To think that if the train is half empty you don't have to practically sit on my knee?

[Lighthousekeeping]

Why would you seriously? I'm a grumpy bag I know. There's no reserved seats in the carriage. There's an a empty table accross the isle. I'm sat at an empty table mnetting. He plonks down a huge laptop and phone and newspaper and sits directly opposite me. Our knees are touching ffs!!

Gross. I could never do that on demand.

Oh no I did something similar once. Got on a bus in a bit of a daydream and sat down next to a man. Then realised he was the only other person on the bus and every other seat was empty. I was mortified but then too embarrassed to move so just sat there until my stop. Very embarrassing

Creep. He reminds me of a man who sat next to me on a bus and kept touching me with his leg. I ended up squeezed against the window. Bet he's married and going home to his wife.

How're you going to get your coat back light?

You should keep warm tuna sandwiches in tinfoil to hand for these types of emergencies.

Could you touch his nose with a pointed finger across the table and shout "STRANGER DANGER" repeatedly at the top of your voice?

"Could you touch his nose with a pointed finger across the table and shout "STRANGER DANGER" repeatedly at the top of your voice?"

Or next time, get one of those really stinky chicken & onion Greggs pasties.

Well, it worked on me. I nearly gagged and did move...and I love Greggs...just not the chicken pasties. (so no bingo)

I forgot the thread about the woman painting her nails on the train.

Everyone went mental.

Pop one bare foot up on the table and start painting your toenails.

I'd have tutted and moved. The advantage of an empty train is you can get a table to yourself.
I wouldn't care if I looked rude.

Fuck am I glad you are not posting this on Weds night OP because I would be worried it was about DH off on a work trip

God forgive me. I feel bleeding awful

First class gives you more room. Maybe way to go if you like a bit more space?

Laughing at FirstStop I did something similar on London Underground once. Got on a carriage where several people standing but 2 empty seats, plonked myself down next to the smelliest, grubbiest, raggiest person imaginable reeking of urine. Too embarrassed to get up before my stop.

I feel like crap. He came to find me at theend to give me my pen back. He was French. I'm mortified.

How does his being French make you the baddie all of a sudden?

Bless, I wonder if he thought he had to fill in the survey otherwise he would have been arrested at the destination

Don't feel bad. You have taught him a valuable lesson regarding personal space.

One of the weirdest things I saw on the London Underground once was a lady who got on and sat next to someone in a two seater area even though lots of other space free. She then got her embroidery out and started stitching and pulling her needle and thread as far as her arm would stretch so she was practically punching the man next to her with each stitch. Definitely doing it on purpose. Weird.

Brecon because clearly he was taking his time with the survey because it wasn't his first language. It was just annoying me.

Oh bless him.

It's like being on an empty beach and a family come and plonk themselves right next to you. Irritates the life out of me. Last time they had a dog with the biggest bollocks I'd ever seen, he kept coming over and tried to eat our food then sat on our towels and done the doggy shake after being in the water.

Bad Train and beach etiquette is just wrong!

Tiny I have to confess to doing something marginally worse on a tube many years ago.

I had been away out of town for the day, having got up at 4:30 to catch taxi, train, etc to reach my destination. So was rather tired by the end of the day. I'd caught the train back to London, got on the circle line to go home. My stop was coming up so I stood up, wandered over to the doors but then it slowed down. So I sat down . . . . . . On a rather understanding persons lap!

We were at the beach once, tent up with sandcastles around it. We took thr dcs to the sea for a paddle and when we got back had to politely ask a group of people to move so that we could open the door to get our things.
The dcs kept asking why they had sat on the sandcastles...

I would ask people who bother you if they're interested in becoming a Jehovahs witness or speak a foreign language.

Sheesh, why the terrible, inhibiting fear of appearing rude? I realise this is socialised into most women -as it was into me - but it's mad and quite illogical to put the feelings of a total stranger (who clearly doesn't care about your comfort/privacy/whatever) before your own on the grounds of fearing to look discourteous.

news you must have been very tired, poor you. At least you did it by accident. This lady was definitely doing it on purpose. So strange. She was really annoyed for some reason.