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Farted on bus loudly, rude comments? AIBU to feel this was unnecessary?

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SuperFlyHigh · 20/11/2016 11:44

This is an embarrassing post. On a bus (not crowded) yesterday. I had a dodgy stomach that appeared during the morning with loud farts.

Unfortunately during part of the journey I let off a loud and a bit smelly fart. Cue two women nearby one saying loudly "that's disgusting, who would smell like that, who would do that, dirty bitch" with a pointed look at me and looking away. I got off the bus feeling a bit embarrassed went to a toilet in a department store, went to the toilet and cleaned myself up (it wasn't as bad as I thought it was) got hand sanitizer and took some anti-diarrhoea pills.

AIBU to think this one woman was really rude or am I being over sensitive? It was one of those routemaster buses she said something about opening the windows but they don't have windows... That's not my fault and I had no idea my stomach was so bad.

Thanks

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PeanutBusterToby · 20/11/2016 12:32

Capricorn....lmao, "some randoms shit particles" 😂😂

Oldsu · 20/11/2016 12:33

I have a get out of jail card If I fart in public I have 3 pugs so I can say, Arnie, Wilma, Princess which one of you did that?????? mind you they do have to be with me at the time.

pipsqueak25 · 20/11/2016 12:34

what would posters on here be saying if the op was obviously disabled/ had special needs / in a wheelchair ? some people on here are making stupid remarks and as for the troll hunters, why don't you just fuck off if you can say something sensible ?

MrsHam13 · 20/11/2016 12:34

Well how were they to know you had a dodgy stomach and weren't doing it voluntarily. If I'd been you I'd of actually apologised and said im so sorry i have a really upset stomach suddenly and feel quite ill, before the smell hit them. Then they wouldn't of said anything.

They were unreasonable calling you a bitch for sure.

However I have really bad ibs and have had to hang on for up to fifteen minutes till I got to a toilet with my stomach and bowel cramping in agony, hot flushes waving over me and feeling like I'm going to throw up and manage to hold in wind. I can't quite comprehend one just sneaking out because I clench all my muscles tight so nothing can. So I can't really understand that.

I'd just forget about it now. Its over with and you will hopefully never see them again. Or the driver.

pipsqueak25 · 20/11/2016 12:34

*can't say something sensible.

IDontLookMyAge76 · 20/11/2016 12:38

Everyone farts, whether on buses or not.

YANBU for being offended by her language, her language was unreasonable, it was a fart ffs

insancerre · 20/11/2016 12:41

Well, at least you were only on a bus and not running a marathon
Its not polite to call people a dirty bitch but equally its not polite to fart in public in such a dramatic way
So you are both as bad as each other

Luvwales74 · 20/11/2016 12:42

glittery how can a normal bodily function be rude? It isn't always possible to hold it in if you are prone to wind.

serialtester · 20/11/2016 12:42

"seats at the back near the rear entry"

How apt!!

MissVictoria · 20/11/2016 12:48

What about accidental passing of wind when coughing or sneezing? Are people still "disgusting and rude" for doing that, when coughs and sneezes are involuntary and the added pressure forces gas passing?
To the fellow IBS sufferers commenting they are able to always hold their farts, congratulations, but we can't all manage that.

RachelRagged · 20/11/2016 12:53

God ,, the pasting the poor OP is getting .

Ironically another thread I saw a long while ago was about oh how funny it is when the DCs try to outfart each other . . I personally find THAT disgusting , not a poor woman , suddenly ill on a bus who breaks wind .

As for the person who said nobody agrees with OP on this thread .. Don't count me in with that honey as I do not think the OP is BU at all . .
Some of you people however ... . being very unreasonable and its plain bullying . How childish.

Idefix · 20/11/2016 12:53

Yanbu op, horrible enough to have the discomfort of having no control of the fart without the nasty name calling. Really Hmm pp who seem to think you have committed a heinous offence to those around you, personally save that for the who go arround being verbally abusive.

littlebeek · 20/11/2016 12:53

Is it just me that thinks trumping is funny?
A guy I work with farted at the printer and pretended he hadn't, I literally cried with laughter.

Yes I'd probably be a bit grossed out smelling someone's bottom gasses in a bus or in public but the sound of a fart is funny. Clearly I need to grow up!
I'm saying that I get embarrassed if I trump in the toilet at work!

Don't worry op, chances are you'll never see them again, you can't help having a poorly tummy. These things happen!

Halloweensnake · 20/11/2016 12:55

Op that's awful.im sorry .i understand.dodgy stomach here too xx

ChocolateWombat · 20/11/2016 13:00

Well, yes they were rude. The smell you made, whilst unintentional was clearly unpleasant and they didn't know you were ill.

In this situation, most people wouldn't have said something out loud, but I think there would have been a few 'looks' going round the bus, which you can hardly expect not to happen, following a loud and smelly fart - the loudness made it clear the smell had just been produced.

What an odd thread. Did you go to work and tell everyone what had happened, as you are telling us?

It mig not have been your fault, but you did create an unpleasant situation. I would have wrinkled my nose and looked round for a moment, before returning to my book if I had been there. If I had been with my DH, we would probably have laughed, because he finds farting hysterical still. Would you have preferred people to laugh instead?

BeingATinselTwatItsABingThing · 20/11/2016 13:01

I just read my post again and I'm not very clear.

OP, those women were incredibly rude. The polite thing to do is pretend it didn't happen. It's a normal (if somewhat smelly) bodily function and sometimes it can't be helped.

AcrossthePond55 · 20/11/2016 13:01

I have Coeliac Disease. Anyone with Coeliac, IBS, or Crohn's lives in terror of this (or worse) happening. I guess I had always hoped if it did that people would be a little bit compassionate. Apparently that's not going to happen.

I was also raised to believe that one never embarrasses or humiliates another person in public, not even a stranger. In the case of a huge fart or incontinence problem, the polite (or compassionate) thing to do would be to look away or walk away.

StylishDuck · 20/11/2016 13:03

I can vouch for the OP not being a troll. I had (excellent) advice from Super (not at all poo related) on a thread I posted a few weeks ago.

Super I hope you're feeling better. It's incredibly embarrassing when something like that happens but it's not on to call someone names just because of a normal bodily function! Flowers for you. The rest of you need to reassess your lives if this sort of thing offends you so much! Hmm

2kids2dogsnosense · 20/11/2016 13:08

It takes me back many years to a time that I was in a crowded lift with my daughter (aged about 3). Someone Made A Smell.

She turned round, tiny fists on nascent hips and said in a Very Loud Voice.

"Allright - who pumped!?"

Entire lift collapsed with mirth . . .

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 20/11/2016 13:09

I've seen OP around here for a while.

Ozp, why the need to share this?

It's a bit grim, you've got to admit.

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ImNotDancing · 20/11/2016 13:10

why is everyone so senstive about farts?! we all do it! I've recently had an appalling stomach bug and had literally no control over anything my body did - these things happen to everyone
OP I hope you're feeling better now!

AlexaTwoAtT · 20/11/2016 13:10

The people on the bus were not being unreasonable in my opinion.

LookMoreCloselier · 20/11/2016 13:12

Yanbu OP, obviously it wasn't pleasant for them to smell the horror fart but they are totally lacking in manners to even mention it and to have a go at you - unbelievably rude.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 20/11/2016 13:16

Anybody who does a search will know that SuperHighFly isn't a troll. Why the mean comments from other regulars on here?

Here's hoping that if ever you get that sinking feeling that your stomach is really, really upset, that you don't meet women who can't keep their traps shut because they have company to bitch to... or posters like some of you, in fact.