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Does a bag on a chair reserve it?

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pupchewsleg · 20/02/2018 17:25

Context: I am waiting for DS1 in a busy seating area at gym/trampolining. There are lots of tables most occupied by toddlers/ mums. DS2 (8) and I usually try and grab an arm chair/sofa, there are only 9 of these seats in total, and read quietly. When we arrived there was a free arm chair which DS2 nabbed. Next to it was another armchair with a bag on it. I left it a minute or two then asked everyone on surrounding tables and sofa if the bag belonged to them. It didn't. I moved the bag onto the arm of the chair and sat in the chair. All good. 15 min later a man pushed past my legs ( I automatically apologised - very British). He grabbed the bag (which kind of hit me) and stalked off. He came back a min later for some nearby water bottles, and went off and found another seat (sofa squashed up with someone else's coats). He was clearly annoyed. Aibu? We are newish to the gym. Was the seat his and should I have offered it to him?

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BelindasRedPlasticHandcuffs · 20/02/2018 21:22

Bag on chair for a few minutes and then 'I'm so sorry I was at the bar/cafe' shows full hands fair enough.

15mins and an empty handed huffy man? Nope not reserved at all.

ThisLittleKitty · 20/02/2018 21:31

Kitty no but why didn't you keep your three year old on your knee. If there were no other seats the other sick/injured people would have to stand.

Erm because I was standing! Is a child only allowed a seat if it's on a persons lap? Whether or not he was sat on the seat or on my lap we were only taking up one space. I think a 3 year old with a 2 hour wait is entitled to a seat.

DeltaG · 20/02/2018 21:33

As a friend of mine once pointed out to someone, 'arses save seats, not handbags'

Queenoftheblitz · 20/02/2018 21:39

I wouldn't touch someone elses' bag however long it had been there and I wouldn't have been happy at you moving my bag.
How do you know he hadnt been sitting in that chair for some time before deciding to get up and go to the bar?

slashlover · 20/02/2018 21:50

I was shopping a couple of weeks ago and a woman was looking at the exact part of the shelf I wanted to get something from. I went around the block, picked up a couple of other things I wanted and she was STILL there. So I moved her trolley and got the thing I wanted.

Did you say 'excuse me'? People who don't and then get upset for me not being a mind reader are annoying.

FluffyWuffy100 · 20/02/2018 21:57

For 5 mins to go to the loo? Yes. For 15 mins? No.

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