How To Stop People From Sitting In My Bus Seat!?!?

UCDVet

So I have two of the student rambler passes. Since the bus I take each day is normally crowded and I like to read and do school work on the bus - I bought two passes. When I get on the bus, I scan them both, naturally.

Then, I sit down and take up two seats.

Seems reasonable.

But once the bus becomes full (which it inevitably does) people will ask me to move my stuff so they can sit down. It's as if they don't realize I've paid for two seats! Some have even tried to actually move my stuff themselves, while others have insisted 'Ye can't do that!'

How do you guys keep people from sitting in your seat?

spurious

Put on some weight. People don't like sitting beside the fatties.

coffee_cake

Wink at them and rub your thighs and ask do they want to sit on your lap

The Big Red Button

Stop washing

SEPT 23 1989

Is the OP a chunky monkey?

gobnaitolunacy

You are kidding me.

Have you got 2 arses?

I think if you look at the small print/bye laws/t & c's of the pass it may not guarantee you a seat anyway.

Timothy Bryce

UCDVet wrote: »

So I have two of the student rambler passes. Since the bus I take each day is normally crowded and I like to read and do school work on the bus - I bought two passes. When I get on the bus, I scan them both, naturally.

Then, I sit down and take up two seats.

Seems reasonable.

But once the bus becomes full (which it inevitably does) people will ask me to move my stuff so they can sit down. It's as if they don't realize I've paid for two seats! Some have even tried to actually move my stuff themselves, while others have insisted 'Ye can't do that!'

How do you guys keep people from sitting in your seat?

Do your school work at home/in the library like a normal person.

Allyall

Get a bag like THIS

Africa

Ill just say thats not a very nice or intelligent thing to do... I think you just wasted money on 2 passes.

Topper Harley

Stop being such a nerd. And stop wasting you're bloody money.

UCDVet

Timothy Bryce wrote: »

Do your school work at home/in the library like a normal person.

Do people really aspire to be normal? It seems like such a low goal....

Joking aside, I spend nearly two hours on the bus most days, so it seems like a waste of time not to do something productive.

Smythe

Pat the seat beside you, look straight at them, and smile!

michellie

It's funny that some people think this is serious

kowloon

A very realistic doll would solve your problem. When someone tries to take the seat hit them with it.

SunnyDub1

why do you need two seats

aodhan2

UCDVet wrote: »

So I have two of the student rambler passes. Since the bus I take each day is normally crowded and I like to read and do school work on the bus - I bought two passes. When I get on the bus, I scan them both, naturally.

Then, I sit down and take up two seats.

Seems reasonable.

But once the bus becomes full (which it inevitably does) people will ask me to move my stuff so they can sit down. It's as if they don't realize I've paid for two seats! Some have even tried to actually move my stuff themselves, while others have insisted 'Ye can't do that!'

How do you guys keep people from sitting in your seat?

Usually I get on the bus , cock my leg and mark my seat and general area so that no one else comes near me

ZX7R

Piss on the seat that should work.

ceegee

Invite people to sit beside you. The more keen you are to sit beside people the less likely they'll want to

Ellis Dee

What kind of selfish cnut with money to waste will see another person having to stand for a whole bus journey while one seat that could be used by that passenger is occupied by a bag?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Remmy

Even if you really did pay for two seats people are just going to think you are being a douche and making it up because you don't want to move your sh't.

UCDVet

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

why do you need two seats

So that I have space to study. I have a smaller-ish laptop but I still prefer to take notes on paper. I watch lectures and review notes - but it's really impossible to do comfortably without having two seats.

EDIT: To be perfectly honest, I'm also a bit 'larger' than many on the Dublin bus. Even without my school work I feel like the seats are a bit too small to fit myself comfortably. It seems unfair for me to only pay for one and then take up most of someone else's seat too.

homerjay2005

Topper Harley wrote: »

Stop being such a nerd. And stop wasting you're bloody money.

its probably somebody elses or even tax payers money, hence he doesnt give a s*it...

this is a wind up, nobody can be that much of a bellend to actually think two bus passes means two seats.

thinly veiled "im think im really funny" thread.

RoyalMarine

UCDVet wrote: »

Does nobody else do this?

no....

no one would be that strange.

Sorry OP.....

Where To

Go away and buy a bus of your own.

HeyThereDeliah

Just say your imaginary friend is sitting there.

Timothy Bryce

UCDVet wrote: »

Do people really aspire to be normal? It seems like such a low goal....

Joking aside, I spend nearly two hours on the bus most days, so it seems like a waste of time not to do something productive.

I take the bus most days and I couldn't give a fiddlers fcuk how many tickets you paid for - if your 'spare' seat is the only going, I'm going to sit on the fcuker.

If you want to do something productive, perhaps catch up on some reading or write a threatening letter to a celebrity.

Mr_Roger_Bongos

UCDVet wrote: »

Does nobody else do this?.

No.

Unlike a plane, a bus will have varying numbers of passengers.

On Dublin bus, you pay for the fare, this does not guarantee a seat.

For example, if you got on a busy bus and there are no free seats, you are not entitled to one because you have a ticket.

Therefore 2 tickets makes no difference. You are wasting your money. Stop.

EDIT - Go to the back of the bus (preferably the top deck). Sit by the window with just enough room between you and the window for your laptop, but not enough room that someone could sit in. People are very unlikely to walk to the back of the bus for a space that small.

UCDVet

Timothy Bryce wrote: »

I take the bus most days and I couldn't give a fiddlers fcuk how many tickets you paid for - if your 'spare' seat is the only going, I'm going to sit on the fcuker.

If you want to do something productive, perhaps catch up on some reading or write a threatening letter to a celebrity.

So you're okay with stealing services purchased by another?

Hersheys

Try sitting upstairs, near the back, and sit on the outside of the seat - always works for me

kowloon

michellie wrote: »

It's funny that some people think this is serious

He's using two seats, there's nothing funny about that :mad:

UCDVet

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

No.

Unlike a plane, a bus will have varying numbers of passengers.

On Dublin bus, you pay for the fare, this does not guarantee a seat.

For example, if you got on a busy bus and there are no free seats, you are not entitled to one because you have a ticket.

Therefore 2 tickets makes no difference. You are wasting your money. Stop.

EDIT - Go to the back of the bus (preferably the top deck). Sit by the window with just enough room between you and the window for your laptop, but not enough room that someone could sit in. People are very unlikely to walk to the back of the bus for a space that small.

I've also noticed that the Dublin Bus drivers regularly allow on more passengers than the bus can safely allow. People are clearly past the 'white line' and risk being hit when the door opens. The bus has the maximum capacity clearly written - but the number of people over that by a significant amount.

It seems dangerous, and IMHO, causes problems with the seats. It seems natural that the fare doesn't entitle you to a seat - but they are take on a first come/first serve biases (except the handicapped/elderly labeled ones). But if I'm first, with two tickets, surely that entitles me to two seats?

IMHO - if they bus drivers would stop the dangerous overcrowding of the bus, people wouldn't feel the need to disregard the first-come, first-serve policy.