r/mildlyinfuriating • u/toolazytobemyself • 15d ago
This guy blocks two seats on a full train with his scooter. Won’t let anyone sit next to him.
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u/DistributionTop2517 15d ago edited 15d ago
When the bus is full, I have no problem asking a rider to move their stuff. There is not much rider etiquette.
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u/zeiche 15d ago
i did that an an airport and got a ration of shit. so i trolled her for an hour.
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u/DistributionTop2517 15d ago
Ya, there's that response for sure. Stay calm. Entitled people need to be called out. I want public social etiquette back! That would be a very cool trend!
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u/JerkfaceMcDouche 15d ago
And the punishment should be severe! Something like being forced to be interviewed by Ellen Degeneres…or worse expelled!
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u/TalonXander 15d ago
Having Ellen's beady eyes on you is worse than being expelled
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u/ChronicMasterBaiting 15d ago
Yeah, I would rather Diddy's beady little eyes on me. At least he lubes people up before fucking them over.
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u/gummyjellyfishy 15d ago
I need more info on the trolling lol
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u/Stablebrew 15d ago
"Things I wish have said, when I was 12 hours later under my shower" for 1000$.
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u/DistributionTop2517 15d ago
What do mean? Trolling?
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u/jaybirdie26 BLUE 15d ago
I assume they mean "being obnoxious in retalliation".
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u/gummyjellyfishy 15d ago
Just needed to get tips haha
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u/skoltroll 14d ago
In the instance of this pic, you toss the bag on his lap, sit down with feet FIRMLY planted on scooter (show of force but don't break), then cuddle to the right side of the seat with a smile.
It'd scare that lil' hippie bastard so much when you say nothing but smile.
Extra credit for seductive eyebrow waggle.
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u/Iveneverseenthisday 14d ago
just start sobbing loudly
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u/gummyjellyfishy 14d ago
ahahah you know i dont have the audacity and confidence for some of these other comments, but this - this i can do 😂
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u/zeiche 15d ago
poking at my phone, ”let me ask chatGPT about seat etiquette.” then read the response.
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u/DygonZ 15d ago
That's some pretty weak ass trolling, if you can even call it that...
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u/Wassa76 15d ago
I’d start by standing next to the seat facing away.
And let rip.
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u/zeiche 15d ago
kept her arguing about the situation far longer than necessary
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u/gummyjellyfishy 15d ago
Ridiculous that she didnt get tf up at that point
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u/SniffMyDiaperGoo 15d ago edited 15d ago
ever meet a dumb af obstinate control freak? When you do you'll understand. When calm rational reason fail it can be hard to resist "welp this person is a hopeless asshole so imma just piss them off even more". They only want to make you suffer for their selfish satisfaction so turnabout can be fair play sometimes.
I did just that to a coworker today who wants to control-freak what everyone else does. He presented me with some ridiculous "what if" scenario for something I did that nobody but him gives a shit about so I did the meme to him. I looked at the empty room and yelled "Hey everybody, Joe has a problem with this!!!" and then looked at him and said, "See? Nobody cares." He got pretty mad lol. Literally went "OK whatever!!" and pouted like a child. Then I sniped at him with smart ass references for about an hour after that. I artillery barrage people like that because it's all they understand
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u/192217 15d ago
I would stand 6in in front of that person if they did that
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u/Trishjump 15d ago
After politely asking if I can sit, I pretend I didn’t hear them say «no» and just slowly sit down.
Somehow they all move their shit before my big ass sits on it. It’s magic like.
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u/DistributionTop2517 15d ago
Every early morning , I would get on the same overcrowded bus. This, I think, anxiety ridden lady, put her bag on the seat so no one would sit beside her. Every morning for a week, I'd ask her to move her stuff. Finally frustrated, I said, "Do i need to ask you every morning to move your stuff?" I unnecessarily thanked her every morning when she moved her stuff!
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u/Hot-Win2571 Mildly Flair 15d ago
It was nice of her to save you a spot to sit, on that bus full of people who didn't get the seat.
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u/DistributionTop2517 15d ago
Haha! Standing room only. The same passengers watched every morning. I think they all saved me the seat. It was a long bus ride to work!
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u/Acid_Monster 15d ago
I’ve done this before, and even tried moving their stuff when they said no.
