Did you ever have your seat taken on a bus.

stupidusername · 09-11-2011 10:47AM

Unless there were no seats left, I don't see what the big deal is. yeah it's rude, but what did you expect to happen by saying it to the driver. he's not your mammy, he's not going to give out to them for you. if you had a problem and wanted something done, you should've said it to the people that took your seat. otherwise STFU and find another seat.

Riddle101 · 09-11-2011 11:16AM

I've never had my seat taken from me, but it does seem fairly wrong for someone to take your seat. If someone leaves their jacket on the seat, that usually signifies that someone is sitting there, and therefore i have to find somewhere else to sit. If i had returedn to find that people have not only taken my seat but also touched my possessions I would be quite annoyed, but even so the people should have gotten up since I returned. Unless Italian people do things differently in their country, there's really no grounds for it.

WindSock · 09-11-2011 11:20AM

This has the makings of a curb your enthusiasm skit.

Wossack · 09-11-2011 11:25AM

Why I dont completely drain when I go to the bathroom. Never know when you need to do some off the cuff, miscellaneous blasting

texidub · 09-11-2011 11:31AM

Ever had me seat taken? I went out for a smoke and this smartarse who was standing beside me the whole journey (bus was packed) unscrewed the feckin' thing and walked off with it on top of his head! Well, I wasn't having THAT.

So I legged it down the road after him and tripped him up from behind and stabbed him in the eye with me bus ticket and took off his shoes and tied them to the bus and screwed the seat back in place and made faces at yer man as we drove by.

WindSock · 09-11-2011 11:38AM

Op, its possible they thought your seat was done with and you left your jacket behind. Being Italians though, possibly not. So you should've just stood beside them talking at an uncomfortable level in your native language for the rest of the journey with a gingload of your mates.

StephenHendry · 09-11-2011 11:50AM

surely they would have had some english OP , you could have pointed to your jacket that they were sitting and im sure they would have copped on to the situation. nothing the bus driver can do really for you , pointless complaining to him, you were perfectly within your rights to keep at them to get your seat back

Katekat · 09-11-2011 03:50PM

Some donegal/dublin bus drivers will not allow new passengers on the bus until everyone who was already on it get back on, (have to show ticket to prove you were already on it). it saves a load of hassle. and yes I have had seat taken even after leaving jacket, book and backpack on the seat. bus driver ask the eedjit for his ticket and then told him to get off and wait till everyone was back on the bus.

dr.bollocko · 09-11-2011 03:54PM

Just buy a car.

Drunk?

Buy a driver too.

The King of Moo · 09-11-2011 03:57PM

Thread title sounds like a Richie Kavanagh song.

Excellent.

Dotrel · 09-11-2011 04:04PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Thread title sounds like a Richie Kavanagh song.

Excellent.

Was anyone else disappointed to hear that he had died and then even more disappointed to hear that he hadn't.

number10a · 09-11-2011 04:08PM

Dey tuk ar seeets!!!!

vampire of kilmainham · 10-11-2011 01:52AM

i got off a bus once for a fag i headbutted the driver and knocked him out dragged him off the bus took the keys when i finished my fag i pissed on the driver then drove the bus the rest of the way to galway where all the remaining passengers got off and i set the bus on fire in the middle of eyre sq then went over to the imperial hotel for a session with some of the passengers

:D:D:D

overshoot · 10-11-2011 02:16AM

Katekat wrote: »

Some donegal/dublin bus drivers will not allow new passengers on the bus until everyone who was already on it get back on, (have to show ticket to prove you were already on it). it saves a load of hassle. and yes I have had seat taken even after leaving jacket, book and backpack on the seat. bus driver ask the eedjit for his ticket and then told him to get off and wait till everyone was back on the bus.

over 4 years of getting that piece of crap bus iv never had to do that once! although they usually do wait to let em on (its their break too i suppose) and they do a count after to make sure the numbers are right
and to the question earlier about the break it sounds like its the 64 galway derry bus.

bodhrandude · 10-11-2011 02:50AM

It was a fairly packed bus, so there was only one seat left nearer the passageway and at the front. The person in the window seat had a few holdalls so there wasnt much room and I had to squeeze in there, uncomfortable.

TheUsual · 10-11-2011 02:57AM

It's called public transport for a reason.

You don't own any seat, no booking or reservations.
Get off to have a smoke or toilet break, then tough luck if new passengers get on.

I thought you had posted this for a laugh. If you are serious, then you are a muppet or a kid.

bodhrandude · 10-11-2011 02:58AM

TheUsual wrote: »

It's called public transport for a reason.

