Other women on the train were great, and tbh it was fun just watching her get laughed at because she couldn’t muster a single creative insult in retaliation
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Your River Island bag doesn’t need a seat, I do, and no one has worn a Ben Sherman coat since 1998 and you smell like talc, what are you thinking.
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On a less funny note, I explained to her I'd moved her bag because it was occupying a disabled seat, she refused to move it, and I am disabled: her response - "you look like a disabled spastic, you should be locked in a fucking hospital." No qualms saying that publicly, loudly.
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So yes, I was more than happy to creatively insult her, and took some joy from the fact this woman was furious a) I was laughing at her b) I refused to be intimidated by her, c) hopefully she won't refuse to move her bags in future.
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People are very happy to publicly abuse disabled people, verbally and sometimes physically, so under no circumstances be surprised the Tories have gotten away with treating us as barely even second class citizens.
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One woman was so upset she left at the same stop as me, despite needing a different stop: she was genuinely so upset I thought she might cry. I just laughed repeatedly at the abuser and held my nerve, but it made me realise how used to it I was, & how rarely other people see it.
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Where is all this aggressive behaviour coming from?

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It’s a Maystery
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On a packed train on the way to Abergavenny a few years ago the guard announced that he would be making his way along the carriages and if there were any bags on seats their owners would be charged a full adult singe fare. I have never seen people move so quickly.
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I've seen that a few times, works a treat! Unfortunately, more often I've seen conductors just not go through a train whatsoever when it's *hyper* busy and people refuse to get out of your booked seat despite you clearly showing them the ticket & disabled railcard.
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