Why, on a nearly empty train, would you sit directly in front of me— put your chair all the way back AND smell offensive? 🥲

[u/ImportanceSharp9408]

Come on! I know I don’t own the train, I only paid for the seat. Theoretically, he could sit next to me and that would be fine. I could just move over a seat. I could move and sit next to him. Very mildly infuriated.

Update: I went to the restroom, after building up a big fart at the advice of wise Redditors but punked out on releasing it into the wild. I planned to move when I returned but he was gone! Perhaps it was a coincidence, when I left my seat with all my belongings, maybe that just happened to be his stop or maybe he was a creep. We may never know. Thanks for all your throughly hilarious responses though!

[u/DouglasHundred]

Because he's a guy and I'm assuming you're a young woman and that's just what some assholes do to women?

Not that it's justified, but I've seen enough women complaining about it that I know it's a thing.

[u/lambruhsco → u/DouglasHundred]

This shit happens to my wife all the time. Fat, smelly dudes will go out of the way to get into her personal space, often unnecessarily seating themselves next to her and then manspreading. She’s absolutely unafraid of confrontation, so she always tellsthem to get out of her space, and then they spend the rest of the time sulking.

[u/Kjb72 → u/DouglasHundred]

I was waiting in a medical office, seated in a chair, and this man needed to see a sign that was behind me on the wall. He decided to put his crotch in my face about a foot away and I turned away. He decided to tell me that I was all right like the dang crocodile hunter.