More tube bastardness
I do believe it was the District Line this time.

Bunch of people get on somewhere near Wimbledon. I say near Wimbledon because it was already busy, so couldn't have been at Wimbledon.

Anyway. Among the people who get on at thi station are a pregnant woman and a city boy. Apologies if you work in the city and are not a wanker, but if you're not, then I'm sure you're all too aware that alot of the people you work with are.

I digress, though.

Both people clock the last remaining seat at the same time. Pregnant woman's closer, though. So just as she's maneuvering her soon-to-be-popped belly round so she can sit down, City Boy slips in behind her and nabs the last seat and buries hsi head in his paper. She only got alerted to this when she nearly sat on him. Wanker!

The best was yet to come, though. Someone who had seen this happen tutted (although very quietly) and quietly offered the very pregnant lady a seat. Good on them. However, she very politely yet loudly declined the offer and proceeded to sit cross-legged on the floor opposite the City Boy and his paper. Staring at him. And staring some more. On the floor. Heavily pregnant.

I don't know what the hell was in the news that day, but I've never seen anyone furrow their brow and bury themselves so deeply in a copy of the Metro before or since.

Good on you pregnant lady! I hope you had the smoothest most painless birth in the world, and that your child is really fun, happy and healthy!

And City Boy - I hope you have gall stones and have to wee out the biggest spikiest lumps of piss-rock in the world!
(Benjimawoo, Thu 29 May 2008, 21:14, 1 reply)

Shame
I did that once, by mistake, (honestly didn't see her going for the seat). I only noticed a split second after I sat down, but someone else offered her a seat almost instantly. I couldn't even get back up and give her the seat!
Everyone was giving me dirty looks, so I changed carriages at the next stop.
Ive never been so embarrassed!
(DoTheWh1rlw1nd, Sat 31 May 2008, 10:49, closed)