AIBU Re Train Seats

[ConnorCamden]

Last night one train, the one I normally get, didn't show. It was cancelled due to a fault. Myself and approximately 10 other people had to stand around for an hour until the next train. During this time, the platform got very very busy, as you can imagine (people waiting for the next train)

Finally the train arrives. I climb aboard and, like the 25 or so other people, tried to find a seat. I finally found a seat, but it meant politely asking an elderly gentleman to move up so that I can sit next to him. His response? "No. I was here first" I thought he was joking at first, so I smiled and waited for him to move. He said "What are you waiting for? I told you I'm not moving"

I ended up standing for the 1 hour journey.

AIBU to expect somebody to move up to make room for somebody? This was one of those 2 seats (like on a bus) and he was sitting on the seat nearest the aisle not the window.

I would have sat on his lap.

Then I would have pushed past him and sat in the other seat. He was being unreasonable not to at least have said 'well I want this one but I'll move so you can fit into the other'.

And my pet peeve at the moment is people hogging the aisle seats.

Oh no, thats terrible. I used to do the commute and I never had anything that bad. What can you do if someone says no and refuses to move. Did you at least give him a Paddington Bear hard stare for the full hour?

Was he also saying you couldnt take the window seat?

yadnbu- was there a guard to tell?

Or an extra hard stare.

O my gosh what a git ! Poor you .

Well he just didnt want to sit near the window. You could have asked him to to let you past so you could sit near the window.

I'd have been tempted to poop in his face ...

I would have physically pushed past to the window seat as well.

i would have climbed over him and caught my heel on his nads!

Oh and while we are on the subject what is it with women and hand bags and suitcases on seats?

That is my pet peeve.

I'd get the guard to ask him if he had paid for 2 seats.

I'm surprised that on a packed train noone climbed over him. Would definitely happen on my commuter trains.

Absurd and unusual I think. He hadn't paid for two seats and people are normally good at recognising when a train is getting full and letting others in. He didn't need to move seats, just stand to let you past - so I might have been tempted to say 'oh, if you can't stand up, I suppose I can climb over'.

And men with rucksacks MoreBeta. Selfish behaviour is sex-less.

next time I would climb over him and sit in the window seat. tosser.

My sil got on a train recently and there were loads of people standing. when she asked if there were any seats people said that there were but that people had bags and cases etc on them and no-one wanted to ask them to move them. Sil just marched down the train and told asked someone to move their bag so she could sit down.

I do have a funny story from years ago.. one day I was travelling to Swindon from Cardiff. When I got on the train it was really full, but I managed to find a seat. What I didn't realize was that the seat was reserved, so I sat down (had guide dog with me as well).

Anyway, at newport this woman got on whose seat it obviously was, except the first I knew about it was when she arrived at the seat with the train manager and said "see! this is my seat and she is in it!" Now I will add at this point that if the woman had initially said to me that this was her reserved seat I would obviously have got up and let her have it. The train manager's response was, "excuse me, this seat is reserved," I apologised and got up, to which he then said, "there you go, there's your reserved seat, I'll take this lady down to first class."

wannabe that's a fantastic story! hope you enjoyed every minute of being in first class (and your dog did too!).

I was on the main east coast line the other week and there was a tannoy announcement saying "could all the selfish people with bags, dogs, cats, whatever on seats please remove them so that people can sit down"

The guard was coming down the train telling people as well.

I have been known to ask if the bag/coat/folder has a ticket or if it is tired

I'd have punched him to the ground.

I would have squeezed past to the window seat too and stamped on his feet good and hard on the way past

I often go for the aisle seat as my stop is the second one down the line and I don't want to climb over poeple to get out but I always let people past to the window seat if they want to sit down.

what a cool train manager wannabe - I love it. There are often train managers on the trains I get saying something to the effect of "there are free seats in carriages X, Y & Z - please remove all luggage from seats as there are currently passengers standing"

I would have scowled and asked this utter twunt if he had paid for 2 seats? Pushed past him anyway. I would have slammed my arse down hard on the seat next to him. I'm afraid we would have had a shouting match. I am stubborn, he might have even walked away .