School boy won't let people sit down

[Hospital2022]

Every day after school we see the same boy on the bus. He sits on a double seat and refuses to let people sit next to him he puts his leg there so no one can sit there. Several times people have wanted to sit. He won't move for anyone. Such as small children who can't balance . Elderly people. Adults have told him of on several occasions telling him to let the old lady sit down . Today he sat on the back seats. The ones where there are 5/6 seats all next to each other. He had his bag on one seat. He was sitting on the one next to it, then had his leg on the other so was taking up 3 seats . An old man asked him to move over so he can sit down . The boy refused to move several times the man asked and the boy kept refusing. The man then said im 74 years old and you won't even let me sit down you have no manners. He was a frail man. He was able to get a seat in the end. But this has been going on for a few weeks now and the boy is doing it everyday. I know what school he has to but I don't know his name or anything like that. So I can't complain to the school bas thete are over 1000 pupils in the school.

We are talking a London bus at school going home time so it's very busy.

It sounds petty when I write it but he is causing upset abd stress towards passengers.

Any suggestions ?

I have encountered this before (from adults) and after I ask them politely, if they refuse I just pick up their bag, sit down, then put their bag in their lap. Nothing has ever happened - yet - though I've not tried it with a teenager.

Was he also described by the sofa psychiatrist following an online remote consultation as power hungry .Because bus is the locus of all power
narcissistic✅ Everyone on MN has encountered this. MN perennial
unwilling to behave like he belongs in society. Yes one can determine that from a bus journey
woefully negligent parents Yes the family dynamics are there for all to see in the posts, laid out like a Genogram

All that from a post on mn, who’d have thunk it.

Definitely inform the school / give time, route, description (inc his bag unless a school logo one!).

Also there should be cameras on the bus if school needs to pursue it.

I’m from Spain, a touchy feel lot, we like taking matters into hands.

I agrée you should take a photo and send it to the school. They do generally give a shot about their kids dragging their reputation down and will address the issue.

school on my bus route had some issues with pupil behaviour on bus,their staff in high vis jackets travelled on bus and were at the stops to supervise and the incidents quickly decreased

Was he also described by the sofa psychiatrist following an online remote consultation as power hungry .Because bus is the locus of all power
narcissistic✅ Everyone on MN has encountered this. MN perennial
unwilling to behave like he belongs in society. Yes one can determine that from a bus journey
woefully negligent parents Yes the family dynamics are there for all to see in the posts, laid out like a Genogram
All that from a post on mn, who’d have thunk it.

I was referring to the boy/man described by PP - not the boy on the bus.

The boy that OP encountered on the bus obviously needs to learn a lesson or two (and having his free pass removed may well do the trick - if he has to start spending his pocket money on something boring instead of what he wants to as a direct result of poor behaviour); but the person spoken of by PP is a completely different level entirely.