Had a "fun" time on the trains yesterday. Somebody (very sadly) passed away at Chesterfield and sent the entirety of Sheffield station into chaos, just as I was about to get on a London train. It's not a huge issue for me because I didn't have to be anywhere but home, but it is because I was directed to multiple trains missing out Chesterfield before I finally got put on one where everybody was packed in like sardines. I walk with a cane. I have severe rheumatoid arthritis, and somebody was kind enough to give up a seat for me (the little seat that's inbetween carriages if you get what I mean).
A pregnant lady got on with an older lady, presumably mother, grandmother or perhaps other relative? My cane was folded away in my bag because it was a long journey and I can manage making my way to a seat if any open up because there's handles on train seats. Older lady instantly glared at me, looked at Pregnant lady. OL said "aren't you going to get up for her?" looking at PL again. I felt pretty awful about it but I knew I couldn't stand for even the 45 min journey to the next station and however long it took us to get out of our station (20 mins waiting for the OK to get going) and said "I can't stand for that long, I'm sorry". standing and walking is incredibly painful for me but keeping moving is a way to help with flares, which come and go. I don't want to get a wheelchair which is even more cumbersome in incidents like this. OL said "You're young. she's pregnant, you should be giving your seat up for pregnant people" and now everybody else in the crammed space is glaring at me so I took out my cane to show her and she just laughed at me and called me a selfish bitch. I just said "i have arthritis" and she said so did she (herself), but you didn't see her complaining.
PL didn't say anything. She looked a bit embarrassed, but maybe she was annoyed. No train staff had any chance of coming down the aisles so there was nobody to really mention it to. Was I in the wrong?