Seat reserving bus wánkers

Eathrin

I just don't understand the mindset of those who blatently leave their baggage on the aisle seat or sit on the aisle seat itself leaving the window seat free. More so those who will sigh heavily or grace you with a look of contempt for politely asking for a seat to sit down in when the rest of the bus is full, leaving most people feeling awkward for having to ask and nervous people left standing without a seat.

Fromthetrees

Yeah,totes agree with you,I end up sitting on floor usually.

LifeBeginsAt40

Every morning on the DART too, used to pick the most smartly dressed business suit, and sit one of the kids right next to them by the window, politely handing the newspapers back

WoollyRedHat

Fromthetrees wrote: »

Yeah,totes agree with you,I end up sitting on floor usually.

Damn hippy!

Get down from that tree!!

AnonoBoy

I just adopt an expression that makes people think I will talk at length about my bowel movements to anyone that sits beside me.

I am normally the last remaining person on a bus/train with a free seat beside them.

The_Gatsby

I just stand beside them and scratch my balls. My balls are at face level to the seated person so I usually get a seat quite quickly

McNulty737

Maybe you should work harder and buy a car, so you don't have to ride a bus like a common tramp.












P.S

Im joking....relax.

Ihatecuddles-old

I get slightly offended when people don't sit beside me they sit beside some old person and I think, really??

the groutch

in before UCDVet with his two bus tickets.

Cilldara11

One of the few things that genuinely annoys me on public transport. It takes a special type of selfishness to try and deny another person a seat just so you can have spare room for your bag etc!

AnonoBoy

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I get slightly offended when people don't sit beside me they sit beside some old person and I think, really??

Bring a mirror on the bus with you. Next time someone doesn't sit beside you and opts for a stinky old person, take out the mirror and look at yourself - you might have my expression.

JazzyJ

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I just adopt an expression that makes people think I will talk at length about my bowel movements to anyone that sits beside me.

I am normally the last remaining person on a bus/train with a free seat beside them.

You should take it one step further and actually talk to them about your sh1ts.

Sparks43

Fuck them

I'll put my bag wherever the hell i want to

Ihatecuddles-old

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Bring a mirror on the bus with you. Next time someone doesn't sit beside you and opts for a stinky old person, take out the mirror and look at yourself - you might have my expression.

I always smile and laugh to myself, I'm normally reading AH so they probably think I'm nuts....

fasttalkerchat

I prefer to have 2 seats because buses are cramped and the seats are uncomfortable. If there are plenty of double seats free I keep my bag on the seat beside me. When it starts to fill up I have no problem moving my bag.

Cee-Jay-Cee

I carry a small bag of piss with me when travelling by bus and dribble some of it into the seat beside me and if anyone goes to sit down on it I tell them that i think the last person who sat there pissed themselves as it stinks. Always works.

Lapin

I smile up at anyone attempting to sit next to me on the train.

I say nothing - Just smile.

Always keeps them moving along.

Standman

Ask them to move it, it's not a big deal and I really think people are talking shit when they say they get "angry sighs" when they politely ask.

It's just an excuse for people to justify their fear of being assertive like a fucking adult.

AnonoBoy

JazzyJ wrote: »

You should take it one step further and actually talk to them about your sh1ts.

Have done.

I also offer to show them examples of my 'work'.

Teyla Emmagan

I make a beeline for those people. There is nothing that pleases me like watching them shift over.

Miss Lockhart

I don't see a problem with people putting bags on seats when there are other free seats (I don't do it but it doesn't bother me). If they do it when the seats are full then I think it's bad manners and sort of passive-aggressive.

Anyway, I don't think it's that big of a problem in Ireland. I find that people here are much more likely to offer seats to the elderly, disabled, injured etc than in other countries. Of course there are some idiots but there's always plenty of nice people too.

Gummy Panda

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I get slightly offended when people don't sit beside me they sit beside some old person and I think, really??

You must smell worse then the combination of Epsom salts and stale pee

Ihatecuddles-old

Gummy Panda wrote: »

You must smell worse then the combination of Epsom salts and stale pee

I smell lovely, its the face that lets me down

Lapin

endofrainbow wrote: »

I thought this was gonna be a thread about people reserving seats so they could have a ****.....

That post reveals more about your state of mind than any attempt at humour you think it contains.




See a shrink.

cherryghost

People never sit beside me

Miss Lockhart

cherryghost wrote: »

People never sit beside me

Lucky you! I seem to attract big fat men (there's plenty of fat women but it always seems to be men) who sit with their legs apart and take up all my personal space. They often choose to read a broadsheet just to be as awkward as possible.

I'll have to start giving people crazy looks or something.

BrokenArrows

I'll always leave my bag on the seat next to me as long as I can see two seats free somewhere else. I take my bag away when there are no longer any two free seats.

Conall Cernach

That is really annoying (the OP). You see it a fair bit when the bus stops at the airport and a bunch of new passengers get on.

In fairness though I have also had people offer to swap seats with me so that I could sit beside my girlfriend when there were only single seats available.

What really, really annoys me is people who sit beside you even if there is an empty 2 seater available. Then some of these tubes try to talk to you for the next 2 hours. What's up with that?

jimmy180sx

Ahh thee ould move your bleeding bag scenario..move it or i'll move it for you..

