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[–] Fayutt 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Where I'm from, not only are you not allowed to have backpacks taking up a seat, you also can't have them on your back (you must remove them before boarding so you don't smack people with them as you walk through the cramped bus). You are, by North American standards, a dick. Why not hold onto your backpack so a normal sized person can sit with you so that the fatty can't? You're intentionally creating this problem.

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[–] Dexter_Widget 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I'd just stand. It gives me the opportunity to make sure I'm no where near the whale when it finally decides to settle. And it sure as hell isn't going to stand!

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[–] Dueperdue [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

On a 40 minute bus drive, I prefer to sit.

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[–] AOU 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

In my country the backpack on the sit means it's occupied for somebody (probably works this way in other countries as well).

Which country are you from?

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[–] Dueperdue [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Italy.

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[–] AOU ago 

Why is your story so similar to this one from 2006?

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[–] Leelem0n 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago  (edited ago)

You could try embarrassing her.

"Every day, you come near me. I don't know why. I'm not interested in you."

By the way, I don't know where you're from but the backpack-in-a-seat means something different where I'm from: it means there's a selfish dick using up a seat because he thinks his inanimate object is entitled to a seat. Don't know where you're from where people just accept your backpack taking up an entire seat.

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[–] Dueperdue [S] 2 points -1 points (+1|-2) ago 

That's shit reasoning.

If somebody wants to sit they ask you if "this sit is taken" and then you just put your backpack down. Having a big backpack between your freaking legs is not fun.

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[–] Leelem0n ago  (edited ago)

It's not fun, no, and you can set it on your lap. Just like fatties, you're still a single person: you are not entitled to more than one seat. Your spillage of backpack is just like their spillage of fat when it comes to eating up more than your share of seat. You wanted to bring a big backpack? You get to hold it in your lap or between your legs. I carry a big backpack and sometimes it's quite heavy, I just set it on my lap. If standing, I set it between my legs so I don't take up extra standing space. I'm still one person.

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[–] Officedrone 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Seconded on the backpack thingy. It's rather selfish here but that's because trains etc are almost always full. Although I would do it to rob a fatty from a sitting place.

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[–] ilieksnow 0 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago 

By the way, I don't know where you're from but the backpack-in-a-seat means something different where I'm from: it means there's a selfish dick using up a seat because he thinks his inanimate object is entitled to a seat. Don't know where you're from where people just accept your backpack taking up an entire seat.

Yeah, this reads major asshole to me too. Put your fucking bag on your lap like a normal person. Only fatties take up two seats.

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[–] Leelem0n 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Precisely. I just replied it was the same thing as a fatty taking up more than their share of seating. You're still only one person. You wanted to bring a big backpack? You get to hold it in your lap or between your legs. I carry a big backpack and sometimes it's quite heavy, I just set it on my lap. If standing, I set it between my legs so I don't take up extra standing space. I'm still one person.