Pushchair fight on bus

[Partygal]

After picking my child up from her child minder today, I arrived the bus stop to find two women with buggies waiting.

Knowing that the driver wouldn’t let three of us on, I walked round the corner to the previous stop and got on there.

When it arrived at the next stop, sure enough only mum was allowed on - the other was told to wait 30 minutes for the next bus. I was screamed at and called a cunt and a queue jumper by one mum who tried to shove me off the bus.

I don’t think I did anything wrong, nor did the police when they turned up after being called by the driver.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

Did they not also have the same opportunity as OP did to walk to the earlier stop?

How is it OP's problem if they failed to do that? There was always a chance that OP would have arrived at the earlier stop and still failed to get on the bus due to it being too full so it wasn't a guarantee that OP would get on the bus at either stop.

I agree about the folding the buggy up if you can-that's common courtesy, but there's little wrong with taking the initiative as it's not like the other two women couldn't have done the same thing. Nothing unreasonable about it.

It isn’t wrong, but it’s sneaky, and generally speaking being cunning/sly is the most disliked characteristic in a person. Hence the responses here.

You said that you'd be pissed.

Meaning angry. Not drunk. Wow. The density of some people. And you guys are raising children? Scary.

No, you just lack a sense of humour. The PP's joke flew right over your head.

Are you American? "Pissed" does not mean "angry" in the UK.

Maybe it's someone else who's "dense", or perhaps too absorbed in American social media/trash TV.

Pissed absolutely does mean angry in parts of the UK. Pissed, pissed off, piss off, all commonly used everywhere I've lived, from the south west to the north of England.

I have never found pissed to mean angry in the UK, it usually means having had too much to drink. Pissed off is angry.

Im pissed - Drunk OR Annoyed 100%

I always thought it was Murican to think you're the only people on the internet. Clearly people in the UK are ignorant too. I'm Canadian. There ARE other countries in the world. Try learning about them.

always thought it was Murican to think you're the only people on the internet * *

eh?* *

I dont think the poster thinks her country is the only one on the internet .

Read the quote history because at this point you sound just as ignorant.

Do you mean to be so rude @Robyh ?

You did nothing wrong, it's like leaving the queue in a supermarket because you saw a new till opening and got served immediately. Life is inherently competitive and using initiative will help you on the way.

I'd say you did the right thing for you and your own child. Like another comment had said, it is the survival of the fittest. You were obviously smarter than them to think of going to an earlier stop. Therefore, were not selfish bc you did not jump the queue, you joined a different queue instead. I would do the same. I think most would.

Work smarter, not harder. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

It's the legal duty of the driver to manage the wheelchair space.
S24 of the Public Passenger Vehicle Act 1981 states
Bus drivers refusing to allow wheelchair users onto buses where the wheelchair space is either unoccupied or occupied by people who can readily and reasonably move are committing a crime. They can be prosecuted, given a £500 fine and 3 penalty points.

As from today!

Good luck enforcing that.

My mistake, it's from 2015! Been a long time since I drove a bus, but I do remember the fuss about it being unenforceable .

I jammed my feet in the door until they got the bus sorted. They threatened to call the police and I said please do, then quoted the law. He then got the space available.

I would have probably done the same thing if I was in a hurry. It’s frustrating for the other mums, yes, but I find bus and buggy politics so stressful. Strangers on the bus suddenly feel as if it’s their duty to butt in. It was wrong for the woman to push you and I really don’t see why the police had to get involved.

I guess you did what you had to do. It’s not fair but when has life ever been?