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I SAW what you did

31 replies

McSnail · 16/06/2010 20:44

I was on the bus today, people-watching.

At one of the stops, a woman stood up to get off and the old man sitting next to her reached up to (what I presumed) steady her (jerky bus, bad tempered bus driver. According to a friend of mine who happens to know about these things, Edinburgh bus drivers purposefully make the bus jerk, while muttering under their breath, 'You're all cunts, aren't you?' to which the hapless passengers can't help but jerk their heads 'Yes'...)

Anyway - his hand totally grabbed her arse, but in a pretendy- I'm-just-making-sure-you-don't-lose-your-balance- kind of a way. And it stayed there for quite a wee while.

Initially, I thought they were together, but it became obvious from her red and flustered face that he wasn't an acquaintance. She didn't say a word, poor woman, and just hurried off the bus. Feeling my rage rising ( I've had so many occasions in my life where I've been too embarassed or ashamed to retaliate when fuckers have made sexual innuendos or simply insulted me because I'm female) I slithered down the bus, sat in the empty seat behind him, and hissed in his ear, 'I saw what you did, and you should be ASHAMED of yourself!'

Then HE got all embarassed and shuffled off the bus at the next stop, looking all pathetic. Which made me feel a bit ashamed for picking on a wee old pensioner who can probably only afford supermarket own brand baked beans for dinner...

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Janos · 16/06/2010 20:46

Why should you feel ashamed for calling him on it? He bloody well should be embarrassed!

McSnail · 16/06/2010 20:47

Och, I don't feel ashamed per se, but he was old... and maybe he was senile.

meh

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peggotty · 16/06/2010 20:48

Quite right! Being a pensioner doesn't exempt people from being nasty sex pests! He's probably been doing it for years, so age is no excuse.

scurryfunge · 16/06/2010 20:48

pmsl at the bus driver comment,sorry

traceybath · 16/06/2010 20:49

Well done!

Hopefully it may make him think twice before doing it again. Age is no excuse for such vile behaviour.

tightwad · 16/06/2010 20:50

Good on ya girl, fucking good on you.
hes probably got away with shite like that for donkeys years.

Peg or two......
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old perv.

peggotty · 16/06/2010 20:50

and if he was senile, I doubt he would have looked embarassed. People do not automatically develop halos when they pass 60!

mawbroon · 16/06/2010 20:52

PMSL at "You're all cunts aren't you".

I moved here 21yrs ago and I must say they do seem to have had some customer service training since then...

McSnail · 16/06/2010 20:54

REALLY, maw?

God, I wonder what they were like before?!

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mawbroon · 16/06/2010 21:00

Aye, seriously, they were awful.

I remember this guy running for the bus and the driver opened the doors for him, then he zoomed off as the guy approached and slammed the door shut. The guy ran after the bus and the driver repeatedly kept waiting then driving off just as the guy got close! I do find nowadays that if I am running for the bus, they tend to wait.

And they don't seem to grunt so much if you ask them a question. Some of them are actually quite helpful I find.

McSnail · 16/06/2010 21:02

Re. the sadistic bus driver - what a total fucker!!!

Saying that, yes, there are some lovely Edinburgh bus drivers. I'm quite fond of the miserable ones too, though...

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ChuckBartowski · 16/06/2010 21:04

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oldenglishspangles · 16/06/2010 21:07

Well done op! I remember being told by a friend of mine that worked on the buses that the some of the drivers would deliberately go round corners fast on pension day to see how many shopping trolleys / bags they could tip over. One of the drivers hated old people and said that there should be a maximum age limit a la logans run. He would happily drive them to get their injections!!!! I personally liked the driver that kept taking swigs from his bottle in a brown bag whilst driving the bus I was on!! They are a funny breed, bus drivers!!

McSnail · 16/06/2010 21:09

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"One of the drivers hated old people and said that there should be a maximum age limit a la logans run. He would happily drive them to get their injections!!!! I personally liked the driver that kept taking swigs from his bottle in a brown bag whilst driving the bus I was on!!"

Just sprayed cheap white wine over my keyboard at that...

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oldenglishspangles · 16/06/2010 21:15

I forgot the sarcastic emoticon for the brown bottle driver part of that quote....

RunawayWife · 16/06/2010 21:20

I was on a packed tube on the way to work a few years ago when someone decided to cop a feel of my bum

I grabbed his hand, held it up and shouted did someone lose this I found it on my arse!!!!

He got off the tube bloody quickly

McSnail · 16/06/2010 21:22

Heh heh.

Good on you Runaway Wife. Was this in London? Did everyone pretend not to notice?

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anyabanya · 16/06/2010 21:25

WELL DONE OP!!! (So happy I have to shout it. ). Good on you.

Just because he is old does not mean he should get away with assault.

RunawayWife · 16/06/2010 21:31

Heading to Acton Town, and no a lot of people noticed

ScentedLovePuff · 16/06/2010 21:38

PMSL at the bus driver comment OP! Woke the baby up though......

itstimmytime · 16/06/2010 21:48

HaHa, I would have done that too I hope - well done you. What number bus and I'll look out for him?

Edinburgh bus drivers a weird breed. They're either lovely or total bastards! No middle ground. I used to work with someone who used a wheelchair and have had two buggy aged kids so have had plenty of experience.

iwasyoungonce · 16/06/2010 22:10

Well done OP! Speaking as someone who was touched up on a bus when I was 18, and was too embarrased/scared to say a word, these fucking arseholes need to be confronted!

Now I am older and wiser I am bloody READY for them! I hope I would have done exactly what you did today.

lazarusb · 16/06/2010 22:22

Well done- that poor lady must have been mortified. Bet he won't do it again in a hurry!

hippychick66 · 16/06/2010 22:24

I was on a crowded tram in Amsterdam years ago and was being shoved about by the man behind me. Eventually I realised that the tram was no longer crowded and it was just an old man rubbing up against me from behind. I said NOTHING! But it must have bugged me cos I still remember it.

Also, i saw a man on the tube in london, sit down and wop his dick out - just as I was thinking OMG what is he gonna do next - someone he knew got on the train and sat next to him and started chatting. He put his carrier bag (classy!) on his lap and then spent the whole journey fumbling under the bag trying to get his dick back in his trousers. Many times since i've wished I'd stood up and said to his 'friend' - "Did you know he has his dick out under that bag?"

All true honest.

scanty · 16/06/2010 22:31

I used a bus in Scotland for the first time in years. An old lady was running flat out to catch it. I told the driver to wait while I was paying and he said 'Tough, she can get the next one!' How rude, luckily I took my time sorting my coins and she made it, pig! The drivers of our school buses, back in days of olde, used to try and kill us by careering round corners and breaking suddenly - we loved it though, oh the excitement!