Do you move seats on a crowded bus if a 2 seater frees up?

FootShooter · 27-03-2012 4:41pm #1

So let's say you're on a crowded bus, sitting beside someone. And 2 seats near you free up. Do you move and sit there so you can sit by yourself?

I usually wouldn't be bothered moving, unless i'm beside someone that stinks, or someone obese that is taking up parts of my seat.

27-03-2012 4:44pm

If it's a long journey then yes. But only to get a window seat. Chances are someone will sit beside you anyway after you move!

foxyboxer · 27-03-2012 4:45pm

Of course I do.

I also try to make eye contact with the other person feigning a slight look of disgust so as to make them self concious.

lastlaugh · 27-03-2012 4:45pm

Wasn't this done recently?

charlietheminxx · 27-03-2012 4:46pm

Sometimes.

It depends on how long in the journey is left and if it's someone that is clearly resentful that I DARED to sit next to them in the first place

DEFTLEFTHAND · 27-03-2012 4:47pm

Nah I don't mind sitting beside people, as long as they don't try to engage in any sort of social interaction with me.

Mr Benevolent · 27-03-2012 4:48pm

Sometimes, if its near the front. Can't understand who'd sit down the back, the freaks.

muckwarrior · 27-03-2012 4:49pm

No, I don't think the bus driver would appreciate me moving the seats.

candy-gal1 · 27-03-2012 4:49pm

i do if the free two seater is near me so it doesnt look too bad etc, yeah i know i think too much sometimes

there seems to be some strange thing that when theres lots of seats free, and you get your window seat, someone decides "oh i dont want to sit on my own or something" :rolleyes: and plonks in next to you!
ive no problem with someone sitting next to me on the bus when theres no seats, thats obviously what theyve got to do, but when theres about 4 free double seats!?

still not as bad as people who basically sit on you in the cinema :mad:
drives me nuts especially when theres plenty of seats around!

mackg · 27-03-2012 4:50pm

Wouldn't be too bothered unless the person I'm sitting next to smells or I feel like I'm about to fall asleep.

phasers · 27-03-2012 4:50pm

I hate being on the inside seat, stuck next to some prick who doesn't move when a two seater becomes available.

But then again, I have personal space issues, so it probably doesn't bother normal people.

suicide_circus · 27-03-2012 4:51pm

my pet hate is when you're on an empty bus or train and someone gets on and choses the seat beside you!!!!! **** off you personal space bubble disrespecting arsehole!! :mad:

ScumLord · 27-03-2012 4:53pm

FootShooter wrote: »

So let's say you're on a crowded bus, sitting beside someone. And 2 seats near you free up. Do you move and sit there

Only if the person next to me does it first.

Kurz · 27-03-2012 4:54pm

If the person on the inside had their bag beside them when I sat down originally then I wouldn't move when the seat came free.

Otherwise I would if there weren't many stops left before mine.

xflyer · 27-03-2012 4:57pm

I was told years ago that if you want to keep the seat beside you empty for as long as possible. Then you should catch the eye of everyone boarding the bus and look a bit freaky. I tried it and it works. Obviously if you're a pretty girl this might not be so successful. But I'm ugly enough to get away with it. On the other hand if it's a freak getting on the bus you might have a problem.:D

Peadar_85 · 27-03-2012 4:57pm

yup I did it this morning but probably cos the seat was straight across from the one I was in. Also the bus wasn't overly crowded - just one of those awkward ones where there's one person at the window in every seat upstairs. I'd one leg out in the aisle as well as yer man was airing out his jewels which is cool by me :cool:

guitarzero · 27-03-2012 5:00pm

On a crowded bus, no, whats the point unless you're some anal nutter who has to get next the window. Chances are someone will be sitting down next to you by the time you're all cosy, singing 'yay!' to yourself next your little window.

Now the front seats up stairs? OUTA' MY WAY!!!

This gives me an idea for another thread...

27-03-2012 5:03pm

I like that seat behind the stairs, upstairs. Plenty of legroom.

Seachmall · 27-03-2012 5:08pm

Only on long journeys where there's a chance that they, or that I, may fart, sweat profusely, or fall asleep.

27-03-2012 5:09pm

I usually pick the seat behind my steering wheel. Ample legroom and no smelly junkies.

fenris · 27-03-2012 5:14pm

only if the double seat is one with more legroom or the person beside me stinks/has crap taste in music and bad headphones like beats that allow a lot of leakage

pawrick · 27-03-2012 5:17pm

I will only move if the spare ones are right beside me.

