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Welcome to the Crazy Reddit Stories podcast.

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In this episode we talk about a story of how a school student is frustrated by someone

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who thinks they are entitled to a seat on the bus.

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It's evident that this student needs to stand up for themselves and not let them get bullied

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at school.

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The CRS podcast writers can't stress enough how even the littlest thing can be seen as

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insulting or upsetting even if you didn't mean it.

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In this story, we support the student for standing up to a school bully and being responsible

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and not retaliating or resorting to violence.

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If you get bullied at school, it is important to report it to a school administrator, this

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could be a teacher or the principal.

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There is no place for bullying within the school system and there is no place for retaliating

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if you have a choice to.

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Now let's continue the episode.

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I'm 16 years old and the girl on the bus I was having trouble with in sixth grade.

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The situation on my school's buses is kind of weird.

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Some high school buses have middle schoolers and the way we do it is we drop off high schoolers

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first then drop the middle schoolers off.

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It's weird but works I suppose.

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Anyway since seventh grade I've been on the same bus sitting in the same seat.

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On the first one on and last one off so I pretty much get first pick but I'm not cocky

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or choosy.

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I usually just sit in the first seat, sit down with my music and my headphones to calm

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my ADHD and that's that.

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We don't have assigned seats or nothing but some kids do sit in seats they like to sit

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in like me.

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I always sit in the first seat on the right but like I said I usually don't care too

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much where I sit as long as it's not next to people I don't get along with.

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Like anyone would do.

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There's a girl this year on the bus who I think is a sixth grader as I've never seen

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her before so I assumed she was new but it wasn't my place to judge her.

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Before that I used to sit in the seat as normal and she'd sit next to me and her friend's

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sit in the left front seat.

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Usually her friends would end up with three in a seat which wasn't uncommon on our bus

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but uncomfortable.

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The girl then came to me and asked if I wouldn't mind sitting a row back since they wanted

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to all sit in the same row without having three in a seat.

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I was reluctant but did agree.

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I'm only on the bus for 20 minutes at the most and get dropped off first as a high

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schooler anyways so to me it wasn't a big deal.

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So I moved one seat behind and had been sitting there for a few days but she and her friend

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had been absent so the front seat has been taken.

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I sat in the front seat again and since she's one of the last stops so by the time she

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got on and confronted me we were nearly at school.

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She poked my shoulder and I took my headphones off to see what she wanted and she wanted

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to sit alone until her friend got on.

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I was on the inside of the seat and she was telling me this while kids were coming on

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and she wanted me to move saying anywhere but here.

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I told her I'm sorry but the bus was almost completely full by now and I didn't want

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to do three in a seat.

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Somewhere when we can do two here and be just fine especially since we're like less than

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five minutes away from the high school where I could get off and then she'd have the seat

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to her and her friends for the ten minutes it takes to get to the middle school.

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She kept asking me to please move and I told her I'm sorry but I didn't want her need to

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move.

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She eventually got mad and went up like a child or Karen throwing a tantrum and said fine

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this one time I try to be nice and she was raising her voice.

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I looked at her with a confused look and said we don't even have seats assigned.

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She said yes we do and that this is her and her friends assigned seats.

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I asked the bus driver and he said no it's not I try to talk but she kept talking over

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me talking about anger issues and all that and that I didn't want to make her mad.

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Didn't dismiss it and asked if she was done talking.

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She said are you done and I said I understand but I have anger issues too and I'm not like

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that.

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I know everyone is different but to me it seemed like she was just putting an actual

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issue that people have over brattyness.

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I once again brought up that we don't have assigned seats and that I was getting off soon

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anyways.

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She said I don't care and I was getting a little irritated at this point so I told her

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she doesn't care then shut up and stop throwing a tantrum over a damn seat and she said why

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don't you shut up with your stinky face.

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And I told her I can change my appearance but the disgusting personality of hers is

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forever and I just put my headphones back on.

