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.

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.

humbert

Brilliant, I'm going to believe this is true just because it's such a wonderfully dickish thing to do.

If you could look contagious I'd say that would help. Or maybe autistic and aggressive. Definitely don't let people know you are rational or you don't stand a chance.

HeyThereDeliah

kowloon wrote: »

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

He paid for two seats but can't use them, laugh is on him really.

veryangryman

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!'

If you have the price of 2 tickets a day, buy a car.

I was going to say stop being anti social but meh, practice what you preach.I hate public transport.

Also dont assume people are mind readers. Nobody knows you bought 2.

Blinkers...

Mr_Roger_Bongos

UCDVet wrote: »

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?

The system you suggest does not exist in ANY city centre public transport system in the world. Deal with it, nobody else has a problem with this.

With regards dangerous capacity, i've double checked this too. If you actually refer to the numbers standing, it's normally over 10 and the bus drivers keep to within 5 people + or - depending on the route.

This is why buses regularly do not stop once full, unless someone gets off. In some cases when people get off, they don't let others on. It's at the drivers discretion.

EDIT - My god man, your a UCD vet, surely a bright fellow?!

Lollipops23

UCDVet wrote: »

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

See, up until this post I was in two minds as to whether you were a genuine poster. But not now.


On the off chance you ARE genuine- I took a 2hour bus journey to college every day too. If the mood took me, I did like to read some notes etc or even jot down some of my own notes for assignments etc. I was able to do this with my bag either tucked under the seat or on my lap.

The bus isn't your own private library on wheels- if you so badly need the time to do college work, move closer. The fact you can't fit in a seat properly is your problem, not your fellow commuters. Stop being a spoiled little bítch.

--Kaiser--

Get some fake vomit from a joke shop and leave it on the seat.
Simples

Plazaman

You buy two seats for "room" but take up one of these seats with a big bag? What's the difference if a person sits there? At least a person can arrange your papers in date or alphabetical order if you ask them or they could give you a quiz on the subject you're studying at the time.

Ask your fancy schmancy I've-got-a-seat-to-myself bag to do that.

iDave

Heres an idea.....its a bit out there....possibly even radical but hear me out.

Stop being such a self absorbed twat, no one gives a flying fcuk what items you put on the seat so stop being a spoilt git and let people sit down.

RossFixxxed

You could:
1) Grow up
2) Cop on
3) Grow up AND cop on
4) Get a car.
5) Get a car, grow up and cop on.
6) Realise you are completely wrong and don't deserve a seat.
7) Realise you are completely wrong and don't deserve a seat as someone will sit on it ANYWAY whether your laptop is there or not, grow up and cop on.

admiralofthefleet

nod and say hello to everyone getting on and you will have the seat to yourself

JohnMarston

Do your work at home before you go to college. Play your ipod or buy a two-sided notebook you can fit on your lap, that way you can read and take notes at the same time.

Valetta

Please don't come near any of my animals with your level of intelligence.

--Kaiser--

iDave wrote: »

Heres an idea.....its a bit out there....possibly even radical but hear me out.

Stop being such a self absorbed twat, no one gives a flying fcuk what items you put on the seat so stop being a spoilt git and let people sit down.

If he bought two tickets he is perfectly entitled to two seats. End of

TwoShedsJackson

On the assumption you're a grown man/woman, bring a colouring book and colour it in with crayons while sitting there. If you go outside one of the lines start rocking backwards and forwards while moaning quietly to yourself.

Guaranteed no-one will sit beside you.

uch

kowloon wrote: »

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

Ha, used to work with a guy who always had a Mannequin in a wig and Hi-Viz jacket sitting in the passenger seat of his truck, no idea why this is relevant but It was funny.

Valetta

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

If he bought two tickets he is perfectly entitled to two seats. End of

You what???

So if I buy 75 (or whatever the capacity of the bus is) tickets it means I can have the whole bus to myself?

Don't be so ridiculous.

http://www.chauffeurdublin.com/FleetGallery.html
Would the price of two rambler tickets cover a Rolls Royce Phantom or Mercedes S-Class?

There'd be loads of space in the back.

BizzyC

It's not an airplane, a ticket doe not equal one seat.
First come first serve is the way things work, it's not a policy.
Even if it were a policy, it would apply to people and not a bag/notes.

The seats are there to provide people with comfort on their journey, not to be used as a desk.
Buying an extra ticket entitles you to nothing, stop wasting your money and cop on.

If you want to study, then prepare your notes before getting on the bus and use that time for reading instead.

Rigol

if the seats are reserved by number and you buy two adjacent seats then fair play. good plan.

if theyre not pre-designated your plan is not valid and will just fail ...and im just gonna point to any random empty seat and say 'theres your second seat put your stuff there'.

if theres no other spare seat ill just show you my ticket and give you 5 sec before i sit on your laptop

not yet

May I ask if you would give up one of your 2 seats for a OAP or expectant mother.