rant over
This is a real bugbear of mine on the trains. Why do people insist on occupying 1 seat in a bank of 4? I walk past so many people who do this. When we have friends come over, and there are only 4 of us, we have to split up across the train because there is not one set of 4 seats vacant
Make a reservation if it's important.
......... 'cos they obviously don't like constant chatter.
Elsewhere, somebody is complaining that someone came and invaded their four seat block when there was loads of completely free blocks in the carriage.
Next time you're travelling alone in an empty carriage, give me a wave and I'll sit next to you.
Because its more comfortable!
You also can sit away from the noisy people mentioned in the earlier post
You know when you are taking a piss in an empty urinal....... and even though all other troughs are free, and some weirdo comes and stands next to you?
Same thing.
It's called spatial separation in relation to respective personal space.
cos we don't have any friends
One seat for their bum, one for their feet, and two for their packages.
wow - lots of train issues today. Perhaps you would be more comfortable in your own car?
You could always ask the people sitting on their own if they would be willing to move so your foursome could sit down. Not saying you'll get your way. You could force the issue by splitting up and shouting across the train to each other? Or maybe you are already doing that, based on the sister thread about trains?
Today must be "Entitlement Day."
Woohoo! *storms off to see my boss*
Jobsrobertsharpii, you lied.
It only pisses me off when I don't have my own 4 seater to myself, otherwise I don't care
I'm entitled to do that...
OK, next time I'm on a train, alone, I will deliberately sit in an occupied 4er, even if there is an empty 4er available, should a party of 4 people happen to get on the train and want to sit together. Henceforth, I will warn all other fellow travellers not to occupy said empty 4er, again for the reason stated above.
I will also glare angrily at anyone talking above whisper volume.
I'm still surprised by the sheer number of 4-er blocks on Swiss trains in general - seems to be a much higher proportion of seats than, say, UK trains. Often there are only a few double seats in a carriage. Makes this kind of situation all the more common, and there's not much you can do about it.
They do that to stop you chattering.
Sit in the quad, and proceed to fart... The "interloper" that was there first will quickly get the message that you either have IBS, are crazy, want the quad for yourselves, or all of the above...
To be honest, I’d automatically choose to sit in the most empty compartment...maybe because I am a horrible person and hate human beings.
Anyway, I am nice enough to take the initiative to move if I see a bunch of people who need to sit together.
It`s interesting to watch the `Psychology` of seat selection unfolding every day on the trains - actually I think if you get on and there are plenty of 4`s free, then you choose to join someone else already occupying one - they often look at you as if to say `What`s your problem - are you stalking me?`.
A lot of passengers (and I guess I must be in this group sometimes ) subconciously do a speed-scan of all the free seats, to see if there any potential wierdos adjacent.
There is so much seat changing going on - it`s a bit like musical chairs at times - a lot of passengers have one wish - a forward facing window seat - bag on adjacent seat to deter others . . sorted.
What makes me really laugh is when a train gets into the HBF, of course loads of passengers disembark. As soon as they get up and a 4 seat is vacated, someone will jump over into it . . . and I think `Why?` because the train then fills up with all the people getting on at the HBF .
Chatter I don`t mind - it`s good to hear people talk . . . what I can`t stand is the telephone conversations at double the normal volume . . .no discretion .
I'll admit, if I'm sitting in a quad of seats on a crowded train, and a totally drop-dead stunning woman gets on, I'll kinda hope she sits in "my" quad...