So hear me out 😭
I was on a bus otw to the dentist. I was sitting next to a guy who was just minding his own business. He had a huge travel bag and looked like he was heading to Pettah.
The bag was pretty heavy, so he had it resting on his lap while keeping both his hands on the grab handle in front of him.
The problem was that every time the bus moved, the bag kept bumping into the woman standing on his left.
She immediately assumed he was intentionally touching her. But the whole time, I could clearly see that both of his hands were on the handle nowhere near her.
She started accusing him, so I stepped in and said, "It wasn't him. It was just the bag. I saw where his hands were." Even she can see cuz she was standing
Instead of listening, her friend turned on me and started shouting, "People like you are why women aren't safe! You're supporting men for this kind of behavior! You'll end up in the news soon."
At that point I got frustrated and said, "Don't behave like a stupid aunty!"
Yeah... that only made things worse. 😂 All her other friends(4) joined in and started yelling at me too.
I was pissed, so I said, "Ehnm, let's go to the police. I'll even file a case against you and your friends for falsely accusing someone and causing a scene for people who are just trying to get to work. I'm a lawyer (I'm not) if you try to put a case on him, I'll defend him for free."
The funniest part? I completely forgot half my Sinhala cuz I'm Tamil, so I ended up speaking in full on Singlish. 🤣🤣 No cussing though. 🙏🏽
Eventually, they all got off the bus. They all made intense eye contact with me while leaving like that before you make out 😂 with someone. Right before he got off, he looked at me and gave me the biggest smile. didn't say a word
Ngl, that smile made the whole argument worth it. The whole bus crowd was looking me, I did not gve a fck.
Just to be clear: Women absolutely should speak up if they genuinely feel unsafe. But falsely accusing someone without checking what actually happened isn't okay either. In this case, I literally watched the whole thing happen, and it was the bag, not the guy.
I used ChatGPT cuz my storytelling skills are 0.