Do people putting their feet on seats on public transport annoy you?
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I don't know if it is just me getting old but everytime I am on a commuter train there is always some person with their feet up on the seats opposite. I fight the temptation to say something to them - there could be dog's poo on their shoe after all. Should I say something? I just find this really bad manners - What does everyone else think?
I don't know if it is just me getting old but everytime I am on a commuter train there is always some person with their feet up on the seats opposite. I fight the temptation to say something to them - there could be dog's poo on their shoe after all. Should I say something? I just find this really bad manners - What does everyone else think?
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My reasoning is that seeing as I rarely sit on the pavement if I can help it, because dogs wee and worse on it and chavs spit on it and oiks throw their used chewing gum on it, it seems not to be a surface I'd want my clothes on.
That's just it isn't it? It is more comfortable so whilst I hate it for the reasons already mentioned - do I really want to sit in whatever iamjustsocool's shoes have been walking in after they have left the train or bus - but I agree, it's far more pleasant to sit that way especially with a good book.
But if you feel that strongly then you should say something. I get annoyed by commuters who roll their eyes and tut at an offence but never verbally express what it is that bothers them! That's just as bad in my eyes. Some teenagers were vandalising a train the other week on my way home and I got up, told them that the transport was (expletive) bad enough without them making it worse and I could get them chucked off or they could sit down and shut up. They chose the latter and several people congratulated me as if I'd done something wonderful. Common sense to me but maybe I'm a true gobby Geordie!
The answer is more comfortable seats but on the National Helpless (Express) Liverpool Street to Cambridge line we're lucky to get doors that shut, heating and unbroken seats nevermind comfy ones!
But when the train companies don't - well National Express anyway - you can see why nobody else much does. In my train this morning I couldn't see through the window as it was so badly covered in graffitt, the seat next to me was damaged and the heating didn't work and I don't think any of the trains have been vacuumed or cleaned for years. Pride starts with the owners who clearly value money over passenger welfare.
I can see your point but in South East rail, to be fair the trains are in good condition and are relatively clean and people still do it - I just think some people aren't terribly considerate - anyway summer is almost here (wishful thinking!!) so it might be time to get the bike out
£80 on the spot fines for those cctv'd doing so would work wonders. Or maybe 20 hours community service, steam cleaning public transport seating.
If you wouldn't put your shod feet up on other people's sofas in their homes then don't do it on public seating.
It wasn't NE who put th graffiti on the window or damaged the seat. It was scummy passengers with no regard for anyone else's property, whether that's a bus or another passenger's coat.
I was on a Nat Exp train a few weeks back & the driver actually requested that passengers kept their feet off the seats after he'd given the blurb when he left the first station. Needless to say none of the idiots took any notice !
And also why do people need to eat curries, burgers etc on a 20minute journey & stink the carriage out
Guess they think they're wasting time cleaning & getting rid of graffiti when it'd be back the next day
Last time I went on one the floor was sticky with God knows what & the seats were ripped
There should be a guard on every train like "the old" days
Which says that you shouldn't be doing it then.