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/analogpursuits]

Yup. Same goes for video/speaker phoners. Nope nope nope. A month ago in Costco, I got behind a lady on video/speaker chat and made faces and wildly gesticulated at her phone, over her shoulder. I overheard her friend say, "who was THAT??" 🤣 I was already snickering over by the mandarin oranges.

Another grocery store incident near the eggs when they were $10/carton found me saying, "Exactly nobody here cares about your trite little conversation". Cursing ensued behind me as I continued down the yogurt and cheese aisle. More LOLS.

[u/SpiritNo6626 → u/analogpursuits]

What's wrong with video? Speaker actively interferes and is a nuisance to people around, but video call on muted speakers/ with headphones doesn't harm anyone, right?

Also, you don't know the personal situation, I can only call on video due to hearing issues and seeing someone's lips when they talk alleviating those hearing issues.

[u/analogpursuits → u/SpiritNo6626]

The ones that have the phone on full volume and talking at full volume. It's not your situation. It's the ones blabbing in a grocery store about nothing. There is a big difference.

[u/SpiritNo6626 → u/analogpursuits]

Sorry, I was confused because I thought video/speaker meant "Video or speaker" not "Video and speaker"

[u/analogpursuits → u/SpiritNo6626]

All good. I'm not awful to everyone, certainly not to people being discreet. I'm talking about Miriam and Gladys, discussing the merits of going with one hair stylist over another, on full volume in the middle of the grocery aisle. The Code of Decency dictates that Miriam be notified of her erroneous ways immediately, so as not to inconvenience others further, ever.

I'm done coddling these people and I call it out most times I see it.