General Chat

I travelled on the bus yesterday with a friend as we wanted to go shopping to a nearby town.
We enjoyed the journey out as it takes you the long way round all the different roads and you see more than in the car.

Coming back the bus was busy and a young lady with a baby about 18months old in a buggy stood at the front .she was on her phone listening to music and he was eating chips out of a McDonald's carton and dropping them on the floor.she didn't pick the chips up.

Then she gave him a lollipop which he dropped .she never noticed and when the bus stopped the lolly rolled forward and fell off the bus.

He started screaming,the loud piecing scream the children seem to have these days.This went on and on.We were glad to get off the bus as the screams were still buzzing in our ears.

:-S

I bet the bus driver would have loved to alight too.

I hate it when parents let their kids scream for ie tiredness or just plain bored.

On Friday I was coming back on a bus from York to a bus station outside of Leeds to catch my bus home.

And on the bus in the disabled/OAP seats was a young woman with 2 children under the age of 4 and 2 empty buggies in the normal space.

The smallest child about 16 months was screaming when I got on the bus and he looked tired as his eyes kept shutting but she didn't put him in one of the buggies.

He kept pulling her hair and grabbing her face by the looks of it to get her attention.

He asked for his Daddy and his father was sat in the seat (Disabled) next to me and he was on his phone never took a blind bit of notice of the kid screaming.
The child looked over at me and I said to the child ""You Tired and want to go in your buggy to have a short nap""

Then another child came to where I was sitting and said"Daddy I want to sit next to you"" as If I was going to move from my seat to accommodate a kid (I am disabled).

Bet the driver was glad when he arrived at Leeds Bus Station for a bit of peace.

Who remembers with nostalgia the late 'Screaming Lord Such'? :-D

I remember him....maybe he started this piercing scream that we were never allowed to do,or let our children do.
I hate shopping in supermarkets during the school holidays as children seem to scream for something they want....and parents give in to them! Grrrrr.

A mum was wheeling her screaming toddler out of a shop. He was obviously having a tantrum. We told her we admired her for not giving in. She grinned :-D

I have not been on a bus outside of London in donkey's years. Obviously I am missing out. After "Educating Cardiff" maybe the sequel will be "Transporting Taffy".

Dzien dobry
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People do appear to find their phone more important than their child so why have the child when the phone has already given you a full life?

I also hate it when parents let the children scream while they talk or listen to their music - or even as the other day just stare blankly into space. My granddaughter only travels by bus when she is with me so finds it all very exciting and we have wonderful chats. One day she was very excited and a bit loud at times so when we got off and people said goodbye to her I apologised to them for our constant chat. They said it was lovely to see a child being responded to instead of ignored!
I did wish she was the screaming sort the day she announced loudly 'grandma, I have a problem'. 'What's your problem?' I asked. Loudly she declared 'my knickers! They're up my bum'.:-0 I wish she had just cried and let me find the problem :-)

Lyndi,,

Would love to be on a bus near your granddaughter as she would give me a laugh..

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I rarely go on the bus,but Llandudno on a Saturday is chaotic,even at the end of school holidays so don't use the car.
Even while waiting for the bus back, the form in the shelter had a lady sitting there with cases on the seat and I had to ask her if she could put them on the floor and she gave me such a look.....what has happened to manners?

Brenda they went out of the window yonks ago.

When I asked a person on the bus a few weeks ago if I could sit down on the seat,he said but my bag is there.

So asked if he had a bus ticket for the bag.he said don't be silly but I asked if he could put the bag on his knee then and give me the seat.
Our bus drivers won't pull away from the pavement until Elderly/disabled people are sat down.

The driver asked why I hadn't sat down so told him.the driver actually cam over and told the chap to move the bag on to his knee or the floor.

The passenger didn't like it one bit bu he had to do it.

Sue

I hope he didn't get back at you by using Manspread. ;-)

Last time I went on a train there was a lady who was, I would think,in her fifties and she was standing, holding a small child while two young lads were sitting down.

They were perfectly polite, well behaved boys but I just don't think the possibility of giving up their seat had ever been presented to them for consideration.

Had they ever been shown it was the right thing to do I am sure they would have given her their seat without question.

No one seems to give up their seat anymore. :-(

Don't think it's a recent thing.

Something like 40 years ago, I was on a bus with mum. We'd got on near the start of route, hence had a seat. As we came closer to the terminal, it filled up including a very pregnant woman carrying an overnight bag.

No one gave up their seat except me. She said she was going to the hospital to be induced :-0

(as it was the school holidays, parents with children could easily have lifted them on to their laps)

it's beautiful here - sunny all day and I thought - I'll lie on my lounger on the patio - then the grandchildren arrived next door - two little girls - scream - you've never heard the like :-( :-(

A few years back I used to travel home from Scotland by train on a Friday. On one occasion the train was particularly busy with many standing whilst at the same time others had bags etc on seats pretending to be oblivious to the situation.

The guard, a short tubby lady, was having no success until she made an announcement on the P.A. that there was to be a full ticket inspection and that bags occupying seats would be required to have a ticket otherwise they would be charged full single fare.

They was frenzied activity for the the next few minutes and shortly after there were even some spare seats to be had.

In 1986, obviously pregnant, I travelled daily by train to London and was never offered a seat.

One evening I was feeling a bit off colour so took courage in both hands and in a carriage, of about equal male to female, loudly asked...

"Excuse me I am pregnant, I don't feel well and would be very grateful if someone would kindly offer me their seat"

You guessed it....Only women offered :-(

The age of chivalry is dead.

Chris

I wonder if a tall thin lady would have had more luck with those bags.