Passengers sigh when they remove bag off neighbouring seat on PT

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Unless you paid for two seats or have 2 passes for yourself and bag, people should not be using seat next to them for their bag(s)

My favourite is getting on a fairly empty LNER train in the morning (origin station) with the traffic light system:

Red for booked,
Amber for available until X station and
Green for Free

Getting to my booked seat (which is more often than not surrounded by ambers and an entire green section) and finding someone sat in my seat with all their stuff laid out all over.

I hate having to tell anyone to move first thing in the morning, twice a week, but it always happens. Have had the sorrys, the sighs and the 'fcks sakes'. Learn to read people!!

I ask, and say thanks. Only had a problem once with a 20 something child who didn't want to move her bags, who wouldn't acknowledge that they should have been put in the luggage space, and spent the rest of the journey on the phone bi*hing about me. Tbh no f*ks were given.

I know.....as if the bag needs a seat??

Newsflash, humans needs seats

My handbag doesn’t ever go on any floor except in my house - where the floor is clean! This is a habit I picked up after stashing my shopping bags and handbag on the floor in a cafe, only to find that the previous table occupants had left their baby’s vomit on the floor without clearing it up (this was 30+ years ago). My handbag and other bags have always been kept away from public floors ever since!

I actually think this is more of a problem. I don’t want to sit where someone’s dog has been sitting. I was on a super crowded train once and this man and his huge dog took up most of a 6 seater area, so there was only room for maybe 3 others when there should’ve been space for 5 other humans. Considering how many were standing up it was so rude. I wondered did he really need to travel with his dog at 5:30pm from Liverpool to Manchester.

Yeah I find it gross when people put their bags on the ground. I haven’t did that since my uni days. But I guess a lot of people do.

A paying passenger who wishes to sit in a specific area of a train is not a bully. Your eye roll is unwarranted. You fancied that area of the train and maybe another passenger also wished to be near the luggage rack, toilet, cafe, door etc.

I regularly experience this. I have quite bad mobility issues (rheumatoid and osteoarthritis of hips and knees) so I need to sit down on public transport. On the bus that I use regularly,one of the priority seats is next to the luggage rack, and there is only about 10 inches of space for your legs. I find it extremely uncomfortable not being able to straighten my legs out for a 20 minute journey and avoid sitting in this seat if at all possible. A few weeks ago,I got on the bus and a woman was sitting in the seat behind the seat I've just described,with her handbag on one of the seats. I asked (politely) if she could move her bag so I could sit down. She rolled her eyes,grabbed her handbag,then as I sat down said 'You could have quite easily sat in THAT seat' pointing to the seat in front which I try to avoid. I said 'I didn't want to sit in THAT seat'. She then proceeded to mutter under her breath for the rest of the journey. Honestly. Should I have to justify why I don't want to sit in a particular seat?

i was heavily pregnant and commuting on the train to work. Many people made eye contact with me but refused to offer a seat (i was also wearing a badge), Fainted twice too. On my last day of work I remember sending a photo of myself standing to my husband whilst unknowingly in labour. My waters burst the day before but hospital said it was discharge but i went back the next day and indeed they did burst my LO just came a few weeks early. People are just rude nowadays.

If they sighed at me I’d ask them ‘what is your problem?’

HRFT yes I agree with you, but at about 2y they aren't sensible enough to shop with you but are too big for the trolley seat, even if you can manoeuvre them in. Faced with the option of carrying said child whilst pushing trolley or plonking him in it, I go for in the trolley. He is actually genuinely comparatively calm but other people ramming him with trollies is unsafe.

That would be very confrontational and I very much doubt you would.
But if you did I'd say, you are obviously. 🤨

Really? Why? They would be the person at fault surely?

Rude

Unnecessarily rude. “Please can you move your bag?” Is plain enough.

It’s usually “that’s a small slim woman, if I sit there I’ll have plenty of space,whereas if I go to that other seat, a large man may geton at the next stop and sit beside me”

I’m a small slim woman. So if someone large sits next to me, not only do they spikl sideways into my seat, they’re also larger front to back. Often their shoulders overspill in front of mine. The aisle seat is less claustrophobic

I’m a small slim woman too. If someone sits next to me I make very sure that I take up the whole of my seat, by slipping my bag in between us if necessary.

What does PT mean in this context?

I'm guessing public transport.

Public transport

You are, yes.

No. You would be for talking to me.

Someone’s tired! 😂

I sometimes deliberately go for the seat with the bag on the bus even if there is a free seat further back. I just think it's a bit rude.