Breeder gets well-deserved reprimand on the tube November 10, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,425 |
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gherkingirl
About three years ago I was sitting in the priority seat on the Tube coming home from a hospital appointment for my invisible disability and feeling like I'd been hit by a truck but of course looking totally fine.
A woman about my age and her toddler got on at the next stop and she stood in front of me and said 'you're in Oscar's special seat. He always sits there'. I internally roll my eyes and ask 'oh is Oscar disabled?' She tuts like I've insulted him and says no but he loves that seat and he'll cry if he doesn't get it.
I explain that it's a priority seat for disabled and elderly people and I am in fact disabled and not moving for a healthy three year old who could stand or simply sit on his mother's knee. His mother went ballistic accusing me of lying, faking it etc and then started trying to get the other people on the carriage to back up her up.
Being London most people ignored her but an older woman who looked like the kindly grandmother type spoke up and I saw the mother's eyes light up like she was going to be validated. Then the woman said 'you are teaching Oscar to be the kind of selfish son who will leave you alone in a nursing home when you inconvenience him.'
Oscar's mother just goggled at her. Totally speechless. I mouthed 'thank you' at her and Oscar and his mother stood quietly in the corner of the carriage after that. I hope she bloody well learned a lesson for the future but I treasure the new TfL 'please offer me a seat' badge to defend me in situations like that when kick ass older women are not available.
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