Ignorant People

dori2o

Due to my car being in the garage for a repair I have had to use public transport to get to work which itself is a challenge and only worsens the effects of my condition.

When I got on the tram this morning there was nowhere to sit so I politely asked a person sat in a 'Priority seat' which is specifically signposted as being for someone who has problems standing/walking etc, and was told to 'pi55 off'. I won't be making that mistake again.

This evening coming home from work I boarded the tram and there was one seat available, again it was a single seat signposted as being a priority seat.

From out of nowhere a bloke, possibly around my age, dived past me and jumped into the seat, as he sat down he turned to me and said, 'unlucky'. Thankfully a woman a few seats down insisted on giving me her seat even though I at first refused it.

When I was younger and before my disability problems I would always give up my seat to people who neede it, i.e. the elderly, the pregnant, the disabled, people with very young children.

Now it seems virtually nobody cares, especially the younger generations.

Is it just me or do most people have the same problems?

Is this another of the consequences of the Governments attacks on the sick/disabled?

Parva

Sadly it's a dog eat dog enviroment these days. Even lack of limbs does not guarantee a seat, long gone are the days where the elderly, infirm or pregnant were expected to be seated.

nannytone_2

i dont know if things are so differenttoday. when i had my first child ( he was 44 last week) i worked in central london and so spent an hour travelling each way to work on the tube.
for the best part of the summer. i was heavily and obviously pregnant. ( i started out at & 1/2 stones and ended up at 11 stones!)
people grew used to me jumping off the train every evening and being sick in the waste paper bin due to pregnancy and heat. was i ever offered a seat? not once! in fact people went out of their way to avoid eye contact.

sunflower_2

dori2o wrote: »

Due to my car being in the garage for a repair I have had to use public transport to get to work which itself is a challenge and only worsens the effects of my condition.

When I got on the tram this morning there was nowhere to sit so I politely asked a person sat in a 'Priority seat' which is specifically signposted as being for someone who has problems standing/walking etc, and was told to 'pi55 off'. I won't be making that mistake again.

This evening coming home from work I boarded the tram and there was one seat available, again it was a single seat signposted as being a priority seat.

From out of nowhere a bloke, possibly around my age, dived past me and jumped into the seat, as he sat down he turned to me and said, 'unlucky'. Thankfully a woman a few seats down insisted on giving me her seat even though I at first refused it.

When I was younger and before my disability problems I would always give up my seat to people who neede it, i.e. the elderly, the pregnant, the disabled, people with very young children.

Now it seems virtually nobody cares, especially the younger generations.

Is it just me or do most people have the same problems?

Is this another of the consequences of the Governments attacks on the sick/disabled?

do you look sick/disabled?

if so - i have no words...:(

Cycrow

i had something happen to me when i was young, i was sitting on a bus and had some women demanding i give up the seat so she could sit down.
she was claming she was pregnant and needed to sit more than me. Althou if she was, i doubt she was very far along

the problem was that i had a broken ankle at the time and was on crouches.
but because i was young i should be standing.

luxor4t

Horrible experience OP.

I always take my stick and clutch my Disabled person bus pass so it is clearly visible, as I've been glared at and muttered about for using a priority seat on the bus - apparently I'm not old enough (at 55!) to use a priority seat.

Prinzessilein

I use a stick (or a walking frame) and have a Disability Bus Pass.

I have had people glare at me on a packed bus and suggest that I give up my 'disability' seat for them - after all they have paid for their ticket whilst I have a pass!

On the other hand, I have had people give up their seats near the front before I have even swiped my pass - they move further back so I don't have so far to walk.

Like all areas of life you get ignorant plonkers and you get helpful treasures. ....unfortunately the idiots are the ones with the loudest voices, determined to make the prejudiced views known.

I would like to see drivers take more responsibility for ensuring that able-bodied people give up the priority seats to those in need...but seeing how some of the ignoramuses behave, I can't honestly blame the drivers for taking the easy option of ignoring their behaviour!

mazza111

Much the same as the other posters, some are totally ignorant. One driver wouldn't even lower his step to let the dd off the bus when she was on her crutches. Although, the staff at the train station they couldn't be more helpful. Needless to say the bus driver was reported.

Everyone seems to walk round her then stop right in front of her when she's in her wheelchair too. We've been challenged a few times for using the BB, after all, she's too young to be disabled. If only disability worked like that eh?

Now if they say we don't look disabled, I just reply with, funny enough, you don't look stupid. But usually they get as far as the car and either they see the crutches or the chair.

She's also been told to move on the bus by elderly people while sitting in priority seating, on that occasion the driver backed her up :T:T

Bigmoney2

dori2o wrote: »

Due to my car being in the garage for a repair I have had to use public transport to get to work which itself is a challenge and only worsens the effects of my condition.

When I got on the tram this morning there was nowhere to sit so I politely asked a person sat in a 'Priority seat' which is specifically signposted as being for someone who has problems standing/walking etc, and was told to 'pi55 off'. I won't be making that mistake again.

This evening coming home from work I boarded the tram and there was one seat available, again it was a single seat signposted as being a priority seat.

From out of nowhere a bloke, possibly around my age, dived past me and jumped into the seat, as he sat down he turned to me and said, 'unlucky'. Thankfully a woman a few seats down insisted on giving me her seat even though I at first refused it.

When I was younger and before my disability problems I would always give up my seat to people who neede it, i.e. the elderly, the pregnant, the disabled, people with very young children.

Now it seems virtually nobody cares, especially the younger generations.

Is it just me or do most people have the same problems?

Is this another of the consequences of the Governments attacks on the sick/disabled?

Maybe the person already in the seat had walking/standing difficulties themselves, and was !!!!ed off with being questioned if his disability wasn't obvious.

wildwestfan

mazza111 wrote: »

Much the same as the other posters, some are totally ignorant. One driver wouldn't even lower his step to let the dd off the bus when she was on her crutches. Although, the staff at the train station they couldn't be more helpful. Needless to say the bus driver was reported.

Everyone seems to walk round her then stop right in front of her when she's in her wheelchair too. We've been challenged a few times for using the BB, after all, she's too young to be disabled. If only disability worked like that eh?

Now if they say we don't look disabled, I just reply with, funny enough, you don't look stupid. But usually they get as far as the car and either they see the crutches or the chair.

She's also been told to move on the bus by elderly people while sitting in priority seating, on that occasion the driver backed her up :T:T

You are then as rude as the people you are complaining about. No wonder people take umbrage. Many people are simply trying to ensure the disabled spaces are available for BB holders by asking.

I doubt they ask anyone again after being told they are stupid.

mazza111

wildwestfan wrote: »

You are then as rude as the people you are complaining about. No wonder people take umbrage. Many people are simply trying to ensure the disabled spaces are available for BB holders by asking.

I doubt they ask anyone again after being told they are stupid.

No one has the right to question me when I have my daughter in the car, by saying I/she don't look disabled. If however they ask me politely, then they will get a polite answer. There a proper way to do things.