrier.
A woman was blocking the aisle with her legs out and shopping trolley so i asked if she could please move to let us by. She made a face as she looked at my pet carrier but finally moved and let us sit in the two seats behind her.
Then she starts coughing. After a minute of it, she turned round and informed me she's highly allergic of cats and they cause her breathing difficulties. I apologised and said I'd put them on the floor by my feet instead of on my lap, but she said that would't make any difference. She suggested i find somewhere else to sit.
The bus was unusually busy. There were only two seats left, but they weren't together. One had a dripping wet carrier bag on it (looked like a tub of spilled curry sauce inside) and the other was at the back of the bus between a group of loud (seemed very drunk to me) people playing music and talking about not so nice things...
I told her that dd won't sit on my lap and I needed two seats together so would be staying put.
Next time the bus stopped, she got up to speak to the driver! She didn't even try being quiet. I was mortified. She said that she was struggling to breathe because of my manky cats and that they shouldn't be allowed on public transport. And that her shopping is covered in fur now.
The driver asked her repeatedly to sit down, there's nothing he could do. Then he asked me how much further i was going. I told him still a fair bit, as the vets is in a different town. After another few minutes of arguing, the driver firmly told her to sit down or she'd need to get off.
Everyone was laughing at this point. The people up the back were calling crude things down to me thinking they were hilarious. ("I don't mind your pussy being on board etc etc") 
Anyway, she sat back down and we set off again. She sat there swearing under her breath and coughing. Three stops later, she got up again and demanded a refund as she had to get off now or else she'd get seriously ill.
I'm not undermining allergies in any way, but what was i supposed to do? The driver said he doesn't do refunds as he doesn't handle the money and she'd have to write to head office. Ten minutes of arguing later, she got off.
I was 20 minutes late for my appointment because of her! Luckily i had a double appointment booked, but it meant the vet had to rush and do two cats in the space of one.
So, dare i ask? Who was BU? Please say it wasn't me. I feel rotten about it already. But i don't know what i could have done differently.
AIBU?
Woman on bus told me to move seats because she was allergic to my cats. Who was BU?
EweHaveGoatToBeKiddin · 30/07/2013 17:38
if she can argue, shes got a patent airway....
see, its a good thing
tfic 
I'm actually quite worried now about her. At the time, the cough seemed a bit forced. But it could very well have been genuine. It started pouring with rain on the way home which can't have helped. I hope she has a husband or someone that lives with her.
Maddening, dd is 5yo. 
She has ASD and there's not a 'cat in hell's chance' she would have sat on my knee unless she actually wanted to (which she didn't). Also, she's a bloody heavy lump and i would have struggled to cope with my knees being squished for 30 mins.
And not to mention i didn't want to sit in curry sauce or beside the loud, drunk people. Nor would i have expected anyone to sit here. Which is why the situation's difficult. I couldn't move and nether could the woman.
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