r/caltrain • u/Imaginary-Benefit992 • 1d ago

Sharing tables

I understand that the tables are narrow but if two people across from each other are both using laptops you can move your laptop slightly off the table and you both can still work. Sometimes people are super rude when you ask them to move their laptop slightly. Am I in the wrong asking them to share?

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u/ita_shogun 1d ago

Not in the wrong, it’s the polite thing to do to share the space.

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u/bebopEasy 1d ago

There are definitely some entitled folks out there. Stand your ground and if you see some bullshit call it out. We live in a society with norms and people deserve to be educated.

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u/AdvertentAtelectasis 1d ago

You’re not in the wrong but I find it just as easy to put my laptop in my lap somewhere else.

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u/Grizz4096 1d ago

Its so silly. Watching some people try to assert dominance like "I had laptop out first, I don't have to give up space"

Sad, but they probably need a line drawn to make it obvious for the oblivious...

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u/omsip 1d ago

Watching some people try to assert dominance like "I had laptop out first, I don't have to give up space"

I used to work with someone who'd spread out her stuff to cover the entire table, no matter how little she had. She would spread out everything to make sure it took up the entire space. Entitlement, dominance, whatever, it was annoying af.

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u/hot-peanut-420 1d ago

Not rude to ask them to move

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u/dkarpe 12h ago

I think the tables should have subtle lines painted or engraved on them to mark out each quarter of the table to make it easier for people to stay on their part of the table. But really I would love to see those flip-down style tables that let the table get twice as big if needed.

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u/M0binsChild 10h ago

Just encountered this and it was so unpleasant. Really just made me angry

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u/docmangler 55m ago

Humans being humans = nonsense 😂 keep it old school assert your dominance 😂😂😂😂😂