How do you manage these little old ladies? Berlin might be a special case. People from different parts of Germany always tell me that Berliners are very errr... let's say outspoken.
I do try to remember that they probably got bombed out in the war and worked as Trummerfrauen and had a really hard life etc. but they're a tough bunch, aren't they? I used to find it so annoying that they'd always be telling me how to bring up my child "she's too warmly dressed, she's isn't warmly dressed enough, don't let her eat in the street...". I tried to tell myself they were caring and showing an interest so it wouldn't get on my nerves too much but it did bug me.
Yesterday took the bus and sat dd down in the seat with a cross above it near the door (so meant for elderly/disabled). The bus was full and dd would have had to stand otherwise. So this old lady, she was sitting next to dd, told me off and said dd couldn't sit there, only someone with a disabled pass. I would have given up the seat if an elderly person had gotten on the bus. When the old lady got off, she stood in the door screaming at me over and over that dd couldn't sit there. What should I have done? Should I have made dd stand up in the bus and leave the seat empty?