The last time I went to Manchester I was stunned at what a sh*t-hole it’s become (no offence), so I guess a story about a guy freely and repeatedly watching porn on the bus is par for the course these days.

As per Manchester Evening News, several women in the city have spoken out about the man and how he watches porn on the bus and tram and appears to ‘get off’ on the reactions of passengers around him. The publication spoke to six women who all say they’ve been targeted by this man, in a period stretching from November 2021 to last week.

All the women have given similar accounts – this guy sits in front of them, positions his phone in a way that they can see it, and plays hardcore porn while occasionally glancing behind to see their reactions. Two of the women claim that he was touching his penis during the incidents too.

Students Eva and Isobel* who saw the man on the 143 bus last Tuesday, said:

It was funny when it started, at first we were like, surely this is not happening. We were laughing because we were sort of in shock, we just wanted to make a joke out of it. And then as it just kept going, we got really uncomfortable. We thought, he’s looking at us weird – what if he gets off at the same stop as us? It’s late at night.

The girls found a Facebook post written by another woman who had had almost exactly the same experience as them, on the same night. She says the man began watching ‘fart porn’ but then moved on to more extreme videos, consistently checking behind him to see her reaction. All three women have now reported the incidents to police.

So obviously this guy is a total wrong’un whose days of watching porn on the bus are numbered (you’d think). Then again, you might say if politicians can watch porn in parliament, then why can’t the rest of us watch it on the bus or on the tram?

In any case, Chief Inspector Stephen Griffin, from Greater Manchester Police (GMP)’s Transport Unit, has encouraged anyone else who has witnessed this kind of behaviour to come forward. There’s a time and place for watching porn and/or wanking, and sitting on the bus isn’t it.

For the man who had a 3-hour wank on the Megabus because he thought female passengers were enjoying it, click HERE.