I have just witnessed something that has left me furious.
A young lady of about 25 was standing near me with a couple of her friends. I could hear their conversation. The girl in question was bitching and moaning about having to stand up all the way to the city. Her friends were unsympathetic; both had a fatalistic view about it and advised her to ‘get over it’ ‘you cant do nothing’.
She was carrying on for about 10 minutes, I’ve got the worst hangover, my legs are aching from all that dancing last night etc etc. Brother, what a whinger.
Then the tone of the conversation changed…I’m not going to stand all this way, these jerks should be standing up. I feel so bad; it’s not fair that I have to stand. I’m going to do something about it.
This caught my attention, what could you possibly do?
This!
She leaned down and told a middle aged woman who was sitting opposite me that she was going to faint. She even rolled her eyes back in her head and went weak at the knees.
Of course the older lady got up and gave this little faker her seat, she even offered her a bottle of water to cool her down.
Whingers friends turned away laughing as this kind lady showed their friend compassion. Luckily they turned my way, they soon stopped laughing when they saw that I was staring at them with a very stern look on my face.
We were just pulling into Redfern station at this time, only 4 stops til mine. I got up, tapped the lady on the shoulder and offered her my seat. She sat down and I stood right over the top of this little creep and stared at her the whole way to the next stop. Every time she tried to look at her friends, I stood and blocked her view. She was so uncomfortable by the time we pulled into Central that she put her head down and wouldn’t look at anyone.
I couldn’t help myself, when we got to Central I went to the guard and described her and told him that she was really ill and was feeling so faint that I was worried about her. We went back into the carriage and the guard asked her to accompany him off the train. She absolutely went white. He said that if she was feeling sick then it was his responsibility to make sure that she got off the train and received medical attention. She had to go with him as he wouldnt take no for an answer. She even had witnesses that she was ill. Most of us heard her tell that lady that she was going to faint. Funny, her mates didn't pipe up and say anything.
What a classic. I’ll bet she doesn’t do that again in a hurry.
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