Rude, Racist or Right?

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I rarely travel by bus but yesterday I was queuing behind a man for a bus to town.

When he got on he said "name of destination". The driver replied "no, it's "single to name of destination PLEASE". Have some manners, We're in England"

The man then politely repeated what the bus driver had asked him to say, took his ticket and sat down.

The man was black and the "we are in England" felt unnecessary and made me feel uncomfortable.

What are your thoughts?

Wow, that's one heck of an update. Well done.

Poor man. I would take that as racist. What a twat of a driver.

Why shouldn’t he be reported? I would report him. I would not call that perceived racism, it was extremely rude and racist.

Well done, and I'm glad the bus company agrees with you. This might not change the bus driver's underlying views but it will hopefully make him think twice before criticising people in future.

Racist and incredibly rude.
Yes it’s annoying when people don’t say please but you don’t correct other adults like that.

This is what concerns me, how many racists, xenophobes and people with extreme views are living amongst us and we don't know because they keep it all in?

It's probably just as well we can't mind read. Although it seems to me that those with extreme views are generally only too happy to hold forth.