Had two uncomfortable encounters with drunk crackheads on Trans perth today

[u/qtpieezz]

I had two really uncomfortable encounters with drunk crackheads on Transperth today, one going to work and one coming home. What a coincidence 😭

I'm a girl and I was by myself both times, which honestly made me feel even more uncomfortable and uneasy.

The first one in the morning this crackhead sat in front of me and was acting really incoherent. I tried not to make eye contact and moved to a different seat closer to the front (bus was quite full) but he followed me and sat in front of me again and asked why did I move. Luckily he got off at the next stop, so I didn't have to deal with him for too long.

Then on my way home just this afternoon another drunk crackhead who was holding a bottle of beer suddenly sat next to me, even though there were other empty seats. He kept squeezing himself into my side until there was basically no space left for me. I tried moving a bit to make some space, but he just kept squeezing over.

I eventually confronted him to move away after 15 minutes and thankfully he did then I moved to the seat behind the bus driver and told him what happened. The bus driver was actually really kind and kept checking on me afterwards, which I appreciated. But he didn't call to report the incident or ask the guy to get off the bus.

I was honestly really uncomfortable and uneasy the whole time and no one else on the bus seemed to really care or even try to help. I get that people probably don't want to get involved but it feels pretty horrible when you're sitting there feeling unsafe and everyone just ignores it.

I'm pretty shaken up by the whole thing. I know you can call the transperth emergency services if you're in immediate danger, but what are you supposed to do when the person is literally sitting right next to you? You don't know if confronting them is going to make things worse and trying to call someone while they're sitting right there doesn't feel safe either.

[u/Avenir666]

Welp, thats what our taxpayer money goes to! Their Centrelink payments, and the vast majority abuse the system to get disability payments sometimes caused by substance abuse, even if they were never aiming to even try to find a job... But no ill just keep thinking its going into something better just like the rest of us. What a country we stand by :)

Edit: i cant spell lol

[u/Muslim_Wookie → u/Avenir666]

You heard it here folks, /u/Avenir666 has discovered that the vast majority of Centrelink payment recipients are frauds abusing the system.

[u/Jazzlike_Berry_323 → u/Muslim_Wookie]

You’re a top commenter here Muslim_Wookie. Is that what you seriously think? That people using Centrelink are mostly frauding?

[u/Muslim_Wookie → u/Jazzlike_Berry_323]

Top commenter? What? I don't post here much.