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Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Oct 2017 6:46pm, 6 Oct 2017 37,594 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy The bag thing is tricky, as there is nowhere to put big suitcases. The empty seat thing is easy though, I nearly went and told one particularly snooty woman to move so my kids could sit down, but in the end I just went over and talked to them and stuck my bum in her face If she’d been sitting next to the window like a decent person she wouldn’t have had that horror...
Surrey Phil Oct 2017 8:24am, 7 Oct 2017 2,053 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil We recently had a case at work where people were leaving tea bags and banana skins in plant pots. Do they think they are going to decompose overnight? Also, agree with people taking up two seats. Whether it be a seat for their luggage or just sitting on the outside seat so only people 'brave enough to ask' can sit next to them. There used to be a woman on my bus who never allowed anyone to sit next to her - not even her own daughter. Selfish or what!
ChrisHB Oct 2017 9:07am, 7 Oct 2017 15,432 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB The expression "Put up, or shut up".
Eynsham Red Oct 2017 10:45am, 7 Oct 2017 2,033 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red I saw a rather embarrassing situation on a bus where a lady was chastising a man who was sitting on the aisle seat with the window seat apparently empty. What she (and I) hadn’t noticed was that the man was partially sighted and that his guide dog was on the floor beside him.
Red Squirrel Oct 2017 10:52am, 7 Oct 2017 20,328 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I'm in a library Phil, that nearly made me laugh out loud.
Eynsham Red Oct 2017 11:18am, 7 Oct 2017 2,035 posts	Quote Pin Eynsham Red SSSSHHHHHHH!!!
Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Oct 2017 11:22am, 7 Oct 2017 37,620 posts	Quote Pin Fierce and Fearless Fleecy Oops!
Fragile Do Not Bend Oct 2017 5:30pm, 8 Oct 2017 2,355 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend The previous occupant of my parents’ house who, for reasons known only to themselves, painted over a wall socket. With emulsion, over the whole face of the socket, rendering the on/off switches immobile.
Markymarkmark Oct 2017 7:56pm, 8 Oct 2017 5,879 posts	Quote Pin Markymarkmark People who run with earphones in and the volume up so high they cannot hear anyone else!
Wine Legs Oct 2017 7:48am, 9 Oct 2017 4,178 posts	Quote Pin Wine Legs Yes, especially at parkrun. I was YELLING "Keep left, faster runners coming through" on Saturday (not me, I hasten to add), but one woman continually ignored me. She wasn't far ahead of me, and eventually I passed her to discover she had earphones in. FFS. My DH never wiping the benches really grinds my gears, and if he does, he doesn't ever do it properly - still food around the edges, or lumps stuck to the bench, or very visible smears across the surface. It's revolting.