When I refused to give up my seat on the train to a mother with her grandchild, she threw tea and crumbs on my bed. I had to discipline her.
I was on a train with an old mother and her grandson, who was about six years old. As usual, there were two lower bunks and two upper bunks, making the compartment modest. The youngster and I shared a lower bunk, while the grandma was given the upper bunk.
She insisted I give her my place from the beginning. She claimed that climbing up was difficult for her and that she had to watch her grandson. She tried three times to just sit down next to him, but she spoke loudly and irritably. Since it wasn’t my fault how they purchased the tickets, I declined politely but firmly. The conductor simply shrugged and said that everything was in order, even though she had phoned him.
I went to wash up in the morning. My bed was covered in eggshells, bread crumbs, tea that had been spilled, and a filthy blanket when I got back. I didn’t initially comprehend what had transpired. I inquired.
“It wasn’t intentional,” the woman remarked, her face innocent. — The toddler accidentally dropped it while eating. He is still a little boy.
I restrained myself. But I was seething inside. I do have respect for the old. Not rudeness, though. I therefore made the decision to discipline her. I hope I wasn’t mistaken because I did.
I opened my backpack and saw a box containing a present for my nephew. A motion-sensing electronic snake. It ignites, hisses, and swiftly “escapes” when someone gets close.
If you don’t realize it’s a fake, it’s a pretty realistic toy. particularly when it’s dark.
I waited till nightfall. I put the snake next to their bag, under their bottom bed, when the woman and the child walked to the dining car. I activated the motion detector.
The snake “came to life” at night when everything was dark and silent.
It hissed loudly first, then slithered across the floor. The grandma may have yelled so loudly that the entire carriage awoke when she saw something slithering in the dark.
— A SNAKE! She yelled, “A SNAKE!” and grabbed her grandson, sprinting around the chamber.
Passengers from the adjacent compartments hurried in with the conductor. Fear. Even the station staff was contacted.
Calmly, I stood up, switched on the light, leaned down, and grabbed the toy.
It’s only a toy. I apologize; I think a child was playing with it.
The woman flushed, the conductor snorted, and the passengers began to laugh. Her youngster was immediately grabbing for the snake and giggling.
No more “give me your seat,” no complaints, no words from that point on. She silently descended from her bunk in the morning, assisted her grandson with packing, and avoided eye contact with me.
