Woman on the bus wanted half my fudge...

[MonaLisaDoesntSmile]

Light-hearted thread (hopefully?).

I was shopping today, got on a bus home. As a treat, I got a nice bar of Christmas fudge (kind of like mince pie flavour!). Trying to save up and it was a bit pricey, but I haven't gone out in ages or done anything much that would cost anything, so I thought it would be a nice thing to have a little treat. I was hungry, so bit off a bit to much on, and put the rest in my handbag. Then a woman sitting across tapped me on a shoulder and asked what it was I was eating, so I said what it was. She said it smelled nice and if she can have the rest of it (!). I was a bit take aback and said I ate it all and there was non left. She kept on asking where I got it and how much it cost and if I was sure there was none left a few times.

I later thought she was maybe hungry, but then she saw my shopping bag sitting proudly next to me on my seat with bread and bananas sticking out and didn't ask for those, so wonder if she was a CF just going after my nice fudge?

Odd behaviour. Very odd.

This is why I hate public transport 😨

What an odd woman. I'd have also channeled my inner Scrooge and kept it for myself

I know! I was wondering whether I was being greedy not sharing, or positively assertive in not sharing?

Woman on the bus wanted half my fudge...

I know this is a euphemism for something, I'm just not quite sure what.

wonder if she was a CF just going after my nice fudge?

Do you really need to wonder? Really?

Someone lacking social skills, for whatever reason.

Save the treats for home from now on 😂

That reminds me why I hate buses, had a similar experience a few years ago!
Definitely a CF...

Michael Winner once stole half of my garlic naan while I was distracted, when I complained he drew me a vaguely pornagraphic doodle of what I guess was my friend and some kind of kitchen appliance, then laughed and left without paying a tip.

Ywnbu.

You meet the oddest people on buses!

donquixotedelamancha - not an euphemism, it was just fudge :)

Aaaaand this is why I pay about £300 a month on having our cars.

Fucking buses and their weirdos.

I think the important point here is...where can I purchase some of this mince pie fudge?

Yeah man where to buy said fudge

Yes, this is one time where a drop feed would be good... Tell us more about the fudge.

Very weird. Weirdos on buses are one of the reasons I do without many other things in order to afford a car. I may be wearing tatty clothes from Primark but at least I’m wearing them in the privacy of my own car.

Mince pie fudge!
I wouldn't share that with my own child, never mind some random woman on the bus.
florrie doesn't share.

Oh dear I would have assumed she had some MH issues.
You were right to protect your treat.
I do my best to avoid conversations on the bus.

Also does anyone else find it gross that the woman was willing to eat fudge that had been in someone else’s mouth?! She saw OP bite it and still wanted to eat the rest?! Am I the only person who worries about germs and viruses? No offence OP but I wouldn’t want to eat something that a stranger had been eating.

I was a bit take aback and said I ate it all and there was non left

On balance, I'd say you were positively assertive. Especially as it was a pricey treat.

I like mince pies, but I like my fudge plain. I use public transport but have not tried to hustle fudge or indeed any other comestible from my fellow Bus Wankers.

I’m waiting for the post where somebody says you were being very unreasonable not to give her the fudge, the coat from your back and your house. “Oh she is lonely/mentally ill OP, you should have put yourself out for her!”

Aaaaand this is why I pay about £300 a month on having our cars.

“I poison other people and do more than my fair share towards wrecking the planet because I simply CAN’T mix with the undesirables!”

A woman once threw a massive strop at me on a bus because I wouldn’t hold her bottle of pop for her. She got me to open it and it was all fizzing out so i handed it her back and she went ugh it’s going everywhere and tried to give it back to me, so i said sorry love it’s your problem now, I don’t want pop all over me and it’s not even mine, and she had a massive benny at me and went I AM AUTISTIC YOU KNOW, i was like wtf has that got to do with the price of spanners

Bus people hey

I wish id witnessed this

I also had an experience like this on the bus but I was eating a chocolate bar and gave the woman a piece when she asked but then she scoffed that and said how nice it was and asked for another so I gave her the rest.