You don't own any seat, no booking or reservations.
Get off to have a smoke or toilet break, then tough luck if new passengers get on.

I thought you had posted this for a laugh. If you are serious, then you are a muppet or a kid.

Yeh, buts its nice to be civil, like.

Pompey Magnus · 10-11-2011 03:28AM

A somewhat related thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago, I went with a mate to the cinema to see The Cup, outside the screen was a sign saying reserved seating and the tickets had seating numbers specified.

We went in a few minutes before the film was to start and there was just one old woman, at least 75 I'd guess, in the entire room (it wasn't a very big room mind). We just sat anywhere but after us a middle age couple arrived in and the guy went up to the old woman and said "Sorry but I think you must have taken the wrong seat by mistake"...normally I ignore stuff like that but the pure lack of cop on from him meant I had to shout back to tell him there were plenty of free seats for him. There is a big difference between being reasonable and being a dick.

I've had seats taken from me at bars, cafes etc, it can be a bit annoying but I'd only make an issue of it if I couldn't get anywhere else. There's no sense in being argumentative just for the sake of it.

TheUsual · 10-11-2011 03:54AM

bodhrandude has now been successfully added to your ignore list.

Oh how I love my "ignore list".

RichieC · 10-11-2011 05:39AM

bodhrandude wrote: »

What I should have done was when the bus got to Galway station I should have given the Italian fellah a thump. Ok whinge over, but a bit of a pisser really.

A toolbox full of hammers..............

Fratton Fred · 10-11-2011 10:16AM

Buy a plastic dog turd from a joke shop and leave that on your seat.

It is also very handy to leave next to you so you can have a double seat as well.

mecco · 10-11-2011 11:17AM

Hasmunch wrote: »

Ah never realised that. What is the equivalent saying for the rest of the country?

TheZohan wrote: »

Well the rest of the English speaking world would say "let him away"...

Well the rest of the English speaking world is obviously incorrect!! But we'll leave them away with it sure..

Siuin · 10-11-2011 12:07PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Anyways when I got back this Italian couple were sitting where I was previously, my jacket was put into the shelf overhead,

They're Italians- you need to speak to them using their social etiquitte, which involves a great deal of gesticulation and vaffanculos.

Nah but don't mess with him. You'll find a horse's head in your bed.

Pompey Magnus · 10-11-2011 12:09PM

Siuin wrote: »

Nah but don't mess with him. You'll find a horse's head in your bed.

Or even worse, they will have taken over your bed while you were away...

mathie · 10-11-2011 12:14PM

bodhrandude wrote: »

Yeh but its wrong, dont remove someones jacket from their seat, this usually signifies that this seat is actually taken.

Maybe the Italian guy saw it and thought it wasn't a jacket as it didn't look like a two-foot thick lagging jacket?

Siuin · 10-11-2011 12:16PM

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Or even worse, they will have taken over your bed while you were away...

The Italian solution? Take over his wife

10-11-2011 12:16PM

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Damn foreigners.... taking our seats and our women.

They can have our women, so we can have theirs

Stark · 10-11-2011 12:16PM

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

We went in a few minutes before the film was to start and there was just one old woman, at least 75 I'd guess, in the entire room (it wasn't a very big room mind). We just sat anywhere but after us a middle age couple arrived in and the guy went up to the old woman and said "Sorry but I think you must have taken the wrong seat by mistake"...normally I ignore stuff like that but the pure lack of cop on from him meant I had to shout back to tell him there were plenty of free seats for him. There is a big difference between being reasonable and being a dick.

What happens though when the next person comes in and he's taken their seat?

As for the OP, the phrase "would you jump into my grave as quick?" comes to mind. Like if I was on a train and I got up to go to the bathroom, I'd be pretty piss if I came back to find someone had jumped in my seat.

Pompey Magnus · 10-11-2011 12:19PM

Stark wrote: »

What happens though when the next person comes in and he's taken their seat?

This was about 2 minutes before the film was due to start and the cinema was 95% empty, it was never going to be an issue. By the time the film did start there was no more than 10 people in there.

mathie · 10-11-2011 12:21PM

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

This was about 2 minutes before the film was due to start and the cinema was 95% empty, it was never going to be an issue. By the time the film did start there was no more than 10 people in there.

Clearly it could have been.

So you think just one dick could walk into a cinema.
But two dicks? Thats never going to happen.

The world is full of dicks. It's also full of pu55ies and a55holes but that's another story.

Did you ever have your seat taken on a bus.

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