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AIBU?

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AIBU about the man on the bus?

597 replies

HelenaWay · 12/05/2017 23:40

He said I don't think you should sit there. I said said excuse me what are you on about? He said the bags are massive and take up the fly space.

Well that was it. I was so angry, it wasn't a big amount. How dare he say that to me. I shouted at him that he had really offended me and it backed off and sat in the flight seat.

Now I'm thinking about it I don't know AIBU?

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harderandharder2breathe · 13/05/2017 09:48

So since OP is obviously bat shit crazy anyway

My theory is the flight seat is the aisle seat and the fly is the aisle

Because she obviously doesn't actually listen to the words people say if she thought s man telling her that her bags were in the way was calling her fat.

RustyBear · 13/05/2017 09:49

"Pringle Preference Among The General Population Including Bears,"
As an honorary Bear, my favourite is now the Roast Chicken and Herbs, though the Christmas Pigs in Blankets one is a close second.

Needthesunshine · 13/05/2017 09:50

YABU OP....doritos and rice are a much nicer combination.

Deploycharitygoats · 13/05/2017 09:50

do you need a minute?!

GrinGrinGrin

ChickenVindaloo2 · 13/05/2017 09:51

Flight seat? Fly space?
Wait, what? Flying buses have been invented? How did I miss that?

punkpuffin · 13/05/2017 09:52

Prawn cocktail Pringles are the best. If they aren't available then salt and vinegar is a close second.

Thanks to the diagram I might actually know what's going on now.

Nessie71 · 13/05/2017 09:56

Whats a fly space?? I use the bus all the time never heard of it! Even if you only had one bag he asked you to move it off the seat so he could sit down. You shouted at him because you thought he was calling you fat....touchy..hope i dont meet you on the bus this morning.

InMySpareTime · 13/05/2017 09:57

You can't dip Pringles in Nutella, they're too fragile and leave shards of crisp in the jar (which then go soggy, so when you spread Nutella on toast it goes all lumpy).
Salted is the only flavour you can reasonably spread Nutella onto, and it is best to sandwich the spread between two Pringles to save mess.
A fly space is the area above a theatre stage where scenery is hauled up out of sight. I'm surprised the OP went to the trouble of keeping her bags that high up, with the inherent risk of bag breakage leading to rice/Pringles falling all over the bus).
Hope that's cleared things up for you all.

SoupDragon · 13/05/2017 10:03

Whilst "fly space" is a complete mystery to me I respect to buses, I think the flight seat is the flip down one that you get in the wheelchair space.

SoupDragon · 13/05/2017 10:03

And paprika pringles.

MycatsaPirate · 13/05/2017 10:07

You do realise Op, that some poor man has gone home probably in tears because you behaved like a loon on the bus?

And I bet you didn't even offer him a pringle!!

TheNaze73 · 13/05/2017 10:15

We've all done it.

pennypickle · 13/05/2017 10:19

Wait! This thread is still here? Bet OP has scoffed the pringles. I'm off over the shop now. I neeed Texan BBQ for brekkie. I won't buy rice.

I'm thinking every home should have a fly seat. Perhaps then the irritating, germ infested beasts could all do their buzzing in one place.

lljkk · 13/05/2017 10:23

I'm going on a bus today. Fly counter to the ready.

nakedscientist · 13/05/2017 10:29

Ah Inmy OP is telling us about apiece of her animal performance art. She was channelling FLY (in her fly space) and the "man" or " director" came and said not to dangle her rice'n' crisps with the scenery and that she was a CAT ( not fat) so she shouted and he went back to the RIGHT seat and continued with their fly-on-the-wall documentary.

yaela123 · 13/05/2017 10:30

OP where are you? Please come back!!!

This thread ought to be added to classics...if the flies allow ofc

FlossyMooToo · 13/05/2017 10:35

Love this thread.
Thank you OP for making my hangover bearable.

LemonCurdles · 13/05/2017 10:40

In all probability OP was just jetting home to make rice space cakes. The pringles were for the upcomimg munchies (cheese and chive ofcourse)

DonkeyOaty · 13/05/2017 10:42

Wasabi pringles were Shock to one's gob. Hardly anyone remembers them.

froyotogo · 13/05/2017 10:43

Maybe OP needs to come back and give us a diagram. I don't like wasting my time scrolling through threads that use terminology I'm not acquainted with in reference to public transportation.

CeeceeBloomingdale · 13/05/2017 10:46

Was it an Airbus?

PossibiliTea · 13/05/2017 10:47

please update if only to tell us what flavour pringles the suspense is too much

FrenchMartiniTime · 13/05/2017 10:48

I think OP has taken the magical bus back to her own planet.

Blimey01 · 13/05/2017 10:48

53rdway
'What troubles me here is that you and him are the only two people in the country who know what a 'fly space' is. And there you were, on the same bus, at the same time. Clearly meant to be.'
😂😂😂

PossibiliTea · 13/05/2017 10:49

ive just had pringles and rice for breakfast. Pringles were used as a vehicle for the rice instead of a spoon/fork - AIBU?