A mum-of-two has come under fire after she took to an online forum to question 'tram ettiquette'.
In a rage, she posted on parenting forum, Mumsnet, to complain after she was on the tram with her family but was not offered a seat.
Her daughter had fallen asleep on her and she was surprised when she was 'ignored'.
While she was looking for sympathy, many hit back telling her that she was unreasonable.
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Remaining anonymous, she wrote: "So we went to see Ed Sheeran, took DC [dear children] who are seven and nine. Made sure they were fed and watered but knew it was going to be a late one.
"Parked out of town with the park and ride (all other options booked up so went with it). DD [dear daughter] was exhausted so carried her for the last bit of the sizeable queue. Got onto the tram and she wanted to have a kip.
"Young lad was already on the train and an older couple sat in front of us who had got on at the same time as us. DH [dear husband] and I stood with both the kids and DD asleep on me and then DH."
She carried on: "Young lad looked at his phone and out of the window clearly ignoring us. Woman of said couple sat and started wittering on about inconsequential sh***.
"Neither of them got up so DD could at least sit down. They proceeded to steadfastly ignore us for the entire journey as DH got more and more p****** off.
Eventually someone got off and we got a seat but AIBU [Am I being unreasonable] that neither of them offered their seat to the DC.
"Is this a sign of the times? There was also older people standing up that probably could have done with a seat. Is this what we are now? I would always give my seat up to someone in need but clearly that is not a consideration anymore."
The mum may have thought she would be greeted with sympathy, but the post gathered over 100 comments and people were quick to tell her that she wasn't entitled to a seat.
One commented: "Why single out one young lad and one older couple? Surely if the tram was full you'd be bother by everyone not offering you and you family a seat? Why didn't you ask?"
"Ok. Might have been nice if they did, but they didn't, so best to get over it. No one owes you a seat", a second hit back.
A third interjected: "So you think the woman should have got up for you, what about the guy she was with? You lost my sympathy there."
"There is no tram etiquette", another stated, "If you take your kids out late then unfortunately you run the risk of them having to be tired on transport."
And a fifth questioned: "Why are you zeroing in just two or three passengers? Maybe they were distracted thinking how inappropriate it was to take a seven year old to an Ed Sheehan concert and so late at night. See how that opinionated, judgmental thing goes?"
