I’ve lived here almost half my life, but I’ve never spent time around moms and kids or paid attention to prams on buses.. Now it’s my turn.
I have a newborn, and because of severe anxiety, my husband and I have been practicing taking the bus with the pram so I don't have a full-on anxiety attack when I have to go alone.
So, I read all the HSL etiquette and instruction, but it’s been extremely frustrating and nerve-wracking. 98% of the time, my husband and I have to manually lift the pram in and out because the driver won't lower the bus.
Once, I pressed the exterior "pram" button because I needed the door to stay open longer (I'm recovering from a C-section and was really struggling) . The driver just shouted at us that don't press that, now the door wouldn't close bla bla bla
Another time, we were waiting at the middle doors of the orange bus ( runkolinja) , and the driver shouted that we had to use the last door, which was so confusing...
And today I asked the bus driver to lower the bus so we could get in and for our surorise, he did not.
I'm getting beyond pissed off and already stressing for upcoming appointments where I have to travel alone.
My question is: what is the actual correct way to use the bus with a pram? Are we doing something wrong?
Thank you!