I've just played Manspread Skittles on the train. Guess how many points I scored

[GunpowderGelatine]

Just got on a train at the opposite end where I needed to be (that's where I was standing on the platform and I panic in case I don't hop on in time so I just got on) and walked through 7 carriages before I got to mine. I carried my little suitcase in front of me, and came across a number of manspreaders who seemed to occupy the half the aisle (no exaggeration) with their knees (only once did I see them sat next to someone). Note - no women were doing this. I decided to have me a game of Manspread Skittles (just carried on walking meaning my suitcase knocked into their knees).

Anyone likes to guess:

1. How many men I knocked in total over 7 carriages and
2. How many said sorry for being in my way?

@Bloomburger she could have done. But equally those men could have tucked their legs in while people were boarding the train.

But men are not expected to do that unless explicitly asked.

All this stuff about it being tall people - it's not just tall men who manspread though, is it? Short men do it just as much and it's about spreading out sideways. You'll often see very tall men on trains stretching their legs out into the aisle but they don't get in anyone's way because they keep them close to the seat in front. It's the wide angle manspreading that inconveniences everyone else.

Because woman always hold such high standards as ops post shows I guess.
I've been screamed at, belittled, ignored, sworn at and inconvenienced by more men than woman.
Why is the need to point out male flaws with individuals some sort of exercise at taring a whole sex as horrible

I think it's a reasonable expectation that one person shouldn't have to ask permission from another to walk up the aisle on a train. Which is exactly what's happening if people stretch out into the aisle and expect to be politely asked 'excuse me, may I get by?'

Basic manners?

How do all these poor tragic men out there manage when partially-sighted people bump them without meaning to, or just plain clumsy people? Why can't they keep an eye out on their surroundings and not spread into aisles obliviously? Why should everyone else apologise for needing public space?

And yy @TheCountessofFitzdotterel. My husband is very tall, gangly and dyspraxic. Somehow he still manages not to do this (and gets equally pissed off as I do at it now he sees it everywhere too).

I did this recently on a train journey. What pissed me off is I observed the man spreader near my seat automatically moved his legs everytime a man walked along.

Basic manners?

I agree, it's basic manners not to take up more than your space and even more basic manners not to be irate if someone needs that space

What fucks me off on trains is when I’m sitting in an aisle seat, and people moving through the train smack me on the head with their bags without so much as a muttered “scuse me” or “sorry”. At one point I had to lean so far away my head was practically in my neighbour’s lap just to avoid concussion.

@DianaPrincessOfThemyscira she walked through 7 carriages so people had spread out by the time she got to half of them. I don't understand the big hoo haa. If I were barged into I'd be fuming as would my husband and son, if we were asked to move politely we would just do it. I am quite tall and if the person opposite me is tall too I sometimes turn towards the aisle so it is more comfortable for both of us. Trains are bloody dreadfully cramped and uncomfortable at the best of times, would you rather their be little pods or white lines around seats so god forbid you wouldn't have to ask someone politely to move for a second.

I don't give up space to manspreaders. I also like choosing seats where a man is trying to reserve the spare seat next to him with his bag! I commute by train at peak time and this is more common than you think. I'm only on the train for 7 minutes but it's the principle I think. The trains I generally travel on our so packed no man can manspread.

Bloody men and their huge cocks

A few months ago I was getting out of my seat to get off a bus when a man barged the aisle and took both hands to me and shoved me back into my seat so that he could get past. My husband was a couple of seats further up the aisle and the man in question saw him getting up from his seat and stood back and waited to let him out.

I actually wish I had said something but I was too shocked.

Barged up the aisle, that should say.

Much like op did? Funny how it's acceptable when a woman does it.....

Oohh i had a good patriarchy chicken in St Pancreas this week. One man came from behind me and then cut across me. Ordinarily I would have checked my step to make sure I didn't stamp on his calf. I didn't this time and just kept on walking, staring vaguely into the middle distance. He looked so shocked.

Why are the choices only for people to ask nicely and not for anyone else to just inconvenience themselves for five seconds for people to get by?

I agree trains are not comfortable. I agree it’s annoying when you get donked on the head by a bag. So I spread myself out when I can reasonably expect people to be seated, move when I sense someone coming, and apologise if I get in their way.

If their are lines round seats then I guarantee you there will still be people who stick their legs out in the aisle. And they’ll still expect to be asked and not to exercise some courtesy.

I'm actually on a train right now and there are quite a lot of men sitting sideways across two seats. But none of the women are doing it.

Although there is no one having to stand so it really doesn't matter anyway.

I've never had to ask a woman to move her legs.

One guy did call me a "stupid bitch" though. I only wish I'd needed to pump as my bum was at prime position to his revolting face

YABU. I'm sorry OP but you sound quite smug and a bit horrible, perhaps you were stressed from the travel or something. Almost every working day I get on a train one end and walk to the other (7 carriages) and then I change trains. When I near my destination I walk through another 8 or 9 carriages. I have had a problem a couple of times in the last year - no more. Most people - men and women - move when you are polite, I say thank you. Iam certainly not a door mat but I do know common courtesy. Perhaps you have an over-aggressive manner which is why you apparently encounter so much hassle. Why be critical of the guy's face? Why say revolting things - it makes you no better than the people you critcise.

@User6949671 it’s not the same though is it?

Much like op did? Funny how it's acceptable when a woman does it.....

Eh? The OP walked up the aisle. She didn't take both hands and shove someone out of the aisle who was also trying to walk up the aisle.

A guy called me a fucking cunt a couple of weeks ago. I was walking along, I didn't swerve, I just stayed walking in the same line. He could have easily moved over, he had space. But he obviously expected me to.

Also the patriarchy chicken thing comes from an actual sociological study of pavement behaviour using cameras.

Am I the only regular train traveller who also sees women do this? Yes men manspread but often it's due to height / weight restrictions not b because they feel they own the space.
Funny how no-one has mentioned the amounts of handbags on empty seats in this thread.
Everyone should be more considerate of each other and their surroundings though of course we live in a selfish society 🤷