Not only on the bus does this happen but i love doing it on ryanair flights. I quite frequently travel to the uk and always pick the middle seat between people to piss them off..im a big guy and always get both armrests

Eathrin

McNulty737 wrote: »

Maybe you should work harder and buy a car, so you don't have to ride a bus like a common tramp.

I may as well be a tramp in a trampy car, the price of the bus these days

LifeBeginsAt40

Mind you, I'm 6'2" and not the slimmest of chaps...I end up sat with my knees around my ears jammed in the space. Not the sort of person you'd want to sit next to...seriously?

It's all I can do not to rock back and forth as the wheels on the bus go round and round....

kupus

This is the one time my big ugly mug comes in handy nobody sits beside me. Suits me fine..

Emmacash

a couple of years back my friend was on the bus when some oul lad gets on and sits beside her. 5 minutes into the journey he decides to pass the time by whipping out his mickey and start tugging away.....now she always keeps her bag on the seat beside her.

emuhead

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I make a beeline for those people. There is nothing that pleases me like watching them shift over.

This. When there are only single seats left I choose a seat in the following order:

1. Two people having a conversation across the front row of the top deck, attempting to block aisle seats (double points if having loud pretentious conversation)
2. Person in aisle seat with bag on window seat
3. Person in window seat with bag on aisle seat
3. Person in aisle seat with window seat clear
4. Person in window seat with seat beside them clear.
5. Row of seats at very back.

I am sad, I admit it

Miss Lockhart

Emmacash wrote: »

a couple of years back my friend was on the bus when some oul lad gets on and sits beside her. 5 minutes into the journey he decides to pass the time by whipping out his mickey and start tugging away.....now she always keeps her bag on the seat beside her.

Yeah, I've been trapped at the window seat by a dirty old wanker, but I still have manners. If she's that worried about it she should stand.

saiint

sit at the back of the bus up top
at least you'll have a 50/50 chance of either being high when you get off the bus and having **** stuck on your runners
but at least you wont be cramped

Pumpkinseeds

I usually put my bag on the aisle seat if there are other free seats available. I think its a defence mechanism to try to fend off weirdos. I move my bag if there are people who need a seat, I just hate it when I get stuck with somebody who reeks of stale sweat or is so obese that I'm squashed against the window. It bugs the hell out of me if there are spare seats and someone plonks themselves next to me. WTF is that about, they can bugger off.

Capt'n Midnight

In Africa, if you can see through the bus, it isn't full yet.

Gran Hermano

On my commute I tend to keep the seat to my left empty.
It is my right, just like it is my choice to keep the seats behind me free.
One of the small joys of driving and avoiding public transport.

phasers

just do what I do and bring your own chair. As an added bonus you can position it right next to the driver and have a nice chat!

I just fart or burp loudly whenever someone looks at the free seat next to me.

Freddy Smelly

Eathrin wrote: »

I just don't understand the mindset of those who blatently leave their baggage on the aisle seat or sit on the aisle seat itself leaving the window seat free. More so those who will sigh heavily or grace you with a look of contempt for politely asking for a seat to sit down in when the rest of the bus is full, leaving most people feeling awkward for having to ask and nervous people left standing without a seat.

next time pick up their bag and throw it out of the window

the groutch

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

next time pick up their bag him up and throw it him out of the window

fyp

Capt'n Midnight

http://i.imgur.com/xDQhKdf.png

therecklessone

cherryghost wrote: »

People never sit beside me

They're not allowed sit beside the driver.

Wacker The Attacker

Eathrin wrote: »

I just don't understand the mindset of those who blatently leave their baggage on the aisle seat or sit on the aisle seat itself leaving the window seat free. More so those who will sigh heavily or grace you with a look of contempt for politely asking for a seat to sit down in when the rest of the bus is full, leaving most people feeling awkward for having to ask and nervous people left standing without a seat.

I have

A) Sat on the bag

and

Lifted the bag and handed it to someone at random.

This usually sorts the problem

Eathrin

Not completely related but one time a woman sat down on the bus beside my girlfriend and plopped her bag onto her. It took her 20 seconds or so, no words spoken, before she realised what she had just done and was hugely embarrassed :P

VinLieger

I do it till theres only 3-4 seats left, i manage to get away with it due to having my headphones on and pretending to be asleep, people generally dont want to disturb you then

Chain_reaction

While we are on the subject of stupid buss behavior there is a special place in hell for those people who crowd the down stairs for their journey on a Dublin Bus when there are seats free up stairs.


And a special shout out to the person on the 39a the other day that stood on the stairs for most of the journey making it look like there wasn't seats up stairs.

I hate you.

who_me

Amateurs. I just sit on the aisle seat. Every time anyone gets on the bus, I look up eagerly, jump to the window seat, and pat the aisle seat for them to join me. Sorted.

...unless I meet a Boredie who just read this post, then I'm screwed.

shar01

Chain_reaction wrote: »

While we are on the subject of stupid buss behavior there is a special place in hell for those people who crowd the down stairs for their journey on a Dublin Bus when there are seats free up stairs.


And a special shout out to the person on the 39a the other day that stood on the stairs for most of the journey making it look like there wasn't seats up stairs.

I hate you.

Not only is there a special place in hell for them, I want to be the person who sends them there!

Fceking spanish students are the biggest culprits in my book - standing downstairs and them only going a few stops - lazy baxtards.:mad: