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

humbert · 10-10-2012 12:09pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:11pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:12pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:14pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:14pm

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-- · 10-10-2012 12:14pm

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

Plazaman · 10-10-2012 12:17pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:18pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:19pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:25pm

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

JohnMarston · 10-10-2012 12:26pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:28pm

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

--Kaiser-- · 10-10-2012 12:30pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:30pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:32pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:34pm

--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.

10-10-2012 12:34pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:53pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:54pm

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 · 10-10-2012 12:58pm

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

iDave · 10-10-2012 12:59pm

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

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

End of nothing, no one will ever force me to stand on bus/luas/dart for their bag, ever. End of!

bluecode · 10-10-2012 1:15pm

Hilarious, no your second ticket does not entitle you to a seat for your bag. It's a bag not a person. You may have noticed this! You can try a couple of tests. Talk to it, if it doesn't answer it may not be human. But that's not definitive. I suspect many people don't feel the need to speak to you. So get on the internet and google a picture of human being. Then compare the two. You will notice the differences quite readily.

The bus in not an aeroplane. Again you can test this quite easily. It won't have wings and it never leaves the ground. Not only that you won't have been strip searched at the bus terminal. However I could be wrong on this. It's been a while since I've flown..sorry ridden in a bus. But if it was you could buy a ticket for your bag. But that's not how it works on most buses.

But your bag being the holder of a rambler ticket is entitled to ride the bus. Just not on the seat. I'm sure your bag will be only too happy to give up it's seat to a real human. I suspect it'll be more reasonable about it that your are.:p

Slurryface · 10-10-2012 1:19pm

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?

Pitiful attempt at trolling, really pitiful!

pickarooney · 10-10-2012 1:36pm

Use the seat as a pommel horse, kicking anyone who comes near in the face. You won't get much study done but you'll keep your fitness and technique up.

Callan57 · 10-10-2012 1:47pm

You're the guy from Trivia aren't you? :rolleyes:

Intensive Care Bear · 10-10-2012 1:49pm

Smile, lick your lips and pat the seat frantically whenever you see someone approaching. This should deter most normal people. Be wary of anyone that does sit beside you after you do that.

tricky D · 10-10-2012 1:49pm

Too embarrassed to bring your 'Real Girl' blow up doll with you??

Emeraldy Pebbles · 10-10-2012 1:55pm

--Kaiser-- wrote: »

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

And someone who bought one ticket is entitled to one. So how is this matter solved? If someone moved his bag and sat down, they wouldn't be wrong.

This, basically:

Rigol wrote: »

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

And this:

Valetta wrote: »

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.

Stop siding with a troll, seriously.

BlimpyBoy · 10-10-2012 1:56pm

I'm not sure who's trolling who in this thread.

humbert · 10-10-2012 1:56pm

Emeraldy Pebbles wrote: »

And someone who bought one ticket is entitled to one. So how is this matter solved?

First come first served, Einstein.

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