Where there’s a seat you sit in it? / ‘Sit yo ass down!’

[noodlebugz]

Firstly this is not life changing and a minor gripe in the scheme of things but I’m currently on a train and am getting increasingly (and irrationally) annoyed.

It’s a cross country train, it’s actually a long one with 8 carriages, though 2x 4 stuck together so you can’t walk the full length of the train.

The train is NOT full. Running 7 minutes late, so not too bad.

My gripe is that despite there being plenty of seats, there is a grown men sat in the wheelchair space on the floor in 1st - why? And 2 teenagers that have been a full hour into the journey sat on the floor outside the toilet, so you have to climb over them if you need to go.These trains are NOT clean and the toilet smells!

I do have autism so may just not get it - but WHY? Why would you not sit in a proper seat!

YABU - ‘If I fits I sits’ - people who’ve bought a ticket can sit anywhere on the train.

YANBU - ‘Sit yo ass down’ - if there are proper seats people should use them to be considerate to others.

Opinions also welcome on whether cross country is the absolute toilet of the long distance train services - I would say yes!

@PiggyPigalle Hard to gauge sometimes - is this something I don’t get because of autism or is this something other people might not get. If you don’t think it’s relevant perhaps it’s not - to be honest I’m not thinking about it every second of every day and going oh that’s because I’m autistic.

Why didn't you get the bag removed from your reserved seat as soon as it appeared there?

You have no reason whatsoever to think the wheelchair space man wouldn't have moved if someone in a wheelchair needed it. So what is the problem with him sitting there?

seemed to be putting on airs to be interesting! To be honest he just had a bit of an arrogant aura and what I really wanted to know was if he actually had a first class ticket or not! Does it count as a first class SEAT if you sit on the floor? 🤷‍♀️

@Nominative the seat I took instead was still a first class one, reservation above the seat was vague so someone could have claimed it and I’d have needed to go and sit in bag seat.
The seat I took was on its own, not opposite someone who’d take then shoes off, with no rubbish on the table so was preferable - just not guaranteed.
I prefer LNER as they say reserved from x to y. Not reserved for a portion of the journey today!

In some trains the a/c vent is low down in the vestibule and teenagers will sit in fron5 of it on a hot day. I remember DD doing that (I couldn’t get her to move, there was literally no room even to stand elsewhere)

Perhaps they’re onto something if it’s crowded it is hot - may as well go there if you’re stuck anyway!

I accidentally pressed you are being unreasonable! Sorry!

Unfortunately public transport attracts all walks of life including the unclean, the weird and the uncouth.

When I used to commute every day into London, because of so many standing, the guard would turf out anyone who had strayed into 1st to stand.
Remember their get out is, you pay for travel, not a seat.

I would never sit in the corridor or block a wheelchair space but I do stand at the doors part of a train frequently even if there are spare seats.

I can't sit backwards if I do I will have horrible vertigo preventing me from sleeping that night (sometimes two).
I'm fat so I don't feel comfortable squeezing someone by sitting next to them.
I really like standing on a train 🤷‍♀️ I stand & read my book and I'm happy.