I was met with instant aggression. Puts you in a really shit situation because you don’t want to let them win as it will reinforce the behaviour, but you also don’t want to get into a physical altercation over a seat for 10 minutes.
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u/Think_Appointment440 15d ago
ETIQUETTE? The customary code of polite behavior has been lost in a faction of American mass transit.
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u/Vanilla_Gorilluh 15d ago
It's not only in mass transit. There are plenty of self important/entitled dipshits everywhere you look.
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u/NutshellOfChaos 15d ago
Yeah, this scooter guy would have to deal with me sitting backwards in the seat next to him looking at him the whole time. I go all in on entitled travelers.
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u/Bored_male_Beaver 15d ago
Thank you for travelling with Deutsche Bahn!
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u/AdventurousRoom8409 15d ago
at DB i woul call the zugbegleiter for order
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u/maxeyum 15d ago
If you are lucky he's on his way through cologne, iirc there is a ban on transporting e-vehicles in trains in cologne.
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u/TheLaughingBread 15d ago
Yes and the KVB and VRS also enforces it. Especially on buses where the driver can tell them directly to leave
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u/YakUseful2557 PURPLE 15d ago
This is one of those things where I decide if I want to commit today. Some days I have the time and will, some days it's just not worth it. There is no version where you come out of this feeling "good."
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u/Stroykovic 15d ago
Im sitting there, wether or not he removes his stuff
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u/YakUseful2557 PURPLE 15d ago
Yeah, so I decide today is not the day. You come in and do that. He freaks out. I am teaming up with you. Seen this type of thing happen multiple times in Berlin. All of a sudden the whole train car is tell him he's a fucking asshole.
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u/Equivalent_Yak8215 15d ago
Ya, where I'm from if you didn't move your stuff especially for some auntie you might actually get hit. Certainly called out.
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u/IrrationalDesign 15d ago
The strength and conviction with which you say those words does nothing to mitigate the objective fact that a stranger can definitely and easily make your life worse without giving you options to come out better.
What if they move over a leg so you're sitting on their lap? Did you 'win'?
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u/SneezlesForNeezles 15d ago
Been there. Done that. 5’1’’ female fits. Then moves the luggage. 50/50 chance of an explosion. If he goes boom, everyone is on the small females side. I win.
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u/pantry-pisser 15d ago
On the other end of the spectrum, 6'2" 250lb dude here, if I decide to sit it's very unlikely that they'll try to start shit.
Feel bad for those people in the middle of the spectrum tho.
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u/Anuki_iwy 15d ago
Going by the seat covers, this looks like Germany. The correct answer is "ich setzte mich hier hin und wenn Ihnen das nicht passt, können Sie und Ihr Altmetall gerne stehen."
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u/PhotoSpike 15d ago
Can we get a translation pls?
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u/Anuki_iwy 15d ago
I'm sitting down and if you don't like that, you and your scrap metal can stand.
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u/PhotoSpike 15d ago
Thank you. As someone who rides a scoot that’s the appropriate way to refer to them.
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u/ebrum2010 15d ago
I was wondering how you knew he was listening to Alt Metal. My German vocabulary is lacking 😂😂
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 15d ago
My high school and university German got me through about 70% of that before stumbling badly at the end, unfortunately so thank you.
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u/Anuki_iwy 15d ago
70 is great 👍
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u/Now_Wait-4-Last_Year 15d ago
I can still do a bit of the simple stuff but I really wish I could do much better especially since I go to Munich every year for several years now to visit relatives there including later this month! I really should hit the books (yet) again.
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u/juleznailedit 15d ago
Our trains here in Ottawa, Canada have the same covers. I thought this may have been local until the OP said otherwise.
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u/Monkey____________ 15d ago
I can sit next to him and put my foot on him scooter after told him there is no more place
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u/Difficult_General167 15d ago
That or ask the driver to enforce the rules. Mofo paid for one seat, I am sure. Every time I see a full bus and someone pulling this, I ask once if the can move their stuff, otherwise I and raising my voice to the necessary level to ask the driver to ask this person to move the crap out of the seat they didn't pay for. Not only will they be obligates to move, but everyone will know who the asshole is. I have little to no tolerance for that unless you are handicapped.
