
It's a given that if you see a pregnant woman on public transport, you should stand up and offer her your seat, with literally no exceptions.
However, when this heavily pregnant expectant mother got onto a bus, and a man failed to stand up to give her his seat, she responded in the best possible way.
Australian television writer Brydie Lee-Kennedy, who is living in London, found herself in an awkward situation when a man on a bus failed to remove his bag from a seat for her to sit down, despite her requests for him to do so.
So, her response?
To sit on his hand and bag.
BOOM!
She explained what happened in now viral tweet:
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.
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 the… https://t.co/H7u3nq2kr7— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@Brydie Lee-Kennedy) 1536047014
She then followed it up with this Hunger Games quip:
I wonder what it’s like to live somewhere with a less Hunger Games spirit on public transport
I wonder what it’s like to live somewhere with a less Hunger Games spirit on public transport— Brydie Lee-Kennedy (@Brydie Lee-Kennedy) 1536048401
Since being posted, her tweet has received more than 17.5K likes, and many other expectant mothers have taken to the social media site to share similar public transport horror stories:
One had to deal with a man spreader.
@BrydieLK Haha when I was pregs I asked a manspreader if I could share his bench seat on the bus and he gestured to… https://t.co/pGlLHlU8d1— Bridget Neval (@Bridget Neval) 1536129452
Sometimes pregnant women are just shockingly ignored.
@KelvinROfficial @bevlash @BrydieLK I was on the tube with my best mate once when a very very pregnant woman got on… https://t.co/SqTgskEqWe— Alice Porter (@Alice Porter) 1536150522
Don't mess with pregnant women.
@BrydieLK When I was about 4 months pregnant I asked a man if I could have his seat on the train and I felt really… https://t.co/NFgAkVpXSZ— GinFuelledCassandra💙 (@GinFuelledCassandra💙) 1536092579
This one left us speechless.
@BrydieLK When I was 7 months pregnant a guy literally shoved me aside to race past me to the last seat. Spent the… https://t.co/ldW0F4VqEu— 👑 𝒱𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 👑 (@👑 𝒱𝒶𝑔𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝐻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 👑) 1536148947
Bus driver, and elderly woman, we applaud you.
@BrydieLK Many years ago I got on a bus w. new baby in papoose, & 6 heavy carrier bags. No seats so I stayed standi… https://t.co/uPMLJJhdJC— Prof Liz Atkins 🛡️ (@Prof Liz Atkins 🛡️) 1536164424
Pregnant women are literally standing for pregnant women. Come on people!
@BrydieLK Sitting on a packed LUAS, 4 mths pg. A heavily pregnant woman got on. No one offered her a seat. My stop… https://t.co/msNJ5NwkC1— Pat Neville (@Pat Neville) 1536164097
Never, ever, ask a pregnant woman to stand up for you on public transport.
@BrydieLK @Philippa_Perry When I was 8months pregnant (15 years ago) a man on a packed tube asked me to move so he… https://t.co/uFcojwOAnl— lisa (@lisa) 1536077515
HT Daily Mail