'Woman next to me annoyed me on crowded bus – so I got petty revenge'

Being on a crowded bus isn't fun at the best of times, but when one woman noticedsomebody was getting a little too close for comfort, she was having none of it and got "petty revenge". The woman explained there was "plenty of space" to stand on the bus, not sit, but someone else came and stood right next to her. "After a few moments, she started leaning her shoulder against mine," she explained.

The woman shared she "politely" asked the random person to "move a little" bit away, because it was making her feel "uncomfortable". She fumed, saying it was "basic manners" to keep your distance from someone, but sadly, the woman came back to use her as a "human pillar," even though the weather was "hot and sticky".

She fumed: "I can’t even tell how p***** off I was. So I decided to take my petty revenge. Once she got ‘comfortable’ using me as her support again, I suddenly took a step back without warning. So she lost her balance and fell down right away."

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The female said the woman "stood up," looked at her, "didn't say a word," and then "stood well away" from her for the rest of the ride.

In the comments, some people pointed out the woman may have had an ulterior motive for standing so close to her.

One person wrote: "On a bus in Delhi one time, a woman came and stood too close to me, and stretched her arm across my front to hold the same seat that I was holding.

"Her shawl was draped over my handbag, so I put my hand in my handbag and found her hand in there! I shouted and she didn't move away, so then I stood firmly on her sandaled foot. Then she moved away. Nothing was missing yet, so it was okay."

Somebody else said it was their "first thought" that the woman was trying to "rob" her, and that's why she was standing so close.

"It's amazing how some people think their comfort trumps others' space," another fumed, saying that there was no reason the woman should've been standing so close to her.

A Redditor pointed out: "The fact that she fell down when you moved back a bit just shows how much she was leaning on you. Some people have no manners or boundaries."

A man shared his experience of a space invader, writing: "I was in a relatively crowded subway some years ago on my way to work. I had managed to get a seat, and the aisle was filling up.

"This guy came in, stood right in front of a woman and started a similar routine of trying to lean on her until she protested. As soon as I noticed what was going on, I gave her my seat, and I stood in front of the guy, who was half asleep and had turned around at this point.

"Well, he decided to give it another go, turned around and was shocked to see a 6’6 bearded, angry-looking man staring down on him. All of a sudden, he was fully awake and was able to behave."

A woman wrote: "She didn’t have consent, and you did what you did. Good job! I can’t fathom doing this in public at all."