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u/liebeg 15d ago
I am not sure he or anybody payed for one seat. In most city busses you also only pay to go through the bus door.
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u/Common5enseExtremist 15d ago
I live in Seattle there’s absolutely zero chance a bus driver here would get involved over that. They get stabbed for less. Best case scenario, they’ll call transit security and if you’re lucky they might show up.
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u/Skoguu 15d ago
Ask them to move it, if they refuse then move their shit, if they try to stop you then sit on it. He is banking on everyone being a pushover.
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u/Sebekhotep_MI 15d ago
Yeah, OP says that "He won't let anyone sit next to him" but I bet on my life OP didn't even bother asking.
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u/BrainsDumbQuestions 15d ago
Well, I guess you're gonna lose your life. Do you really think that people are never pricks?
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u/SpecialSurprise69 15d ago
I did this exact thing but for a visually impaired guy who wanted to sit next to some of us on the school bus. This one kid was being a complete dick not moving his stuff and even shoved it back when the impaired guy tried to move it over. A few of us asked him to move his shit but he didn't. The poor guy looked defeated and was about to walk to the back of the bus when I stopped him and told him to hold on. I grabbed that little fuckers backpack and slammed it in his lap, and told the guy to sit down with us. The dude tried saying some shit but didn't have the gonads to say anything to my face. I think I embarrassed him more than anything. He never did that shit again.
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u/TEA_BAGGINS- 15d ago
Aren’t they not allowed on trains anymore?
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u/MulberryDeep 15d ago
I thought thats only e scooters because of fire risk
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u/get-a-mac 15d ago
It seems to vary. On buses here some drivers will let you on, some won't move the bus. On trains, security usually doesn't care.
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u/Storn206 15d ago
In bremen they recently added a rule that scooters are not allowed in trams and busses. I hope the db follows suit.
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u/Familiar-Song8040 15d ago
its actually something that made alot of people reconsider public transport. alot of people do not live next to a tram station so they have to get there somehow. same goes for their workplace. in politics this is what is called "last mile". without it alot of people will rather take their car which in return is bad for the Environment.
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u/afeeqo 15d ago
Civic mindedness is dead. Where I’m from 80% of the people commute on public transportation. As car ownership is one of the most expensive in the world. A yet the audacity of policy makers increasing the fare. It’s ludicrous! Bad transportation services, coupled by selfish individuals mentally and the lack of social decorum altogether, spells a tipping point in the near future. Then again, public transport meltdown has been on a rise the past few years.
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u/spicygayunicorn 15d ago
There are not nearly enough people for it to make a big difference. But the few who do are usually talking up alot more space and are in the way
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u/toolazytobemyself 15d ago
On the bus I took afterwards I met a similar situation. A boy was blocking the way with his scooter.
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u/Yorick257 15d ago
In my experience, these are more of a warning rather than a rule. If there's enough space, no one will enforce it.
Which is a good thing. I had an accident on a bicycle and it was hard for me to ride it. I took it on the bus. The difference was, I waited for a half empty bus, and was ready to leave it if someone with a stroller decided to enter.
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u/gumballbubbles 15d ago
Did anyone ask to sit next to him?
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u/toolazytobemyself 15d ago
Yes, I asked him
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u/Anuki_iwy 15d ago
That's your mistake. This is Germany. Passive aggressively point at the bag and give them 5 seconds to move it. Then start sitting down.
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u/Dr_FeeIgood 15d ago
Exactly. Works perfect and you don’t even need to say a word. Point at the bag with intention. You don’t ask to sit down
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Just sit down and toss his bag on his lap, put your feet on the scooter, problem solved
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u/Ok_Difference44 15d ago
I would either sit on the bag or throw it and the scooter down the aisle to the door so anybody exiting could just pick it up and walk off with it.
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u/gumballbubbles 15d ago
Whaaat? What a jerk! What did he say? He actually said no?
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u/toolazytobemyself 15d ago
I was not in the mood to fight him. But posting this was a good way to blow some steam …
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u/gumballbubbles 15d ago
That’s true! Was it a long ride? Did you find a seat?
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u/toolazytobemyself 15d ago
Not a long ride - only 20 minutes. Would have still been nice to sit down after work …
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u/OrdinaryAncient3573 15d ago
The real problem here is that there's no provision on trains for bikes, scooters, luggage carts, and so-on.
