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Am I, or have these people on the train just been seriously rude?

38 replies

deadduck · 24/10/2014 17:51

Rush hour, I get on train and plonk my bag on an empty unreserved seat, ready to take coat off and sit down. Next to seat sits a perhaps 14 year old lad, on a reserved seat. Across the aisle his mum and dad, opposite me his teenage sister. Just as I want to sit down (my stuff already there), dad shouts to son, move on that seat, yours is reserved from here. I look perplexed (no other seats available) and say, ahem, no? I sit here. Dad shouts: he was sitting there a minute ago (he wasn't when train pulled in!). I'm trying to think of something to say, dad gets out of seat and approaches me as if he's going to either thump or manhandle me and says, you move! I get seriously pissed off and sit down, saying "ABSOLUTELY not". Kid laughs and put his reserved ticket on my seat, and says, now you are in the reserved seat. I smile mildly and explain about seat numbers. Now he's sittin opposite me, in an also reserved seat (he was lucky, they didn't come) and the whole family glares at me. Kid keeps mentioning "bad smell"I've got an hour on this train, very unpleasant. Mainly I'm shocked, am woman in mid 40s. WIBU?

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Frusso · 24/10/2014 18:29

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wantstolickwilliamgraham · 24/10/2014 19:13

Sounds like a family of twats. Twats breeding twats...

londonrach · 24/10/2014 19:18

Sorry dont understand is your bag or you on the unreserved seat. You yanbu and family being very rude, but if bag yabu. People before bags.

SunnaStrangeInTheNeighbourhood · 24/10/2014 19:23

OP says she put her bag on the seat while she took her coat off. After doing that she sat down.

Rosa · 24/10/2014 19:31

Do raise 2 fingers as you get off and the train pulls out or maybe do a moonie ?????.... Sounds like the 14 yr old will be used to that and as for the bad smell it must be coming from his socks...

zzzzz · 24/10/2014 19:33

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helzapoppin2 · 24/10/2014 20:21

Nothing wrong with butterscotch Angel Delight!

Coolas · 24/10/2014 20:29

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KarlosKKrinkelbeim · 24/10/2014 20:43

were they drunk? Sometimes on Fridays you get loony drunks on trains. Once I got on a train on Friday evenin, sat in vacant seat opposite woman and her boyfriend, she immediately started yelling at me to move as I was obstructing her. I have quite long legs for my height but am only 5 foot 6 so no giant and was sitting in entirely normal fashion with legs crossed. Short of bundling self into overhead storage could not have done more not to obstruct. Anyway they continued yelling drunkenly until another drunk weighed in on my side and started yelling at them to leave me alone. Meanwhile the guard sidled up and showed me to a vacant seat in 1st class. Total festival of mad crazy drunks. V unpleasant tho.

SaucyJack · 24/10/2014 20:49

Nice one OP. You won that round Wine

beeny · 24/10/2014 20:51

Well done they sound vile

Warmandtoasty · 24/10/2014 22:21

I sympathise, some people are so rude on trains. I just got a train tonight and reserved seats for me and my DS and when I got on the people in our seats refused to move so we had to stand for ages until we managed to find a seat after a few stops. It's so annoying, well done for standing your ground though!

Allhallowspeeve · 24/10/2014 22:26

Have you put your bags on a seat also?

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