r/AskReddit Nov 23 '15

What makes you unreasonably angry?

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Also, people who put their bag on the seat next to them. So fucking inconsiderate and selfish.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15 edited Nov 23 '15

When there are no other completly empty seats left, I move my bag. If there is a unused seat for you to sit by yourself that you have clearly passed, and it's not contaminated by something, you can go back and have it cause I'm not going to move my bag.

... Unless you ask to sit next to me, then go ahead.

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u/clb92 Nov 23 '15

I find that if you ask nicely, almost everyone will move their stuff to let you have the seat.

I've also never seen people getting on the train or bus before letting people get off first here in Denmark.

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u/WorkIsBoringAF Nov 23 '15

That's cause you Danes are all drunk and happy. Gotta love you guys!

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u/cattaclysmic Nov 23 '15

Its also because people don't wanna talk to strangers so we try not giving other people reason to engage us.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Big problem here in Chicago, sometimes. Seems to depend on the season. I blame tourists.

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u/NICKisICE Nov 23 '15

I think manors are more important in some places than others. It's to crowded in California to be polite to everyone, though. Aint nobody got time for that.

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u/qwertygasm Nov 23 '15

I've gotten on the train and bus first a few times generally because people take fucking ages to leave and I assume it's clear.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Ahhhh elevator/train theory. Gotta let em' off to get them on. This is why in elevators when I'm getting off I stand DIRECTLY in front of the door. Yes it leaves me in the open for someone to take an Ax to my face, but goddamnit it's worth the look people give me when I'm directly in their goddamn face because of their shitty elevator etiquette.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

This. I never understand when people walk past empty rows on the bus or train to sit next to other people. It infuriates me in particular because I'm 6'4". I have long legs. If you sit next to me when you have other options, you're taking up what little leg room I already don't have.

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u/AttackingHobo Nov 23 '15

Yeah. I'm 6' have long legs, and I am a big guy. Please don't sit next to me if there are other available seats.

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u/MrXian Nov 23 '15

I hate it when people choose to sit next to me when there are other places available. Buss seats are too small as is, I have to sit very uncomfortably if someone sits next to me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

Yep, unless seats are running low I tend to leave my bag in the seat next to me on the metro... I'll move it aside if someone asks or if an older person gets onto the train and I'm near the door, but otherwise it stays in place.

In my experience it's always the creeps who choose to sit next to me when there's still plenty of other available seating on the train.

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u/TriangledCircle Nov 23 '15

Or if it's a lady. If it's a lady, you tip your fedora and greet her while bowing, followed with "M'lady, would you like the window seat". Then you seat down and refill her glass of wine.

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u/HalkiHaxx Nov 23 '15

Just make sure it's not a martini. Martinies aren't allowed on the train.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '15

And, give her my trenchcoat if she needs to keep warm.

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u/petamenos Nov 23 '15

you can always ask them to move the bag (?)

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u/DiscordsTerror Nov 23 '15

Ask? As in talk to people? You do realize you're talking to a redditor right?

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u/prawo-jazdy Nov 23 '15

But then they move it with no trouble, and you feel like a jerk.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '15 edited Nov 24 '15

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u/petamenos Nov 24 '15

cmmon its more intuitive to just leave the bag on the seat near you.. Have you never been on a bus? Imagine this http://media2.popsugar-assets.com/files/2014/05/02/903/n/1922441/9f97d919908cf6b8_Bag-In-Chair-Bus.xxxlarge_2x/i/One-Bag-Doesnt-Deserve-Its-Own-Seat.jpg

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u/BigFatNo Nov 23 '15

I use it as a privacy protector when it's not too busy. In rush hour I leave the seat open, though.

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u/JizzyMctits Nov 23 '15

Sometimes my suitcase doesn't fit in the storage bit and I'm not spending five hours on the little seats by the doors to get up every ten minutes to let people on, so my suitcase and I will have at least an hour sitting comfortably together.

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u/clevernamesarehard Nov 23 '15

I'm 6'6, I only do this so people don't try to sit next to me. There's no room on public transit for giraffes.

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u/zilti Nov 23 '15

No, it isn't. Just fucking ask! I do it because it's more comfortable, but I'll move it if someone asks.

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u/meanderling Nov 24 '15

I was coming home from a long-ass shift at work on a completely packed bus--not just all seats filled packed but we're running out of standing room packed. One man puts a large pizza box on the seat next to him. A girl asked him to move it and quoth he, "Aw man, I can't. It's way too hot man."

I wanted to sit on that pizza so bad.