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People being abusive on buses

27 replies

plecofjustice · 11/10/2013 22:11

I really can't decide whether I'm being unreasonable or not....

Waiting for a bus today - it's been throwing down with rain, so all public transport is very disrupted, lots of cold, wet people at the bus stops, trains up the creek, etc. A man is waiting at the bus stop, he quite obviously has some sort of fairly serious learning disability/difference - the way he's commenting on the various buses, reading the routes, etc and his physical appearance. Anyway, a bus arrives and a lot of people pile towards the front door, including this man. The driver keeps the front door shut until people can organise themselves - it was getting quite dangerous, people pushing each other into the road, etc.

The driver opens the back door to let people off first, and this man with LD gets on the back door. The driver tells him to get off, and that he's not going to move or open the front door until he gets off and gets on the front (fairly normal for London bus drivers).

This man launches into a tirade of abuse, calling the bus driver a c*, a m*f*er, etc and using threatening language. I found it quite frightening, and there were young children around as well.

AIBU to think that, if a person with LD is able to use the bus independently, they should be able to moderate their behaviour appropriately for public situations and that their support workers should be working with them to re-inforce appropriate behaviour in stressful situations?

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MrsWedgeAntilles · 12/10/2013 08:41

YANBU in objecting to the behaviour, it is frightening when someone hauls off and starts behaving like that and no one should be subjected to that.

YABU to think this has something to do with LD. I used to commute to from south to central London and incidents like the one you described in your OP are sadly pretty common across all groups of bus users. IME the most common trigger for bus rage is the wheelchair space and all the buggy/cases/folk standing nonsense that goes on, but that's a whole other thread in itself.

WestieMamma · 12/10/2013 09:02

Sounds like all the waiting passengers need further training and supervision before going on public transport on their own.

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