'He announced loudly that she either move or get off': Bus driver stands up for parents when entitled passenger thinks her groceries deserve the stroller spot more than their kid

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Isabella Penn
Apr 25, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Taking public transportation is a gamble. Sometimes it's peaceful, and other times it couldn't be further from it. There's always that one guy blasting music through a speaker, the seat-hoggers, the oversharers, and the worst of them all, the person who takes their shoes off for no reason. But no matter what type of public transit you're taking, you're bound to run into the entitled rider who thinks rules don't apply to them. 

This story falls precisely into that last category.

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  • After a long, exhausting day out with their kid in a stroller, this couple was just trying to get home. But when the bus finally arrived, they found the designated stroller area completely blocked. But not by another stroller, by one woman’s mountain of grocery bags. 

    When asked politely to move, she pretended she didn't hear them. Then came a whole lot of arguing, the woman's passive-aggressive mumbling, and ultimately, a very satisfying intervention from the bus driver that had the entire bus silently cheering.

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  • "The reserved seat it's obviously for ME, not your stroller"

    Today was one of those days that just tests your patience. After a long, exhausting day with my wife and kid in his stroller, I just wanted to get home. I was already running on low energy, but of course, life had to throw a little extra at us.
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  • The first bus arrives, but nope—we can't get on because the stroller spots are taken. So now we're stuck waiting another half hour, the kid starting to squirm, and my desire to just be home growing with every passing minute.
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  • Finally, the next bus comes along. It's fairly crowded, but I only see one stroller, so I ask the driver if we can get on. He says there's a spot available. Relief. We step
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  • inside-only to run straight into HER. A woman in her fifties, comfortably seated on the foldable bench in the designated area, the kind of seat that's only meant to be used when the bus isn't full. Around her,
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    Classic Karen behavior. 

  • shopping bags stacked up like furniture, taking over the space. I move in with the stroller, expecting some kind of reaction. Nothing. Okay, fair enough-sometimes
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  • people get distracted and need a little nudge. So I do the obvious: point out that this is the reserved area and we need to park the stroller properly. And that's when the fun begins.
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  • At first, she ignores me. Not even an acknowledgment. Then, when I directly address her, she acts annoyed, shuffles some of her bags around but barely makes space. The gap she leaves
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  • is barely enough to shove the stroller in, definitely not in the safe position it needs to be in case of a sudden stop. Now I'm tired. I already had to let the last bus go.
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  • I don't have the patience for this. I keep it polite, but I make it clear-she has to move. Probably came out a bit sharper than I intended, but honestly, I wasn't in the mood for diplomacy anymore.
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  • She resists. Complains. Talks about how she has her groceries, how the bus is already packed, how I should just deal with the space she generously left. I push back. We go back and
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  • forth until finally, the driver steps in. He announces-loudly enough for the whole bus to hear that if the stroller isn't positioned correctly, he can't drive, and that she either moves. or gets off.
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    The hero we didn't know we needed! He seems like he's dealt with this situation once or twice before.

  • That changes everything. Suddenly, I'm no longer just some stroller guy annoying her. Now, she's the reason the bus isn't moving, and the whole crowd is watching.
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  • With dramatic frustration, she snatches up her bags, squeezes herself into whatever space she can find, and of course― starts mumbling about. how unfair this all is. Loud enough for everyone to
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  • hear, hoping for sympathy. But no one bites. In fact what she got were nasty looks, which eventually shut her up. In the meanwhile, we settled the stroller
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  • properly, exhausted but ignoring her completely. Thankfully, our kid stayed. calm almost through the whole thing, the last five minutes he started being noisy but luckily we managed to half-handle. the situation until we finally reached our stop.
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  • This.

    krombough Word to this driver though. Many in the city I live in would just not my problem that sh and drive on.
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  • Grouchy-Catch-8952 After describing the day you had, you were a better person than I would've been. Hungry wanting to be home and frustrated. I would've been like you can move or I will move you.
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  • Vicious133 It's great you had a bus driver that was useful outside of just driving. I have an
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  • invisible disability pain issues and I've had plenty that do nothing and one that was amazing. I always led if there was a disability spot he said. yup I'll make one if
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  • need be and he would. Thankfully he was my regular driver so had zero problem doing his job accommodating me. There are so many
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  • people using those spaces that don't need them. One guy tried to argue with him he told him to get off lol
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  • grumpymuppett When my kiddo was stroller aged I had so many interactions like this, normally with teenagers and usually on
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  • fairly empty buses and it's like "there are 2 places my stroller can go, there's 54 seats where your bot can go, move!"
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  • GameMaster123YT These are the things that should be happening more often: Entitled people getting the society like the boot by they
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  • are. Too many times do I see entitled people think they deserve something & then get it because its easier to let them have it. This is a wonderful case where she is
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  • clearly in the wrong, & everone knows it, & thus no one stands up to say she is being reasonable, which she isnt.
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