which way do you sit....

ferdi

....when you on a train (or bus)?

do you like to face in the same direction as you are travelling, or do you like to sit facing the other way?

i detest sitting in a train and looking out the window while facing the same way as the train is moving. as the outside world rushes past, my brain cannot compute all the new scenery and simply fails to fully process the information thus leaving my in a state of confusion with a headache.

when i sit facing the other way, travelling backwards as it were, the view out the window reveals itself far more gentle and my brain has more time to register whats outside.

TerrorFirmer

Slouched, like a bum.

Random

Gentle brain view!

me and the biz

On the floor, in a pool of my own vomit.

aidan_walsh

when you on a train (or bus)?

do you like to face in the same direction as you are travelling, or do you like to sit facing the other way?

Sitting on the bus I like to face the opposite of the direction I'm travelling. Unfortunately, as I have to sit on the head rest of the seat "in front of me", slouching under the baggage rack, this tends to lead to a lot of back pain and neck stiffness.

Pigman II

I like to imagine where the bombs might be and then sit as far as possible from those points.

billy the squid

usually stand between the carriage squashed in the middle of 300 people for two hours.

Dave!

I sit facing the way I'm going. I start to feel sick if I'm facing the other way.

Endurance Man

Usually got other things on my mind, like why the feck am i on a sh!te bus in the first place.

Red Alert

facing backwards

(which is why i miss the old Bombardier buses, the ones that looked and sounded like a big Trabant)

:|

DaveMcG wrote:

I sit facing the way I'm going. I start to feel sick if I'm facing the other way.

same here, generally me+public transport=vomit
although i do looovvveee sleeping on buses

Ickle Magoo

DaveMcG wrote:

I sit facing the way I'm going. I start to feel sick if I'm facing the other way.

Same - I like a window seat too

FranknFurter

DaveMcG wrote:

I sit facing the way I'm going. I start to feel sick if I'm facing the other way.

Same here, I hate going backwards. (Have mashed too many toes going that way day to day).

Facing forwards ftw.

B

Ruu_Old

Ickle Magoo wrote:

Same - I like a window seat too

Yep, window all way. Bag on other seat or make myself look fat because other people are smelly and I want nothing to do with them.:)

boneless

I'm not allowed on public transport anymore... but I used to love sitting on the drivers knee... facing him.

bluto63

HavoK wrote:

Slouched, like a bum.

ditto

rainbow kirby

Window seat, facing forward. I'm actually quite picky about which way and where I sit on a bus.

Rhyme

Doesn't really matter to me as i usually have my nose in a book anyway. But if i had to pick, facing forwards going into town and backwards coming out... i dont know why.

Mr. Presentable

Facing forward.

Ever got on a near empty bus and picked out someone and sat beside them when there's plenty of empty seats? They get a bit nervous:D

thebman

Ruu wrote:

Yep, window all way. Bag on other seat or make myself look fat because other people are smelly and I want nothing to do with them.:)

Yeah me too. Screw fat people trying to sit beside me. I need that room for some reason, maybe building a little fort or something

I don't care if I'm sitting forwards or backwards so long as its a window seat and I have nobody sitting beside me.

Scraggs

DaveMcG wrote:

I sit facing the way I'm going. I start to feel sick if I'm facing the other way.

Me too, especiallly in taxis and buses.

Diarmsquid

Window seat, facing back. Same reason as the OP, things aren't rushing towards you and suddenly BAM! they're gone, they're rushing away so it's BAM! they're there, and now if you're interested in something you see, you still have time to see it off into the distance.

Yeah... I think too much about this stuff.

phantom_lord

Facing the way I'm going is always preferable.

sonic juice

I've never observed such a way at perceiving sitting on a train,if its a free seat then it's a good seat,the less people near you the better,you want the whole train to yourself

Merrick

I don't have to take buses anymore, but back in the day when I did, I got a window seat, but sat with my back to it so I could talk to everyone else. So technically things outside weren't rushing towards or away from me, just past me.

Black Swan

Facing front.

Sad Professor

Facing forward. I really hate buses though and I will always walk if where I'm going is within reasonable distance.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

ferdi wrote:

i detest sitting in a train and looking out the window while facing the same way as the train is moving. as the outside world rushes past, my brain cannot compute all the new scenery and simply fails to fully process the information thus leaving my in a state of confusion with a headache.

I sit facing the direction im travelling, i dont have the problems you do as my brain is so fantastical I can process everything no matter how fast it goes by...

