Giving up your seat

[budgie smuggler]

BrettMRC said:

Two prize winning s asked a fellow commuter and I to give up our seats for their mountain bikes last night!

I'm starting to enjoy telling people to do one - its very liberating!

Could you have moved to another seat or were they actually asking you stand up so they could fit their bikes in?

[BrettMRC]

They were trying to get two non-folding mountain bikes on to a rush hour train, the option was to move and stand up for the remaining hour, or stay where I was and let them ponder why their bike was more deserving of a space than the rest of us!

(No issue with folding bikes on the rush hour trains, but full size mountain bikes is taking the P*** a bit)

[BrabusMog]

That would have really annoyed me once I had gotten over the shock of being asked to give up my seat for a fking bike.

[L1OFF]

BrettMRC said:

Sorry for the tardy reply

Comments are primarily from the affluent retired gents attempting to secure a perch for their significant other. I've just resorted to pointing out that the a seat is available on first come first served - make try effort like I do and you can sit where you like!

Usually results in nothing more than a huff and walking off -but tend to get evils from the others sat around!

£7k and 5hours a day on the train is worry it *not* to live in London!

I'm guessing we are on the same train (Exeter) I get off at Sherborne. There are seats labeled for disabled etc on that train. The ones I find objectionable are the selfish sods who either sit on the outside seat with a bag on the inner seat or the tray folded down with a laptop or other detritis on it.
I had a complete nutter sat next to me last week who had a plastic bowl (Mickey Mouse ) and proceeded to peel 2 satsumas and then covered them in milk, which he then stated to eat with a spoon and managed to get most of it down his front.

[BrettMRC]

Yep - one of those trains!

I tend to have to sit in the vestibule areas as I need the leg room. (Director build but no directorship!)

[Miguel Alvarez]

BrettMRC said:

They were trying to get two non-folding mountain bikes on to a rush hour train, the option was to move and stand up for the remaining hour, or stay where I was and let them ponder why their bike was more deserving of a space than the rest of us!

(No issue with folding bikes on the rush hour trains, but full size mountain bikes is taking the P*** a bit)

I'm trying to picture this? So its a full train and they've walked on with their bike, wheeled it halfway down the carriage and asked people to move?????

[MajorProblem]

Boydie88 said:

BrettMRC said:

£7k and 5hours a day on the train is worry it *not* to live in London!

But there are loads of very nice places all within an hour of London?! That is a mental commute. Can only assume you have some strong ties to your home. But on topic, good on you.

If you've spent 7k on a ticket and you spend 5hrs + commuting 5 days a week, what do you earn? £250k + ?

[BrabusMog]

Miguel Alvarez said:

BrettMRC said:

They were trying to get two non-folding mountain bikes on to a rush hour train, the option was to move and stand up for the remaining hour, or stay where I was and let them ponder why their bike was more deserving of a space than the rest of us!

(No issue with folding bikes on the rush hour trains, but full size mountain bikes is taking the P*** a bit)

I'm trying to picture this? So its a full train and they've walked on with their bike, wheeled it halfway down the carriage and asked people to move?????

I've got it now - he is sitting in those bits with the fold out seats. So they probably wanted him to move so they could strap their bikes in. I'd have told them to fk off if it was rush hour, pretty sure they're not allowed bikes on rush hour trains.

This also answers why it happens so often to you OP. My guess is that people are too fking lazy to walk further into the train to get a spot. Not sure I'd fancy 2 hours on one of those fold out seats.

[grumpy]

I'd probably give my seat up for the old/infirm/pregnant but as I am lucky enough not to have caught public transport for over 25 years the situation doesn't arise. The guys with the bikes would have got a fk off tablet.

[mudflaps]

Isn't there a scene in 'The Office' at a Christmas party where a pregnant woman wants a seat (or something) and the ignorant guy in possession says something to the effect of

"Hold on a minute love, you and some bloke have a great night on the booze which ends up with him shooting his load into you and 9 months later I'm expected to have to feckin' give up my seat as a result of it! I don't think so."

[Miguel Alvarez]

BrabusMog said:

Miguel Alvarez said:

BrettMRC said:

They were trying to get two non-folding mountain bikes on to a rush hour train, the option was to move and stand up for the remaining hour, or stay where I was and let them ponder why their bike was more deserving of a space than the rest of us!

(No issue with folding bikes on the rush hour trains, but full size mountain bikes is taking the P*** a bit)

I'm trying to picture this? So its a full train and they've walked on with their bike, wheeled it halfway down the carriage and asked people to move?????

I've got it now - he is sitting in those bits with the fold out seats. So they probably wanted him to move so they could strap their bikes in. I'd have told them to fk off if it was rush hour, pretty sure they're not allowed bikes on rush hour trains.

This also answers why it happens so often to you OP. My guess is that people are too fking lazy to walk further into the train to get a spot. Not sure I'd fancy 2 hours on one of those fold out seats.

That would make sense.

[Miguel Alvarez]

mudflaps said:

Isn't there a scene in 'The Office' at a Christmas party where a pregnant woman wants a seat (or something) and the ignorant guy in possession says something to the effect of

"Hold on a minute love, you and some bloke have a great night on the booze which ends up with him shooting his load into you and 9 months later I'm expected to have to feckin' give up my seat as a result of it! I don't think so."

Or my personal favourite.

"Next time shag somebody with a car"

[Studio117]

Miguel Alvarez said:

mudflaps said:

Isn't there a scene in 'The Office' at a Christmas party where a pregnant woman wants a seat (or something) and the ignorant guy in possession says something to the effect of

"Hold on a minute love, you and some bloke have a great night on the booze which ends up with him shooting his load into you and 9 months later I'm expected to have to feckin' give up my seat as a result of it! I don't think so."

Or my personal favourite.

"Next time shag somebody with a car"

[BrabusMog]

Miguel Alvarez said:

mudflaps said:

Isn't there a scene in 'The Office' at a Christmas party where a pregnant woman wants a seat (or something) and the ignorant guy in possession says something to the effect of

"Hold on a minute love, you and some bloke have a great night on the booze which ends up with him shooting his load into you and 9 months later I'm expected to have to feckin' give up my seat as a result of it! I don't think so."

Or my personal favourite.

"Next time shag somebody with a car"

[oyster]

BrettMRC said:

Sorry for the tardy reply

Comments are primarily from the affluent retired gents attempting to secure a perch for their significant other. I've just resorted to pointing out that the a seat is available on first come first served - make try effort like I do and you can sit where you like!

Usually results in nothing more than a huff and walking off -but tend to get evils from the others sat around!

£7k and 5hours a day on the train is worry it *not* to live in London!

Where is 2.5hrs away yet only £7k a year?

That must be one hell of a slow train.