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More rude behaviour on public transport 😡

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Fallingstar Wed 01-Jul-26 11:37:29

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In summary a kindly could offered a heavily pregnant woman his seat on the tube but before she could sit a man muscled in and sat down. It was explained to him that the seat had been intended for the woman but he ignored this.
First the young man who blocked the handrail for an eighty year old woman to get up the steps and filmed it. And now this!!
Of course the man could have had an invisible disability but he deliberately barged in front of the woman and took the seat despite the situation being explained to him.
Have stopped using the tube in London with my DH who is disabled since suffering a stroke, is exhausting to keep explaining to people why he needs a priority seat. Thankfully he gets AA now so we use uber.

Fallingstar Wed 01-Jul-26 11:38:18

Correction - a kindly soul offered…..

Greenfinch Wed 01-Jul-26 12:18:34

What you describe is appalling and can scarcely be believed. Is it just the frenetic activity of the Tube do you think? It makes me appreciate the behaviour on our local bus(we only have one) where everyone goes out of their way to help each other and the elderly will get up immediately from the priority seat if they see someone more disabled than themselves getting on. People squash up if they see yet another mum getting on with a pushchair and the drivers have infinite patience putting the step up and down. Seats are readily offered even if you don’t really want one and strangers chat with one another. I love the bus .

pably15 Wed 01-Jul-26 12:30:50

That is so ignorant, I remember years ago, men would rise and give a woman their seat, whether she was pregnant or not,
I know not everyone is like this man ,there are some gentlemen still around

Fallingstar Wed 01-Jul-26 12:47:37

pably15

That is so ignorant, I remember years ago, men would rise and give a woman their seat, whether she was pregnant or not,
I know not everyone is like this man ,there are some gentlemen still around

Indeed including the man who got up to give the woman his seat.

Dickens Wed 01-Jul-26 13:03:44

It takes some gall to do what he did - but then to pretend to be sleeping with stunned people glaringly watching you - makes me wonder if he's a tad unstable?

This is not normal behaviour - even inconsiderate and self-absorbed men would normally be embarrassed enough to relinquish the seat, however unceremoniously.

TerriBull Wed 01-Jul-26 13:09:21

Unbelievably rude. Unhinged possibly shock