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I didn't want to escalate myself over someone who's 5 years younger than me.

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She then said look there's a seat way back there she could sit in and I told myself that

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she could sit in that seat or that one of her friends could but her friends chose to

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sit 3 in a seat and chose to complain about it when they had the choice.

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She kept talking about me to her friends next to me and said while cracking her knuckles

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that I'd better not sit there tomorrow and told the bus driver to make sure I didn't

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and even her friends were telling her to calm down.

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I don't feel like starting stuff with a little squeaky 6th grader but I told the bus driver

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if she kicks me or anything she's getting kicked to the aisle.

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The bus lurched to a stop and I could feel the tension radiating from the girl next to

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me.

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Her frustration practically crackling in the air.

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I wanted to roll my eyes but that would only feed into her drama.

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Instead I leaned back in my seat trying to tune her out but she was relentless.

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The bus lurched to a stop and I could feel the tension radiating from the girl next to

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me.

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The bus lurched to a stop and I could feel the tension radiating from the girl next to

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me.

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Her frustration practically crackling in the air.

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I wanted to roll my eyes but that would only feed into her drama.

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Instead I leaned back in my seat trying to tune her out but she was relentless.

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Just wait until my friend gets here.

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You'll see she said crossing her arms defiantly.

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Whatever you say I muttered under my breath still focused on my music.

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The bus jerked forward again and I could see her glare out of the corner of my eye.

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I wondered why this was such a big deal to her.

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It was just a seat.

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I could feel my annoyance simmering.

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I was determined to keep my cool.

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I had enough on my plate without dealing with a middle schooler's drama.

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Suddenly her friend, a taller girl with curly hair, boarded the bus.

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I watched as she scanned the crowded aisle.

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Then her eyes landed on us.

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I could practically see the gears turning in her mind as she walked toward us.

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What's going on?

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She asked her tone casual but curious.

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This kid won't move.

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The girl beside me spat, pointing an accusatory finger in my direction.

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Took a deep breath ready to explain my side but her friend didn't even look at me.

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Instead she leaned closer to her, lowering her voice and they began whispering animatedly.

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It was as if I didn't even exist.

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The girl finally turned back to me, her expression shifting from anger to something almost pleading.

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Can you please just move?

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I don't want to sit in the back.

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Blinked caught off guard.

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But your friend is here now.

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You can sit together.

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Her friend chimed in.

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Yeah, we can sit here.

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Just move back a seat or two.

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I could feel my irritation bubbling back up.

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But I've been sitting here all year.

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It's not like I just took your seat.

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You guys chose to squeeze into one.

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Look, it's not about the seat, the girl said, her voice rising again.

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It's about respect.

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I rolled my eyes this time, unable to help myself.

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Respect?

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You're throwing a fit over a bus seat.

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Maybe you should try being a little more respectful, her friend shot back, and I could see the

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tension mounting again.

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Lean forward, meeting her gaze.

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Respect is a two-way street.

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If you want me to respect your space, maybe you should show a little respect for mine.

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The bus stopped at the high school, and I felt a sense of relief wash over me.

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I was just about to get off when the girl beside me shot one last parting comment.

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Don't think this is over.

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I'll make sure you know you can't just take what's ours.

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With that, I stood up, ready to leave this whole debacle behind.

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But as I stepped off the bus, I glanced back and saw her watching me.

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A mixture of anger and something else.

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Maybe determination?

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I couldn't tell.

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The moment I stepped onto the pavement, I realized something.

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I didn't want to be dragged into this ridiculous feud, but I also wasn't going to back down.

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Maybe tomorrow would be different.

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Maybe it wouldn't.

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But one thing was for sure.

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I was done letting a sixth-grader dictate my morning commute.

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As I walked toward the school entrance, I felt a little lighter.

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Sometimes you just have to stand your ground.

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Even if it means dealing with a kid who clearly didn't know how to pick her battles.

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