in being cross at the girl on the very crowded commuter-stuffed bus who decided to peel and eat a satsuma?

[MadameDefarge]

Two reasons I am pissed off at this. One is, I do think that eating something very odiferous in a confined public space is anti-social....there is no escape from it...(even healthy foods)

second, and I do know this shouldn't really come into it, but its an hour long bus journey for ds who has dyspraxia, and he has trouble with travel sickness AND is a supertaster....literally throws up in the presence of oranges being peeled and eaten. She was sitting right opposite him.

I saw how he was trying to control himself, but it was clear he wasn't going to make it. So I manage to get him off the bus, for him to throw up all overhimself, and poor wee lad has to walk 25 mins in the freezing cold without his top layer....

Possibly IABU.

maybe this lady has a condition - hasn't had time to eat breakfast and might pass out if she didn't eat there and then and a satsuma was the only thing she had?

YAB a bit U really. I've never heard of a supertaster - maybe she hadn't either.

People can't stop doing things in case anyone around them has some obscure illnes/problem.

I do feel sorry for your son though, and see why you'd be stressed by it happening first thing in the morning - nightmare. I know it's not ideal but maybe you could pack a spare outfit for him in case it happened again or leave one at school just in case?

YABU.

Eating a satsuma is not offensive to the majority of people so she couldnt have known that your son would feel so ill from it.

we were separated by several rows of seats and about 10 people standing in the aisle.... (grab what you can in the morning) and she had her headphones in....

(maybe I should keep a nice pasty handy to offer her in exchange next time!)

YABU.

You can't expect the public not to live their lives because it doesn't fit in with yours.

My daughter is dyspraxic. Quite markedly. It's caused serious delays in her schooling.

I always carry a change of clothes for her and she has one in her school bag because she tends to spill things on herself or trip and get mucky.

I thought that there was a ban on eating and drinking on buses, anyway? I don't think she was necessarily entitled to eat what she wanted. OK it was only a satsuma but if you allow eating on buses you then get all sorts of a)mess because people will often just throw packaging and b) possible nuisance with people being gross, noisy and eating truly stinky stuff.

But i guess in this particular instance no one was going to throw her off just for eating an orange

But imo YANBU to be fed up.

YABU

an orange is a mild smelling fruit, same as a banana same as an apple! No issues with that, as posted earier its not stinky like an onion pasty

so again, YABU

Madame Defarge - stop being a wind-up merchant and make up your mind where she was sitting !!!

He can manage the bus just...it was the added element that tipped him over, but I will take a bag next time...I had seemed like he had grown out of the travel sickness thing, but clearly still there...(sigh).

Luckily his dad lives around the corner from school so he nipped down with a change of clothes.

I think YAB a little but U. Satsumas aren't really that strong smelling, so perhaps the person thought it would be ok to eat one. Plus they didn't know it would make your son ill.

I can see where you are coming from though.

eh, itsJust? She was sitting opposite ds! they were a away away from him me!

Do the two of you have to do that hourly bus ride each way every day? what a pain for you both.

ugh, strike that him, she was sitting opposite him. I was sitting several rows away. Hence the grab any seat you can comment.

we were separated by several rows of seats and about 10 people standing in the aisle....

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She was sitting right opposite him.

?????

madame - if i had to sit on a bus for 1 hour (each way presumably, twice a day) to get my child to school and he had a condition that made him vomit if he smelled some food then I would make damn sure that i got some driving lessons, got a car and made my life and my childs life 100% easier.

a tangerine fgs - hardly an unpleasant smell.

thankfully no, eitbom. Ds stays with Exp Mon pm to Fri Am at the moment, as its so much nearer school. But I have him for the weekend...I was hoping to increase his time with me, but the bus journey seems to be a real issue....though he is fine coming home on friday, as there much fewer people on the bus....

we are in London, so buses are much easier than cars anyway, without even thinking about the congestion charge if I did drive.....

YABU for the reasons others have stated, but you get some bonus points for the use of odiferous

Hope your DS is ok now.

Of course YABU to be cross with her, especially as you didn´t bother to say anything to her.

On the off chance that she would ever read this, she would probably be mortified that she caused a child to throw up.

maybe she was diabetic

the hills, if you had to spend £8 every day on congestion charges as well as the costs of running and maintaining a car in London, I don't think you would be so blase about airily saying getting a car would solve all my problems re transport with ds.

Oh OK. Sorry for the lack of time together but phew that he doesn't have to do that every day!

It's a bit mean to be about MmeD not driving, thehills, how do you know that she doesn't have a medical condition that precludes it? or could be banned for driving? (sorry MmeD, not suggesting you are! but it is possible). It's not always as easy as "oh get a car" FGS.

diddl, I couldn't say anything to her without shouting really loudly...she was far away from me with headphones in...

fgs thehillsarealive. i don't drive either. I can't afford to., But if you're paying I'd be happy to learn Peopel rarely use public transport for the fun of it

ew i'm with op, even without her ds's condition i hate watching people eat on public transport. unreasonable or not