Man who barged in front of pregnant woman on Tube today for a seat

[hunkermunker]

Your tie was stupid.

And yes, I trod on your stupid shiny patent leather shoe on purpose.

I got the red mist, you see.

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should have suffered a bout of morning sickness all over him.................

I didn't get offered a seat on the tube until my last day at work when I was eight and a half months pregnant. I only got one then because another woman who was standing said, very loudly, "do you find that people often don't offer you a seat?".

Have swapped London for rural France, but should I ever have to go back on the Northern Line again [shudder] I will try to remember to say that on behalf of any preggers ladies.

I asked for one of the tube badges (which say "I'm up the duff - get up will you?", or something like that) but the guy said that they were never delivered to the Northern Line stations. Fed my South London Northern line paranoia.

And your book looked really boring and I bet you were only pretending you could read it anyway cos you looked really thick.

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Lummox, people are incredibly ill-mannered. Yes, I know they've paid the same amount for their seat as I have. Yes, I know it was my decision to get pregnant. But FGS, how about a bit of consideration?!

Letter in Metro the other day said that hangovers were self-inflicted and likely to cause vomiting, but you didn't get this bloke asking for a seat. And someone else saying she thought that women should not commute to work on the Tube if they got pregnant because they were demanding special privileges.

Oops, I did once announce to a whole carriage that I hoped they all had nice days as I left the carriage. I was 35 weeks pg at the time

One woman had actually looked at me, half stood up, then changed her mind and sat back down again.

And one man looked at me over his newspaper, flinched when he saw my bump and then raised his paper so that he didn't have to see me!

Oh don't get me started on this topic! I worked in central London up to my 38th week and the tube was murder! On one occasion a woman pushed me out of the way to get the last seat (I was about 6 months gone with a bump) so I pushed her back, then she accused me of being rude! Countless other incidents spring to mind, on buses as well as tubes. Think I saw the same man hiding behind his newspaper as you hunkermunker! Every day! In triplicate! So glad I don't live in London any more.

Hello mate

I was on the central line a week or so ago. I was travelling from Tott Crt Rd to Ruislip. No-one stood up as I got on but I thought well if no-one offers me a seat in about 3 stops I'll just ask. About 4 stops down the line a seat came free so I dived into it. It was only when I sat down that I realised how much I had needed it. Where I had been stretched and holding on I got low pains, and I found myself a bit breathless. So was quietly breathing out through my mouth and trying to control my breathing and holding my bump down low as the pain was uncomfortable. A woman noticed and said 'are you okay' to which I replied in a clear voice, prjected nicely down the carriage, 'ummmm, I just stood for too long and feeling a bit uncomfrtable, don't worry I'm not going into labour, not just yet' and smiled sweetly.
Hope they all the got the message loud & clear.
Next time I'll be asking for a seat sooner.

oo TC, how long you got now?

People are just so RUDE, aren't they?!

Isn't it fairly obvious that a pregnant woman shouldn't be left to stand?!

TC, am getting those low pains too - esp after standing on the Tube! Mind you, buses are as bad - and they sway more unpredictably!

And TC...did you see the thread with your name on? People been asking for you Will bump it.

Hello you, how's it going, you top driving bird you
3 months, 22 Dec but planning on doing all I can to bring that date forward just a teeny bit

I always asked! And nobody ever said no. They may have gone home and moaned about me, but I got my seat

People asking for me???????????? No, only just came on line 5mins ago.

I do ask, quite often now. But this man made me feel like it wouldn't really be worth it.

Thinning on top he was too.

It is UNREAL how rude some people are! Luckily my work was quite understanding if I was late because I couldn't get on the tube because it was too packed.

What was that story last year about a woman who had a miscarriage after she had to stand up on the train for ages and someone bashed into her?

That's the thread with a link to the thread in question. It's like a treasure hunt, TC

PL - yes, there was a woman who was elbowed in the stomach and had a stillborn baby at six months That was what prompted the hangover letter and the women shouldn't be seen in public if they're pregnant letters in Metro. Lovely city, this

oh don't get me started I used to get a bus from London Bridge to Holborn every day, it was one of those bendy buses so no proper Q just rush to get on when a bus turned up, I actually used to stand with my hand across my bump to protect it from the pushing and barging or I would wait I wasn't that desperate to get to work.

The day before I went into labour with DD, DP and I had to travel across London by tube to pick up our new car (I was early with DD) anyway gets on tube and no one offered me a seat said to DP in loud voice "amazing how I can be invisible being this size?" DP was mortified. I think middle aged men were the worst they look you up and down stare at the bump then look away, people who do give up their seat tend to be women.

I used to love London but once I was pregnant I couldn't wait to get out. I used to get so stressed out about the whole tube thing. Sometimes I would ask for a seat then feel really embarrassed for asking. Sometimes I just used to stand in front of someone and sigh heavily until they offered me their seat. One time I had to get off and sit down on the platform because I was nearly fainting and no-one helped me (mind you I had no bump then). As you can tell I haven't got over it!!!!! Grrrr!!!

Oddly I always got offered a seat when I was pg on the tube or train once it was obvious. I obviously travel on more polite lines that the rest of you!

I would have shouted 'Take your hand OFF my arse and how DARE you make such kind of suggestions to me! What kind of sick freak are you?!' then stomp off further down the carriage.

Well, I would have fantasised about doing so, anyway!!!

Maybe the softly softly approach just dosent work. When i was pg and used the dreaded Northern Line i walk on looked directly at people and said "who's going to offer their seat to me?".
Then again i think it could be a culture thing as well ....im not British and do tend to just ask for what i want