Your thoughts on bus etiquette?

[Waldo]

Should you...

 

A: Do whatever you feel you want to do, and not give a **** what people thing.

 

B: Do what you feel is expected of you, so as to avoid the possibility of offending someone.

 

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I usually stay where I am and ask if they are OK and tell them how I can pick up on signals they are giving out about their mental health state

 

I will refer relevant neurological problems (such as being daft enough to eat from Subway) and tell them all about my recent relationships.

 

They soon move!

 

Hahahahahaha.

[apelike]

I stay put. Moving will only mean that another passenger boarding will eventually sit next to you again and fill that vacant seat.

[Mikes10]

An Bus Etiquette guide 1891:

 

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2013/03/27/a-guide-to-etiquette-on-the-omnibus-published-in-1891/

[BHRemovals]

years ago there used to be a sign on sth yorks buses saying " spitting prohibited "

[nikki-red]

I stay put. Moving will only mean that another passenger boarding will eventually sit next to you again and fill that vacant seat.

 

 

Same. Or that a couple/parent & child or whatever will get on and have to sit apart needlessly.

[tinfoilhat]

 

Strangers are usually just friends you haven't met.

 

No they aren't, they're ill informed germ spreaders! The great British public are mostly rude, unhygienic and at best boring with poor taste in music.

 

Havent been on a bus since 1997 and not planning on changing that any time soon!

[The Joker]

Ah, yea, that part doesn't particularly bother me you see, I don't mind, I'll sit beside or talk to anyone, as long as they don't stink . . .

 

I'd stay put. In situations on a bus where people move to another available free seat, I used to think 'is it because I smell'

 

Poll needs a third option: move only if they smell

[altus]

Poll needs a third option: move only if they smell

 

This. If you do move, someone who does smell may get on the bus and sit next to you.

[cressida]

Depends how far from the destination I am. If I'm near the window and the bus has emptied somewhat then I'll stay put - if I'm sitting nearest the aisle I have said "I'll move and give you more space."

[Mister M]

Anther issue about public transport is 'man spreading'. Why do some men have their legs as wide open as possible, so much so that the other unfortunate passenger is using one buttock to sit on the seat? Is it that they've got very large packages between their legs that they can't possibly sit with their legs together?

In these circumstances I hold my ground, and if it means the passenger's leg is rubbing against mine, then so be it.