Feral Mutant

Facing forward, window seat (I like a view), left hand side (I like a view that's not traffic).

watsgone

ciaranfo wrote:

Gentle brain view!

the opposite

Tar.Aldarion

Either way, I didn't know people even thought about this.

Lust4Life

Posted by Ruu:
Yep, window all way. Bag on other seat or make myself look fat because other people are smelly and I want nothing to do with them.

Boy can I relate to that! Always, ALWAYS I get the ugliest fattest people trying to squeeze their awful smelly bottoms in next to me! WHY???
The type where one cheek takes up a whole seat and their other cheek dangles in the aisle. Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!

Posted by Boneless:
I'm not allowed on public transport anymore... but I used to love sitting on the drivers knee... facing him.

My Dear, you are PRICELESS!!!!!

bongo85

I actually don't mind people sittin beside me on the dart. That way I don't have to look at their ugly mug :eek:

Travellin backwards on the dart is great fun though.. I like to pretend I'm goin back in time!!

Lust4Life

Oh, BTW, I sit forward or sideways and always by the window.

The Bollox

the way the bus/train is going, it is much more comfy as you are being pushed into your seat instead of pushed out by the force

WexCan

I'm kind of wierd about this, at work on an aircraft I sit backwards, beside a door with a window in it. Now I prefer sitting backwards in buses, trains etc, with a window beside me. Wierd but just habit I suppose.

_Kaiser_

Window seat facing forward. Like others I start to feel sick if facing the wrong way.

Boneless wrote:

I'm not allowed on public transport anymore... but I used to love sitting on the drivers knee... facing him.

Post of the week tbh!

Nightwish

I always sit facing the direction I'm going in when on the train. I pretty much sit in the same seats going to and from Dublin. I usually slouch on the seat, stick on my mp3 player and close my eyes for the journey.

_Kaiser_

Nightwish wrote:

I always sit facing the direction I'm going in when on the train. I pretty much sit in the same seats going to and from Dublin. I usually slouch on the seat, stick on my mp3 player and close my eyes for the journey.

Unless the battery in the player runs down and you've still another hour to go
Why won't CIE introduce electric sockets on trains?

Mushy

=Ruu]Yep, window all way. Bag on other seat or make myself look fat because other people are smelly and I want nothing to do with them.

Definately the same. As was also said slouched like a bum also, head lolling against the Window while im getting more sleep. Im the only one the bus(its a school bus, same people always) who it happens to.

I dont know about a train. Havent been one in ages but I will be next week so hold on and i'll tell ya all about it

Nightwish

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Unless the battery in the player runs down and you've still another hour to go
Why won't CIE introduce electric sockets on trains?

I hate it when that happens. First class carriages have sockets, so if you're on a pretty empty train, with a nice ticket inspector, you can sit in there.

_Kaiser_

Nightwish wrote:

I hate it when that happens. First class carriages have sockets, so if you're on a pretty empty train, with a nice ticket inspector, you can sit in there.

Believe it or not but I was on a train one time and didnt realise there were different classes so I kept moving forward till I got a seat. Was wondering why it was so empty and plush up here.. got away with it too

Nightwish

I've been told to sit in there when there was no seats left. Its a pretty pointless carriage, but nice nonetheless.

_Kaiser_

Nightwish wrote:

I've been told to sit in there when there was no seats left. Its a pretty pointless carriage, but nice nonetheless.

Well for the prices they charge no wonder its empty. But yea, I'd expect first class to mean better extras but there's not - at least not last time I took a train.

Anyway..better shut up before this gets moved to commuting/transport

fly_agaric

Ruu wrote:

Bag on other seat or make myself look fat because other people are smelly and I want nothing to do with them.:)

It's the likes of yourself that make using public transport such a pleasant experience!:rolleyes:
I never have that problem because people try to avoid sitting beside me if they can.
Dressing like a bit of a bum and not shaving is far more effective and less precious than a bag on the seat.

fish-head

I prefer sitting looking out at the sea, facing away from where I'm travelling. On the DART, that is, anyway. Lovely scenery out on the way to Greystones.

Tar.Aldarion

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Unless the battery in the player runs down and you've still another hour to go
Why won't CIE introduce electric sockets on trains?

Even if there is no first class carraige, like there never is on trains I am on, you can use the sockets at the back. Probably used for hoovers or something. Last time I bought a guitar in dublin I plugged in the amp down the back and played it all the way home.
They may be up near the front too.

upthere

I like to sit with my left side against the window and face the direction the train is moving in forwards

Chinafoot

Have to be facing forward otherwise there is a very real possibility of vomiting.

Buses are the worst.