REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SEATTLE - A pregnant Seattle woman who was kicked off a city bus when her baby’s dirty diaper has rejected an apology and may sue. Earlier, Seattle's Metro Transit apologized but said it would not discipline the driver.

Metro told local ABC affiliate, KOMO-TV, the driver did not violate policy when she acted for the comfort of other passengers. Metro said the driver was a nine-year employee with an excellent record.

Yet, an apology is not enough for the mother, Nichole Hakimian, who threatens to sue. “You don’t just come out of nowhere and kick a mom off a bus with a sick child,” Nichole Hakimian told KOMO-TV.

Hakimian was taking her 1-year-old son to a clinic Tuesday when his diarrhea became an odor issue. She said the driver had insisted she exit.

Hakimian said she found a place to change the baby and caught another bus to the clinic where her son was diagnosed with a stomach bug.

This is not the first instance of a mom and a baby booted off public transportation just for the baby acting like a baby, KOMO-TV reported. Last year, video captured a Portland woman struggling with a crying baby in the back of a bus. The clip went viral after she was kicked off for making too much noise. The driver was reportedly disciplined.

But who’s really to blame when babies interrupt an innocent commuter’s ride? “The baby was just being a baby, pooping or crying, and yet we’re saying get off the bus,” Melissa Lawrence, CEO of Cloudmom.com said. “So that’s clearly intolerant.”

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