When you have young children and buggies to push around, public transport can be problematic - especially during busier periods.
With limited spaces on buses for pushchairs and wheelchairs, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to get on the next service due when traveling with a child or a baby.
One woman recently claimed that she was 'screamed' and sworn at, after opting to walk to a previous stop to ensure she would get on the bus - but admits that she feels as though she didn't do anything wrong.
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The Mirror reports that after picking her child up from her minder, she arrived at the bus stop and realised there were already two mums with buggies waiting, she told Mumsnet's Am I Being Unreasonable? forum. She explained: "Knowing that the driver wouldn’t let three of us on, I walked round the corner to the previous stop and got on there."
When the bus arrived at the stop she first visited, surely enough, only one of the two now-waiting mums were allowed to board - with the second being told that she would have to wait 30 minutes for the next service. The mum then claimed that she was 'screamed at' and dubbed a 'queue jumper' - even detailing how one person tried to 'shove [her] off the bus'.
The police also allegedly turned up after being called by the driver, but the mum who was targeted by abuse feels as though she did nothing wrong. The situation has left many divided, with some calling her 'really selfish' and others titling her move 'sneaky'.
One forum user said: "Was your pushchair foldable? You acted knowing that you would be taking the place of someone who had been waiting longer than you. Technically you didn't break any rules, but you were selfish and sneaky in your actions.
"If your pushchair was foldable then you could have folded it, put it in the bag bit and held your child."
However, others think the mum did what she had to to make sure she was able to get on the bus. One person, said: "In my opinion you just did the clever thing. Tough luck to the other one!".
A second added: "You were smarter than them. I'd have done the same," while a third, said: "It's not queue jumping to get on at an earlier stop. There is nothing which obligates you to board the bus at any particular stop."
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