I tend to go for the seats where people leave their coats or other crap when busses/trains are crowded and ask them to move it so I can take the seat but I'll never sit at the front on a long journey as that's where the old people gather and I hate getting stuck by them as they're always moving, coughing dying etc.

Kamjana · 27-03-2012 5:21pm

I hate it when i use the toilet in work and there is 5 free cubicles then someone comes in and uses the one next to you!

TwoShedsJackson · 27-03-2012 5:32pm

I find sitting there colouring in a colouring book while mumbling to myself does the trick - if anyone looks to be getting past that, I deliberately colour outside one of the lines and then start grunting and rocking backwards and forwards on the seat. That'll do it.

gizmo555 · 27-03-2012 5:35pm

Kamjana wrote: »

I hate it when i use the toilet in work and there is 5 free cubicles then someone comes in and uses the one next to you!

Could be worse - they could try to use the same one as you . . .

NTMK · 27-03-2012 5:36pm

on a long trip yes but usually i end up being stuck beside the window with a crazy person (or one of my friends ex's) sitting beside me. they're always fun 3 hour trips

hatrickpatrick · 27-03-2012 5:39pm

Depends on two things: (a) the person I'm sitting beside, and (b) whether the newly free seat is opposite another free seat (more legroom)

Dub boy · 27-03-2012 5:42pm

I door all the time mainly because I like my own space but also so I can have a little kip. But at least once a week you will get some lard arse crushing you who has no manners or just doesn't see you.

Richard Hillman · 27-03-2012 5:45pm

xflyer wrote: »

I was told years ago that if you want to keep the seat beside you empty for as long as possible. Then you should catch the eye of everyone boarding the bus and look a bit freaky. I tried it and it works. Obviously if you're a pretty girl this might not be so successful. But I'm ugly enough to get away with it. On the other hand if it's a freak getting on the bus you might have a problem.:D

This works for me as well. Also a newspaper or some rubbish also works. People dont know if its your paper/rubbish or not so instead of engaging in conversation to ask, they just toddle on by

AngryBollix · 27-03-2012 6:59pm

If I'm getting on to a bus and I see someone moving into an empty two seater I'll deliberately sit beside them.

AngryBollix · 27-03-2012 7:01pm

Edz87 wrote: »

I usually pick the seat behind my steering wheel. Ample legroom and no smelly junkies.

Thats the squealing baby end though

the groutch · 27-03-2012 7:09pm

Same spot every time.
Top deck, window seat, 7th from the front on the left.
If that's not OCD I don't know what is.

Where To · 27-03-2012 7:11pm

I've never been on a bus

Acacia · 27-03-2012 7:53pm

I always move cause I love my personal space. Yup, and I resent people for sitting beside me in the first place though I know it's unfair and not necessarily their fault. But my bag really needs a seat of its own...:D

44leto · 27-03-2012 7:57pm

I gotta get a double seat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPUjjhO_DpU

Acidflash · 27-03-2012 8:21pm

3 pages and no Bus Wanker, shocking

Zebra3 · 27-03-2012 8:28pm

I move, but only after silently farting.

saa · 27-03-2012 8:42pm

Not on a Dublin bus its a bit fussy, but for longer journeys getting your own seats is worth moving for for you can lean across them.

stateofflux · 27-03-2012 8:46pm

the groutch wrote: »

Same spot every time.
Top deck, window seat, 7th from the front on the left.
If that's not OCD I don't know what is.

i think thats the one with the most legroom...the one behind it is the dwarf seat.

Joe10000 · 27-03-2012 8:48pm

Depends on the size and standard of personal hygiene of the person beside me.

some random drunk · 28-03-2012 1:20am

This thread reminds me of a Far Side cartoon:

http://goodhumored.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/scan0002.jpg?w=366&h=504

28-03-2012 9:03am

i do unless im getting off the bus soon

Nothingbetter2d · 28-03-2012 9:41am

candy-gal1 wrote: »

ive no problem with someone sitting next to me on the bus when theres no seats, thats obviously what they got to do, but when theres about 4 free double seats!? !

maybe they want to perv at your cleavage?

Do you move seats on a crowded bus if a 2 seater frees up?

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