To think that if you are high risk you should prob not be on the bus?

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Prepared to get lynched here but i get the bus to hospital placement every day. There is a young man on bus who normally wears a mask. Today he wasn't. He forgot.
A woman on the bus kicked off at him massively as she has cancer. Yes i do sympathise with her but if I had cancer I wouldnt be travelling by bus. Id go to chemo by taxi. The risk is just too great atm.
He should have worn a mask but she should be protecting herself. My mum died of cancer so I know how hard it us.

Taxis are expensive, and chemo happens often. She may not be able to afford a taxi every time. A bus may be her only option.

Perhaps she can't afford to pay for taxis.

If she’s on chemo, she’s probably on either a reduced income or benefits of some time. Not everyone can afford £20 for a taxi every day/second day.
I would also think a taxi is just as risky as a bus.

Taxis cost more OP

Maybe she can't afford a taxi

You're assuming she can afford to go to chemo by taxi on top of all of her other living costs. Im sure she'd far prefer to go by taxi and is worried about needing to use public transport hence her reaction.

Your judgement didn't stretch as far as offering her the taxi fare home??

Are you volunteering to pay for her taxi?

Jesus Christ - are you serious?

This persons travel arrangements are fuck all to do with you

Maybe she can’t afford a taxi each and everytime she goes to hospital. She shouldn’t have kicked off, but as you say he usually wears a mask then he should have been wearing one. Most people have forgotten masks at some point by now but the responsible thing is to head back and get it.

I hope you understand now OP. Maybe it will teach you to be less judgemental.

The lack of awareness that some people have is astonishing. Why do you assume that she can afford a taxi?!

Taxis cost more. If there are LTNs around it might be quicker going by bus.

She shouldn't have kicked off.

But she also can use whatever transport method she can. If she could afford it, I'm sure she'd take a taxi.

Or the young man could walk (no taxi without the mask).

I’m neutral. He should have been wearing a mask but I get that it’s easy to forget.

She must be scared but has every right to take the bus as it’s probably a necessity for her. She also should be able to rely on the rules being enforced.

How did he respond.

A bus here to get me home from town centre is something like £4.00

A taxi is £15.00

Big difference there yes?

And chemo happens very often. It would soon add up

Yeah, I would definitely make sure only to have cancer while sufficiently well off to be able to afford frequent taxis.

He should have been wearing a mask. It's not as if he can forget there is a pandemic. Surely most people carry an extra disposable mask just in case.

She has every right to be on the bus. I presume she'd love to travel by taxi but can't afford it.

Jesus OP, you should be ashamed of yourself.

To me 'high risk' is the person who is putting other people at risk.

Those with cancer are all covered by DDA and should never be kicked off buses

Like you, They knew that the person just 'forgot' their mask, no clash of competing disability requirements.

The person nit in the mask should not of been on the bus.

That's clear bothe from the rules, and from common sense as he was the one posing the rush (high or otherwise) to every other person

Surely the onus should have been on the man who forgot his mask to get off the bus until he has nipped to get a face covering rather than the woman travelling to the hospital to have to feel more at risk than she already does.

I would imagine if she had any realistic alternative she wouldn’t be using public transport

So vulnerable shouldn't ride buses now?

*People

Yabu. How stressful for the lady.

What about people with cancer who carry on working and need to use public transport, do you expect them to use a taxi everyday?