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What did she want people to do?

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SkivingSnackboxes · 16/02/2023 05:35

Recently went to spectate at a sporting event and we got on the tram to get there. It was rammed, we expected it to be rammed. It's a busy event.

The tram was standing room only, and it was busy Ie sardines.

This pregnant woman was standing in the middle of the aisle she wouldn't move further down so there was a huge gap behind her. She didn't look that pregnant tbh, she kept shouting. im pregnant, I need space, you all need to back off, I'm pregnant I need a seat im pregnant I can't be touched
The only people sat down were kids and old people and the families didn't offer her a seat. The guard came down and told her she needed to move down into the gap or get off. She decided to get off and then asked if the trams were going to be busy all day?

She genuinely wanted random strangers to not go to the rugby because she enforced a halo of 'im pregnant and no one can be near me'

Surely if you're that precious about being pregnant you'd get a taxi?

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Nimbostratus100 · 16/02/2023 06:02

This is weird, you have no idea at all what she was feeling, she made it abundantly clear that she wasnt coping with standing- none of us know why. She very possibly couldnt move down, there are all sorts of problems she might have been suffering from, we know nothing about.

Shr wasnt being pathetic, she simply wasnt able to cope with the situation, and was articulating that

Why didnt anyone offer her a seat?

I think it pretty appalling, to be honest. She made it quite clear she needed to sit down, I think it is therefore highly likely that she needed to sit down, and instead, she gets people calling her pathetic!

I agree. If I were a family sat down I'd have put my child on my lap or had them alternate time in a seat if more than one child. Its a good lesson in helping others and not assuming peoples wellness based on what you can see

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