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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
What's the rule on giving up a train seat where you have the outside seat in a 3 person seat and there's an open seat between you and the guy with the window seat? I always get up and offer the person the middle seat. Most people are happy to take that, recognizing that one of the downsides of living closer to the city than the people who got on the train before you is that you get lousy train seats. Some others seem to think they're entitled to move me to the middle seat. They give me stares when I get up to give them the seat.
What is the polite behavior in this circumstance (for both parties)?
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The person already sitting has the choice. If he is friendly with the person in the window seat and the two are talking, or if the person on the inside seat is an attractive woman, then the outside-sitter should move over. Otherwise, getting up to let the newcomer have middle is perfectly OK.
If anyone suggests that I should move to accomodate (or because he is the type of person that thinks that moving people around suggests power) I simply suggest that he shut the fuck up.
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