Bags taking up seats on trains

Not being polite =/= "aggressive". You seem to have plucked that word out of thin air. Telling you to move your bags is not "aggressive" and it isn't "intimidating". You're the one who has admitted you'd be aggressive and intimidating.

I love this:

"I have not refused you a seat, if you are polite you will get one"

As if you have any authority to demand how I acquire a seat I paid for? As if you have started this scenario thinking you own that seat until you feel otherwise? How self-entitled are you exactly? And when your demands aren't met, what do you do? Throw a temper tantrum, hurl abuse, and then run to the police claiming victim-hood.

Oh, that's right, you're a feminist. Mystery solved.

This is hilarious. I'm loving this. Please continue.

Because I don't expect someone to be rude?

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as one who is not afraid of confrontation, I use trains regularly travelling from Liverpool to Leeds and I have no problem moving other peoples belongings off an available seat when the train is full. I moved a woman’s purse off a seat not long ago and placed it on the table in front of her so I could get a seat, yeah she looked at me funny but she then proceeded to apologize that her items were in the way... Too many people standing is a safety hazard and if you think your belongings are more valuable than a person’s safety then I don't think you should be allowed out your house. Why should someone feel the need to enquire about an available seat? What if there is someone who has a physical disability? What if someone is autistic and hide away from such interaction but require a seat? Its general respect and whoever feels they are 'above' another is one despicable human being!

No, by putting your bag on the seat and then not paying attention to whether or not the vehicle is filling up. Some people (as evidenced by other replies in this thread) feel uncomfortable asking a person to move their belongings, so end up standing up. By all means, put your bag next to you when their are other available seats but then be polite and aware and make space for other people. They shouldn't have to ask you for permis​sion to sit on a public seat.

And if you touched my stuff I would go to the police.

Not really. If someone wants to sit by me, they can ask.

Yes, it is. It's rude, intimidating and not fair

I'm not going to look around and count the seats.

I'd complain that I was intimidated, harassed and had my property manhandled by a rude intimidating individual.

You sound like a bitch, wouldn't you offer your seat to a pregnant or elderly person who might feel too intimidated themselves to ask or do your precious bags warrant seats themselves? I'd have no qualms throwing it down the aisle if that happened, I'd find it amusing to see your reaction

Can you all just stop arguing with tyrion? You're obviously being trolled ( unless she really is that much of a childish bitch). Continuing this little thing is a waste of time.

And yet, you certainly had qualms about telling me, as you didn't quote my name.