I’m just a young man contending with my employer’s expanded RTO. I could get laid off any random day anyway so there’s no point wasting 1/4 of my net pay for the day on Ubering both ways, or committing to $500+ in recurrent car expenses to get there easier when I live in a walkable area. So my commute is 2 buses. One is a "rapid" line that comes every 10-15 min and I was boarding that one on my way home.
About six weeks ago, I broke my humerus (upper arm) slipping on ice. I couldn’t even put a shirt on for a week, was full WFH for some time, dealing with a host of issues amidst horrible cold. It’s healing a little slow and I was only able to ditch the sling about a week ago. I’m still wearing a brace and likely will be for another month+. This was very visible because I had a short-sleeve sweater on thanks to the unseasonably warm 0C/32F weather (yeah, "unseasonably warm" at that temp might narrow this down).
I got the walk signal right as the bus was going through the intersection and I speed walked a bit – the best I can do without too much jostling. One other person crossed with me. We got on and pressed that button to open the door right as it was about to pull away.
The driver made a sarcastic, bitchy announcement like "if you want to get on the bus you should be acting like it." I said back "hey, shut the fuck up, I have a broken arm." She said "you can get off the bus if you want to talk to me like that." I didn’t move and she repeated "okay, get off." I said "okay, K@ren" and left. I bet I’d ultimately get home quicker after a long day if I boarded the next bus in 11 minutes. But even if I used profanity… what the hell, right? I still feel justified in submitting a complaint.