To judge the woman on the bus

[IDoughnutKnow]

She was on the bus this afternoon with two children - aged around 3 and 6. The 6yo was jumping around, doing the whole 'look at meeee' thing, standing up, messing around. The younger child had been bribed into submission with a massive doughnut. The mother (and I know she was the mother, as the older child kept addressing her as Mum) spent the entire 30 minute journey on her phone. I could see Facebook, then Instagram, then she was just scrolling around watching videos. Every now and then she would get pissed off and tell the child to sit down and behave and stop bothering the other passengers - when it was evident to anyone with half a brain that she needed to get off her bloody phone and talk to the child.

WABU to judge her hard?

On mumsnet it is. This place is full of crazy fuckers.

Oh yeah, tattooed and pierced I bet 🤣

No evident tattoos or piercings, but she was quite hefty.

I like those long ones with the jam and cream 😛

I wish I had bought that caramel doughnut from Greggs now.

You are DEFINITELY winding us up aren't ya? 😂

Thats anyone with a BMI over 21 on here.

You are 1000% wrong!

I would have judged, honestly.

But equally I have also been that mum scrolling my phone, feeding the kids into submission on public transport just thinking "thank god I get to sit down for 10mins" and just doing what I need to have a tiny break (clearly I use the term break loosely!)

I think most people would agree it isn't great parenting, but also sometimes it's what you need.

It's obviously a wind up thread. 🍩

No. I promise this is genuinely true.

No it is not a wind up thread. I did keep myself occupied for the rest of the journey thinking that I'd ask the MN jury when I got home, but it's not a wind up.

Did she look like THIS @IDoughnutKnow ???

Ergh, people like you that make anxious to look at my phone if I were to get a bus with my 21 mo who I breastfeed and co sleep with. Give it a rest.

You were a bit close to her phone to see what she was on. Look out of the window or think about your next holiday.

Bloody Hell, that's scary.

She was nicer looking than that!

The older girl was also wearing a very nice dress.

My standards aren’t low. But I’m sure we’ve all had a 30 minute period of time which if someone judged us on, wouldn’t be a good representation of us at all.

😂😂😂

I bet you won't be scrolling when your 21 mo is a very bouncy 6 yr old. I bet you'll be talking to him/her instead.

In any case, why does anyone need to have their nose in their phone on a bus?

Doughnuts, phone, scary, and hefty looking, oh my! It is getting worse with every post from the OP.

Of course she was. No tattoos or piercings? How about long acrylic nails? A scrunchie?

What a pointless bloody post!

Half the county is struggling with money and life right now. Does it really matter? You saw a few minutes of her life!

I spend my time on the bus reading shit threads like this on MN.

Why does anyone need to have their nose in anyone's business on the bus?