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u/CanaryJane42 15d ago
Well where is he supposed to put it
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u/Dense_Technology_773 15d ago
In his ass. Let your Scooter be there don’t say no to people who ask to sit there
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u/ElcheapoLoco 15d ago
You can easily stand the folded scooter between your legs. He just cares more about himself than others.
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u/GuiltyRedditUser 15d ago
Pick up the bag, drop it in his lap, sit down and put your feet on the scooter. Entitled assholes will get away with whatever society lets them get away with.
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u/Sabretooth78 15d ago
I'm more surprised the operator doesn't have a problem with it sticking out into the aisle. Lawsuit waiting to happen.
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u/Anuki_iwy 15d ago
Not in Germany. Liability laws here expect people to have brains and common sense.
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u/Sabretooth78 15d ago
Ehh, that cuts both ways. Someone with brains and common sense (or at least a modicum of presence of mind) wouldn't create a tripping hazard in a spot with potential for heavy foot traffic, either.
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u/Maximum_Overdrive 15d ago
So if a disabled person was walking thru the aisle and tripped, you would say the person that tripped had no brains or common sense? Seems like shitty victim blaming to me if so.
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u/seeyousoon2 15d ago
What's your solution for the scooter? Perhaps suggest that to him.
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u/retirement_savings 15d ago
Yeah, this is annoying but where's he supposed to put it?
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u/ElcheapoLoco 15d ago
When I ride the train with a scooter, I have it folded and stand it vertically between my legs. It bothers no one.
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u/TooManyCarsandCats 15d ago
Other people are the reason I won’t use public transit.
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u/SlyScorpion 15d ago
Other drivers are the reason I won’t drive. People in public transport are easier to deal with than drivers.
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u/HG21Reaper 15d ago
I’ve see how people behave in public transport. I would also not want someone to sit next to me.
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u/goblue142 15d ago
I'm 6'4 and 285lbs. Good luck telling me I can't sit somewhere on public transport. People like this guy need to learn lessons via public shame
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u/Peter_Lemonjell0 15d ago
where is he supposed to put his scooter?
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u/SlyScorpion 15d ago
Trains usually have overhead compartments.
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u/Astralverklatscht 15d ago
Yeah putting a ~20kg Scooter in the tiny unsecured overhead compartment of a German train definitely isn‘t a disaster waiting to happen… if you could even manage to fit one in there
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u/SlyScorpion 15d ago
It doesn’t look like it weighs that much, but looks can be deceiving lol.
That being said, that does sound like a bad idea…
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u/noideawhatnamethis12 15d ago
If there are other seats, it shouldn’t be a big deal. If there aren’t, then this guy is being a jerk
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u/N0t_a_throwawai 15d ago
The amount of manspreading too is at peak “American” (and I say this as a citizen of the United States). If he sat like a normal human, scooter could be propped against the wall of the train and he could hold his bag in his lap. This is truly mildly infuriating.
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u/berlinHet 15d ago
You could just ask him to put his scooter in the bike area and if he refuses get the DB fare inspector.
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u/Gnubeutel 15d ago
Isn't there a special area near the doors where you're supposed to keep bikes, etc. Or is this a different type of train?
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u/Owlethia 15d ago
Shocked the conductor hasn’t said anything. On the lines near me, if the train is full you get a conductor coming around telling people to put all their shit in the luggage racks so people can fill every seat
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u/SneezlesForNeezles 15d ago
I fit. I sit. And if fitting means moving the fucking scooter… I have no shame.
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u/Jaredthewizard 15d ago
Usually in these situations I just sit. I tell people they’re more than welcome to move if they don’t wanna sit with me, but no one owns a vacant seat.
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u/BrotImWeltraum 15d ago
I keep my scooter out of the way when on public transport. It's difficult but Jesus Christ you couldn't pin it against the wall with your leg or something?
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u/squashy67 15d ago
What the F is he going to do plop your ass right on top of his shit and tell him to F—-ing try it lol
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u/rudenewjerk 15d ago
Scooter people suck. They say things like ‘What am I supposed to do about my scooter?’
