'There’s something ugly about leaving a woman and baby at a bus stop' blog discussion

Former_MSE_Lawrence

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's 'There’s something ugly about leaving a woman and baby at a bus stop' blog. Please read the blog first, and then click reply to discuss.

Read Martin's 'There’s something ugly about leaving a woman and baby at a bus stop' Blog

icefall

ooh just read the blog, thats horrible

what about the baby in the cold?

bylromarha

What did mums do in the days before "Pram spaces"?

Thank the driver who'd often get out of his cab to help mums lift the pram onto the bus, if I remember rightly?

janet_-_broke,_what_else?

MSE_Lawrence wrote: »

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's 'There’s something ugly about leaving a woman and baby at a bus stop' blog. Please read the blog first, and then click reply to discuss.

Read Martin's 'There’s something ugly about leaving a woman and baby at a bus stop' Blog

My husband is a bus driver. All she had to do was to collapse the pram - same as we did before pram spaces were ever thought of.

Scarlett1

Yes she could have collapsed the pram, thats if the driver would have waited long enough for her to get her baby out, collapse the pram with one hand, and get herself, the baby and the pram onto the bus whilst building up a que behind her, lets hope that a bus came along soon after that had room

foreversomeday

Scarlett, you made me think with that comment about the bus driver not waiting. Before I read that I would have said she should have folded up the pram too.

Weren't so-called "Pram spaces" originally intended for wheelchair users?

Eugene's_Pal

I hate prams, they are a menace on our pavements, towncentres and shopping malls. Why can't parents carry their ghastly children on their backs or fronts on special harnesses, like they do in continental Europe?

snowmaid

Eugene's_Pal wrote: »

I hate prams, they are a menace on our pavements, towncentres and shopping malls. Why can't parents carry their ghastly children on their backs or fronts on special harnesses, like they do in continental Europe?

Because we know there are horrible miserable gits out there who hate kids, never allow a mother to pass through with a pram and push in front of them. So we try our best to aim for the horrible git's ankles, causing them to be even more miserable (if that is possible) and hopefully some snot or spit will end up on their trousers as we go past.

Eugene's_Pal

I don't hate kids, just a certain type of kid and their parents

snowmaid

Eugene's_Pal wrote: »

I don't hate kids, just a certain type of kid and their parents

Oh, you should have said that in your posting! You said 'parents and their ghastly kids'.

Ok, I think I know the type you are referring to. The ones who gallop at 100 miles an hour, with no consideration for others, forcing one to jump out of the way. They just go head on with a daring look aimed at you. I can't stand that.

foreversomeday

Pushchairs are very handy for holding shopping etc, also the parents then don't end up with a bad back!

I know exactly what kind of parents Eugene's pal is referring to though - we like to call them the breast milk formula 1! They insist on walking right down the middle of the pavement, not to one side.