Popsugar Parenting Parenting Humor Pregnant Woman's Response to Man Not Giving Up Seat on Bus Pregnant Woman Issues Ultimate Payback to Man Who Refuses to Give Up Seat on Bus 11 September 2018 by Kate Schweitzer Image Source: Manki Kim / Unsplash When you are pregnant and navigating public transportation, there's nothing more annoying than a fellow commuter who actively avoids doing the right thing and offering his or her (but, in all honesty, usually his) seat. Sure, there's those early months when it's hard to tell if someone is pregnant, but by the third trimester?! At eight months pregnant, Brydie Lee-Kennedy is one such traveller. She recently stepped onto a crowded bus and beelined for an empty seat only to realise it wasn't quite vacant. She took to Twitter to reveal what she did next. Well it finally happened in my 8th month of pregnancy, I just sat on a man's hand and bag when he wouldn't move them off the last spare seat on the bus. We're now sharing a very quiet ride. — The Sun Is Bad, Actually (@BrydieLK) September 4, 2018 Yep, that really happened. Brydie admitted that such horrible commuter etiquette is especially bad in London, where she lives: I wonder what it's like to live somewhere with a less Hunger Games spirit on public transport — The Sun Is Bad, Actually (@BrydieLK) September 4, 2018 But, if you think that is the worst tale of riding public transportation while pregnant, let the responses to her tweet remind you that it gets a whole lot worse: When I was about 4 months pregnant I asked a man if I could have his seat on the train and I felt really sick as I was pregnant. He said ‘well, you want equality, you can stand’ I threw up on him. And his newspaper. And his laptop bag. The look of shock on his face was gratifying— that pebbles (@LadyBrienne1) September 4, 2018 1 / 6 When I was 8months pregnant (15 years ago) a man on a packed tube asked me to move so he could sit next to his friend. I suspect my glare still gives him nightmares.... and my choice words ring in his ears!— Lisa Breuer (@LisaBreuer1) September 4, 2018 2 / 6 I used to stand in the middle of the Tube and loudly ask, "can I please have a seat?". I always thought it was funny to watch the shame scramble as multiple men would get up. I would also let my giant belly hang over newspapers. I hope you farted on his hand.— AnnieB (@aburoker) September 5, 2018 3 / 6 Many years ago I got on a bus w. new baby in papoose, & 6 heavy carrier bags. No seats so I stayed standing. The bus drove 50yds & stopped, the driver stood up & shouted ‘is no one going to offer this lady with a baby a seat?!’. An elderly woman stood. All the men remained seated— Prof Liz Atkins (@drlizatkins) September 5, 2018 4 / 6 Haha when I was pregs I asked a manspreader if I could share his bench seat on the bus and he gestured to his wide legs and said, “No.” Like, “Sorry, my balls need that space.”— Bridget Neval (@bridgetneval) September 5, 2018 5 / 6 Good for you. When I was heavily pregnant and asked a man on the bus if I could sit down, he said no. He was drunk at 11am, I had pre-eclampsia. I wish I’d thrown up on his shoes— Megan Theobald (@MeganTheobald2) September 5, 2018 6 / 6 Parenting HumorPregnancy