Dear Inconsiderate Fellow Bus/Train Traveller,
Why do you choose to sit on the outside seat and block access to the empty window seat next to you? If you decide that your bag/magazine/bottle of coke is precious enough to take up a seat on a crowded bus/train, it’s only fair you should buy another ticket for said item.

And I glare at you long enough to know you’re not getting off at the next stop.

I WILL ask you to move so I can sit down on a seat I paid for. Please don’t sigh/ tut/ roll your eyes/ just lean an inch to let me pass- it’s meeeeean.

Kishes
xx

Edit: Should prolly reiterate this is when it's crowded. And people grudgingly moving to allow people to sit next to them.
( awayfromthenumbers, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 10:52, 12 replies)

Pet hate of mine
I don't *want* people to sit next to me. But to deny them the choice is disgraceful.

The worst is on a bus where there are no empty double-seats, and newcomers are forced to choose the person who looks least like a pervert rapist, while at the same time (in my case), you have to avoid the GEE-ORGEOUS ladies lest the think you're a pervert rapist yourself.

Inevitably everyone else on the bus will have a bag next to them, where as I idiotically put the bag under my seat. Therefore I am the first person a newcomer sits next to, without fail.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 11:02, closed)

If it helps
if there are no doubles left, I always look for the person who least wants me to sit next to them, forcing them to shift those bags, move across to the window, whatever.
It just makes the journey that bit nicer knowing that I've upset the selfish bastards.
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 13:21, closed)

I got on a full bus yesterday
and there was a large girl sat in the outside seat of a double, essentially taking up two seats. So I did the polite thing and stood there rolling around the bus for twenty minutes then stood in her way with my back to her when she tried to get off the bus. Yeah! That'll show her.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 11:34, closed)

Sorry,
but your rage is completely unecessary. If a person sits on the outside seat it is for a reason, not to annoy you. The seat is still vacant on the inside and all you have to do is ask and they will sit up and allow you access. I generally sit on the outside seat because I only have a few stops to go and do not want to have to bumble past the guy at the outside.

There is NO law stating you must 'move right in' to the window seat..I can sit anywhere I choose, and unless I have all my shit on the seat next to me, then I see no problem with sitting on the outside seat leaving the inside one vacant, empty and ready for an angry commuter to sit down in it.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 11:41, closed)

There's no law against getting on the 'bus/train/tube with a stupid mobile 'phone playing stupid music
But it still pisses absolutely everyone off when someone does it.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:09, closed)

Rage? Moi?

I've got no problem with people sitting on outside seat if they wish.
Thassa why I said it annoys me when it's "crowded" and they ignore people standing around them. I know all people have to do is ask- unfortunately some people can be too intimidated (depending on who they're asking!) I ask- no probs. Again, what annoys me when the person who moves seems pissed off about it, and tries to me feel like an inconvenience.

I agree, it makes more sense to sit on the outside if you are getting off soon...

It's just about manners and consideration.
( awayfromthenumbers, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:11, closed)

don't backtrack!
you're right! That's it
(likeajackhammer, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:14, closed)

Exactly
Don't pick an outside seat and then put the onus on others to ask you to show a little consideration. It doesn't hurt to swivel 90 degrees to make it easier for others to squeeze past you without having to clamber over your legs.
(lolwhites, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:16, closed)

I have read your post and have decided you're a cock.
THE END
(likeajackhammer, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:14, closed)

Same here
I sit on the outside seat on the train to avoid the heater and to avoid being trapped by people who are more interested in reading their books than in getting off the train.
(BearWithLittleBrain, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:14, closed)

Party Games
What irritates/amuses me in equal measure is the game of musical chairs that takes place once a free double seat becomes available: without fail the person on the outside of a fully occupied double seat will dash to the recently vacated arse cushion.
Is everyone so repulsed by the proximity of strangers that their minds are constantly filled with ambitions of escaping to freedom?
Do all fellow passengers really smell that bad? (I find the lady commuters tend to be pleasantly fragranced, and thus seldom object to having to share my morning throne).
(i.charlius *Two Ronnies Theme*, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 11:41, closed)

Haha it always reminds me of musical chairs too! Exhausts me just watching them...
( awayfromthenumbers, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:13, closed)

As a frequent "busser"
it's not the need to sit alone, it's the need to sit near a window.
The light's better for reading and I don't get thwacked by gormless git's backpacks as they walk past.
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 13:24, closed)

I sit in the outside seat because I'm 6'2"
and buses and trains were not designed with people with long legs in mind, so it's nice to be able to stretch out a bit when there isn't someone in the way or wanting to get past.

edit: just read your bit about it being when crowded and then them not moving. that's just cunty
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:17, closed)

Surely it depends on how full the bus or train is
If there is plenty of room, then there is absolutely nothing wrong with leaving your bag on the seat next to you. It's only selfish if the vehicle is full, and your bag is actually denying a space to a person who then has to stand.

Regarding sitting on the aisle seat - also nothing wrong with that. If you need access to the window seat, because the rest of the vehicle is full, then a polite "excuse me please" is your answer.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 12:39, closed)

WRONG!

(likeajackhammer, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 15:30, closed)

In what way?

(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 3:56, closed)

conversely
dear people who get on a train with plenty of empty seats then stand in the fucking area between the doors because you're too agoraphobic or shy to sit next to a stranger:
Please stop looking hard done by or annoyed when i ask you to move so i can stand my bike in the ONLY FUCKING PLACE ON THE CUNTING TRAIN IT FITS. i don't do this to spite you, believe it or not i would LOVE to spend that twenty five minutes sitting in a nice comfy seat. however i can't because, as mentioned, i have a fucking BIKE with me, meaning i HAVE to stand in the doorway area. you, on the other hand, are just too fucking feeble and socially inadequate you feel unable to sit next to a stranger, presumably in case they speak to you and reveal your utter failure as a human. kindly sit the fuck down and get out of my way, or i shall gleefully cunt you in the fuck with a bicycle pedal, then drip rainwater on your shiny cunting shoes. and yes, i KNOW it's making a puddle. that's because i cycled five miles in the sodding rain to stand in this fucking doorway, i didn't just totter out of starbucks in my wingtip shoes shielding my copy of the daily fail from the rain with my nice umbrella. you shitfucks.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 13:43, closed)

Alternatively
You could just ... y'know ... cycle home. Or is it just a little bit too far?
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 9 Mar 2010, 14:56, closed)