If you are on the tube and the carriage empties out so that the next seat is occupied but many othere are free do you move? I generally do, others might not.
That's a bit niche, the only window seats I can think of on the tube are those on a small number of Bakerloo 1972 stock carriagesIf you are on the tube and the carriage empties out so that the next seat is occupied but many othere are free do you move? I generally do, others might not.
Generally yes if there's another seat with enough legroom, though if I'm in the window I will first give the person sitting there a few minutes to see if they are going to rather than asking them to stand up for me to get out.
While some might argue that they technically aren't "on the tube" there are some on the S8 stock....That's a bit niche, the only window seats I can think of on the tube are those on a small number of Bakerloo 1972 stock carriages
I don't count the Met line as "tube", though I agree not everyone makes the distinction.While some might argue that they technically aren't "on the tube" there are some on the S8 stock....
Or sit in front of you in an empty cinema, though when buying tickets might have been allocated them.I've sat next to someone in a priority row in what was an almost empty train, because I knew full well it wouldn't be an empty train within 10 minutes. And indeed it wasn't, it was full and standing before leaving Euston.
That person (a man, I'd probably not have done it to a woman as it may have freaked her out) wasn't very impressed at the time but I think understood later.
But what the OP describes is just odd, and I guess it's TfW so they weren't their reserved seats?
Similar annoyance - why do people park next to you in an empty car park? Why would they want to make it harder to get out of their car?
I used to think similarly but now I think it's cultural and socialised, rather than 'natural'. It's very British and northern European (the Finns are even more obsessed about distance from others than we are).Lets be honest, most people don't want to sit with anyone when they don't have to. It's natural. If it were busy of course it would be a completely different matter.
I don't accept your argument here. As it is, I do like to sit in a front upstairs seat on a bus, but I would not sit next to someone on a front seat if there were unoccupied twin seats available on the bus. And when I do sit next to someone, I try not to barge into him or her, and wouldn't start chomping on a smelly hot meat pie.If you choose a desirable seat, be that the only table, a priority seat or the front seat of a bus, you can't really complain if someone else feels its desirabiliy overrides the downside of sitting next to someone. If you want to keep the other one free until late, pick a regular seat. On a train, facing backwards is a good bet.
I don't accept your argument here. As it is, I do like to sit in a front upstairs seat on a bus, but I would not sit next to someone on a front seat if there were unoccupied twin seats available on the bus. And when I do sit next to someone, I try not to barge into him or her, and wouldn't start chomping on a smelly hot meat pie.
I generally wouldn't just to sit at the front of the bus
I generally wouldn't just to sit at the front of the bus, but I would in a priority seat or table if I needed either
No, that seems unnatural. It's artificially moving rather than artificially sitting next to someone. It sounds like the special kind of worrying that Londoners have.If you are on the tube and the carriage empties out so that the next seat is occupied but many othere are free do you move? I generally do, others might not.
In a nearly empty HST from Paddington I had someone come and sit opposite me and ask me that very question. I enthusiastically said 'Yes, Praise the Lord!' and launched into a discussion of St Augustine and his doctrine of predestination, and how it conflicted with the idea of free will. He was gone before Reading. PS: I'm an atheist."Have you taken the Lord Jesus into your life?" usually shifts them.
How funny you should say that, as something very similar happened to me between Penhelig and Aberystwyth...This reminds me of a story a friend told me when he was a student in Aberystwyth. He was travelling back to Brum late at night on a nearly empty train doing some work. A guy sat opposite him. Needing the space my friend moved to another table. The bloke followed him. Then the bloke said, "I'm not a nutter you know?!"
And then got off at Dovey Junction much to my friend's relief!
Got on the bus to work first thing this morning, top deck completely empty except for one person in the front seat on the left. I sat three seats behind them. Someone got on and sat in the second row, next one sat behind me, then someone else sat in the third row. This left people in the first five rows on the left, with the whole of the right side, and the six rows behind the woman who was sat behind me, empty.
Why is that odd?What I find odd is on a fairly crowded train there are a few free seats next to others, but some choose to stand, blocking the way for others needing to get down the aisle. They really are the unsociable ones.
That one is perhaps not as bizarre as it seems.Whilst not on the railway but a very similar situation - this afternoon, my wife and I arrived at Heathrow T5 on a domestic flight. We walked down to the domestic baggage carousel and were the first ones there. We positioned ourselves about half way along one side of the 'belt' when the next person to get there came and stood about 6 inches away from me - in a large open area with very few people about. I gave her a Paddington 'extra hard stare' and we moved several yards away - only for her to follow! Bizarre!
Not that close - about half way along the arrival side of the belt. We actually moved further away from the start when the other person followed ...It does open a question about how close to the point where the bags were coming down you were.
OK, now that is just odd.Not that close - about half way along the arrival side of the belt. We actually moved further away from the start when the other person followed ...
At least for that bit -because they know where the exit is at their destination? Newport and Swansea, for instance.Why do an aberrant minority of people regularly go to all the bother of walking quarter of a kilometer from the concourse at Paddington to get to unreserved seats in the quiet coach on far from busy trains
There’ll be a lot of “auto pilot” habit involved as well - it’s where they always sit. I’ve noticed that I tend automatically to sit on the right hand side of the bus. Not aware of any reason - it just happens.Same thing this morning, when I boarded the bus two people in front row, one each side of the aisle, one in second row on left. I’ve gone further down on the right, then two people have boarded and sat in third and fourth rows on left.
I'd agree with that.There’ll be a lot of “auto pilot” habit involved as well - it’s where they always sit
That would be the moment I would become suspicious of possibly having a pick pocket merchant on my hands!Not that close - about half way along the arrival side of the belt. We actually moved further away from the start when the other person followed ...
True sometimes it is better standing especially if only on a 10-15 minute journey for example.Why is that odd?
Its more comfortable standing than being squashed next to someone, particularly if you have a bag You don’t want to put in the rack.
It makes it easier to get off if you aren’t going far.
Standing is cooler in the summer (Or if you have stomped it to catch the train)