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

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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

YouWereAlwaysPerfect, I get that, I really do. Sometimes, despite my better judgement I click on threads that I really don't want to click on.

I didn't mean to single you out so apologies for that. I just can't get over the number of posters on this thread who are so sensitive about bowel movements that they wrinkle their noses in disgust - and then type a response to an OP who's already feeling a bit fragile about what happened.

I haven't experienced this but I drive everywhere now. The closest I've come to a horrendous thing like this is being stuck in a motorway queue and being unable to stop myself being sick. I managed to 'catch and contain' in my top, stop at the next services, park far away from other cars, run to the boot for my hi-vis coat, whip off my top using the boot for cover, put coat on and dump top in bin, before nipping into Cotton Traders for a new top and whipping into the toilets to clean and freshen. I could have cried and was really close to it.

Now, if that had happened whilst travelling on a bus then I know I would have been in a hell of a state.

Nobody who has a bodily 'mis'function needs a nasty comment on top of it and I really feel for the OP in this situation, a lot.

I've got Crohn's disease and when i had my colostomy bag it used to whiff a bit if they sticky came loose. I had 2 separate shop keepers actually spray air freshener in my direction. Mortifying.

I meant BEFORE the fart

I went to Munich once, years ago. People let rip with thunderous farts in public a few times we noted whilst giggling like primary school kids about it, apparently it was given no more notice than a sneeze or a cough by everyone other than us.

In relation to that poor lady that was incontinent on the bus - those people that cheered when she got off were abusive bullies! Anyone one of us could become incontinent! There are some very uncompassionate posters on this thread too. I despair, I really do.

Why are some of you trying to use emotional blackmail by bringing up genuine, long term health conditions such as IBS?
The OP has no such issue.

She called you a bitch and that makes her much ruder than you for doing something that comes naturally.
We can't always hold in these things especially If unwell and even not sometimes.

I burp and do all sorts of atrocious unlady like things, I would be mortified and pissed off if someone called me out on it. As if they didn't do it themselves!!

"the disgusting outcome of the behaviour of another person"

It isn't their behaviour though! Neither the old lady on the bus or the OP did it on purpose. They are bodily functions NOT behaviour

Alexa, she had a short term but viciously urgent need for the toilet.
Amazed you need it pointing out, but the two women did not know whether it was a chronic or acute condition

Yes it's gross and I would've thought you were a dirty bitch. But I would've never been able to say that to you because I would've been laughing for days.

Alexa - the OP had a tummy bug/ issue as you well know! So it is entirely appropriate for people to bring IBS etc in to this discussion because like in the case of IBS or Crohns etc the OP couldn't help it.

In addition, don't some of you see the irony of you using pretty vile language here on mumsnet yet castigating the women on the bus who used a relatively mild term?

Let's imagine a scenario, shall we, where you're out shopping a bus ride away. A dodgy stomach starts to make itself known. Do you a) try and get home via the only means available to you (bus) and hope you make it or do you b) spend the next few hours sitting on a public toilet for fear of offending the nostrils of a total stranger?

If the OP's situation is so difficult for you to understand then you're incredibly hard of thinking.

Why are some of you trying to use emotional blackmail by bringing up genuine, long term health conditions such as IBS?hmm
The OP has no such issue.

Because people are pointing out that she COULD have had such an issue. Anyone could, yet these two dick heads decided to call her a dirty bitch out loud. She didn't fart, cough or burp right in their faces which would have been rude. She had an upset stomach and farted when she couldn't help it.

Alexa... Emotional blackmail? What are you talking about?

You're standing by - if not cheering - that an elderly incontinent person left a bus? Do you think she didn't hear/pick up on those other passengers making their displeasure so vocally and loudly known? Not a pleasant situation to be in, admittedly, but sometimes bodily functions aren't controllable - rudeness though, always IS.

You sound an absolute delight.

This thread is beyond depressing.

The OP was taken unwell, Alexa. She didn't force one out deliberately.

Sometimes people unexpectedly lose control of their bodily functions. If they're unlucky, it happens while they're in public.

Do you have no compassion at all?

Lol at the posters who think you can jump off a bus and find a handy public toilet.

Oh an I don't mean laughing in a nasty way, I just find farts hilarious. Because I'm a 12 year old boy.

saucery good point. Most of the public toilets in our town are now closed. And if you're on a bus out of town there aren't any anyway.

I think you should have avoided public transport if you knew you were unwell - for myriad reasons, not least the farting which is horrible for others, let's face it.

Smelling other people's wind is unpleasant but we all do it and sometimes, as in the OP's case, it's in public and out of her control.

The OP has already stated she didn't realise she was that unwell. In any case it's not always realistic to not catch public transport in case you pass wind!

I think the emotional blackmail comment was aimed at me for my Crohn's anecdote. Just pointing out that people can be awful to those of us with bowel conditions. Its dreadfully embarrassing and i feel for the OP.