More of a moan than anything else
On a train where all the seat reservations have been cancelled and I was sitting in the seat that was free closest to my original seat, now it's a bit later and all the other seats around me have freed up except the one my ticket was for but that's fine as there are no seat reservations anymore.
Old guy gets on and stands over me as they are announcing there are no longer any seat reservations on this train and suddenly shouts 'move young lady that's my seat'
I very politely say, they've announced there are no longer any reservations on this train but there is nobody sitting in that seat on the other side of the aisle
He then said 'don't be ridiculous that's my seat, you obviously don't have a reservation, don't be such a presumptuous young girl move yourself immediately'
I said that I did have a reservation but as they had been cancelled and somebody else was sitting there so I took the next closest seat. He then glared at me and said 'Don't tell me I am wrong, get out of my seat MOVE'
I'm too tired to argue to I pack away my laptop & work and move across the aisle
At which point he mutters 'the youth of today have no respect' and huffs at me, he keeps looking over and glaring.
Apart from the fact it's quite flattering to be called a youth (I'm 40), his manner was so rude and unnecessary.
I get that if the train was really busy you might make a fuss for your seat and I would have done that for mine but there were loads of seats in a rapidly emptying train and it would have been no skin off his nose to have just sat down across the aisle. I probably wouldn't have minded so much if he'd asked nicely but his manner is just so awful.
AIBU to think you don't get the right to be rude just because you are an older person?
Quite tempted to move to the other end of the carriage so he stops glaring at me.
I might have been happier & not felt so pissed off if they hadn't also cancelled the catering on this 5hr train journey, I'm starving, in need of a g&T & some dinner!