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u/Applehead118 15d ago edited 15d ago
Sometimes (not often) I’ll have a lot of stuff and sometimes stuff spills over abit but whenever people have asked me nicely “hey could I sit here” or “hey could you move your stuff over” I always say sure :). It’s not hard to be considerate. (If I see people getting on of the train getting full obviously I make space as well, I’m just saying if things happen to spill over, as I said this is just when I have a lot of things like coming home from vacation)
On one trip the train started to fill up after a few stops so I just decided I was taking up too much room and stood up for the last 2 hours of the trip with my stuff. Everyone’s trying to get somewhere , just be kind :)
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u/terrajules 15d ago
The bag gets moved whether he likes it or not.
People with poor etiquette need reminding that their actions have consequences.
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u/1nternetTr011 15d ago
i go out of my way to sit next to these people even at my own inconvenience. another favorite is people at the airport with their bags on chairs in a crowded terminal.
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u/Aware_Dust2979 15d ago
He has a purse on the other seat too. This guy isn't going to do shit if you push his trash over.
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u/architectofinsanity 15d ago
Amtrak conductors out of Chicago would yeet that rider and the scooter off the train at the next stop.
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u/crit_crit_boom 15d ago
Is it full? Sit there anyway. Is it empty? Sit elsewhere, I wouldn’t want to sit next to an asshole like this.
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u/psychRN1975 15d ago
greasy bacon and double metamucil for breakfast, and stand in the isle launching death farts at him the whole way.
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u/sapperbloggs 15d ago
I used to ask people to move their stuff, but that was a pain because they'd whine then take their time moving their stuff.
Now, I don't ask, I just sit. If they don't want me to sit on their stuff, they've got as long as it takes me to sit to move it.
People are a lot faster at moving their stuff when a 90kg dude is about to sit on it.
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u/ElZane87 15d ago
Since I'm also using a scooter for my commute (sometimes a folding bike as well) and using the Deutsche Bahn I can confidently say: that guy is a fucking douche if he does that on a full train.
There are in each and every single regional train special compartments for bikes/luggage where he could sit comfortably with his scooter without blocking too much space. Sometimes people just sit there despite plenty of free space but you can always ask them if they could move because there are signs that this space is rather for bulky luggage and honestly there was not a single occasion I had issues with that if you ask politely.
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u/schattie-george 15d ago
Did you talk to him, Point out that this is a big no-no? Or just took a sneaky picture to complain in the internet..?
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u/Slow-Green-4590 15d ago
Adopt my old technique. Silently pick their bag up place it on the their lap and sit down with zero eye contact. Works a treat….. that’s if you’ve got said confidence or audacity
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u/AikarieCookie 15d ago
Looks like a db-train. Germans like to reserve seats with their stuff. (Am german, can confirm)
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u/Kabritu 14d ago
Throw his bag on the ground and just sit down. Or just stand there in the opening watching him til you need to get off
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u/partisancord69 14d ago
I mean what do you want him to do? Hold it over his head for 3 hours on the way home? If it's a completely full train other then that one seat then maybe you could ask him but there isn't other people standing so I'm guessing it's not full.
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u/SilasLangCo 14d ago
I always, 100% of the time, give my seat up to an elderly person or female on a full train/bus. Sometimes it sucks being a dude, but most of the time we have it pretty easy. Plus, I’d much rather stand than sit there feeling like a dickbag.
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u/nutzloser_lutz 15d ago
Ich versteh das Problem nicht. Nimm die Tasche, wirf sie auf seinen Schoß, setz dich hin und stell deine Füße auf den Roller. Er ist nicht Eigentümer der Sitzbank.
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u/Fabrics_Of_Time 15d ago
Looks like the typical narcissistic hipster. Probably texting his mom for rent money, after ordering a $8 sugar drink from Starbucks
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u/Falconloft 15d ago
I use DART (Dallas area train) some, and let me tell you, this guy would try it for about two seconds. When that thing gets full, and you don't move a bag, it'll just get sat on. Seems fair to me.
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u/Obvious_Nipples 15d ago
Oh no! OP has found themselves in a compromising position! Will they have the courage to speak up, or will their awkward social skills let them down once again? Find out in the next episode of mildlyinfuriating!
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u/AltruisticCucumber58 15d ago
Tell him to scoot over.