Just got into a major slanging match with an idiot who refused to move her carrier bag off the only available seat, who quickly learnt you should only threaten to punch someone if you’re going to follow through or you’ll get endlessly laughed at.
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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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