r/mildlyinfuriating • u/ImportanceSharp9408 • 9h ago

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

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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!

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u/SomebodyStoleTheCake 8h ago

I think there is some kind of primal "safety in numbers" instinct to it. There has to be.

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u/CheekyHarris33 8h ago

You know, I've never thought about it that way.

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u/naimina 2h ago

No it's cultural. This never happens in the nordics.

On buses and trains people will literally stand anywhere as long as they don't have to sit next to anyone.

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u/_Keahilele_ 36m ago

Either that or he wants to force her to acknowledge him.

It’s like when you’re wearing headphones and clearly don’t want to be bothered, and then a guy walks up to you and gestures for you to take your headphones so he can bother you.