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Why do solo train users take a table for 4?

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Badbadbunny · 07/05/2026 10:04

Why do solo train users take a table for 4 and then huff and puff when a couple or family join them? Just on a train with lots of empty twosome seats but only one table for 4 free and a single woman takes it, and made a big fuss about moving her bags off the seat and clearing the rest of the table after she put loads of stuff on it when a family of 4 came on with one of them having to sit elsewhere.

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DifficultBanana · 07/05/2026 10:07

I like sitting at the table, it feels less hemmed in than the two seaters.
I’m not grumpy if other people come to sit there though unless maybe there’s loads of other tables free and they aren’t reserved seats.

BelleEpoque27 · 07/05/2026 10:06

Probably because they want a table? Plus there's more legroom. If no-one joins you they're by far the best seat.

Of course she was rude to make a fuss about moving.

Zanatdy · 07/05/2026 10:06

Anyone can sit at a table, I do sometimes when working on the train. But I don’t put my bags on seats or take up any other space than my own seat, or get annoyed if a family joins.

Flamingojune · 07/05/2026 10:05

Yes its pretty selfish