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Train seats - is this me being sensitive?

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traumaforgotten · 16/04/2019 18:28

I travel long distance on trains a lot - often where the seat reservations don't come through (Same company) and every time I notice there is a pattern where I am asked to move myself or my bag first when there is a wealth of empty seats next to men all around me. Not even with bags on the seats - it's like it's much easier to inconvenience me than to ask a guy to move his bag - every time

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ReleaseTheBats · 16/04/2019 18:35

I agree with SimonJT and do the same. If you don't want people to ask you to move your bag, OP, don't take up a seat with it.

Girlofgold · 16/04/2019 18:34

Do people think they'll get less resistance from a woman or prefer to sit next to a woman? I prefer to sit next to a woman.

SimonJT · 16/04/2019 18:30

I purposely ask people with bags on seats as people thinking a bag deserves a seat over a human being is infuriating.

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