'She instantly went into entitled Karen mode': Train passenger refuses to give up seat, gets stuck with rowdy teen boys

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Sep 14, 2024 5:00 PM EDT

This train passenger just wanted a seat, but she was in for a rough journey. 

Traveling by train can be a lovely way to see the world. You're usually able to book yourself a specific seat (a window seat if you're lucky). Then you can settle in for the ride and read a book or catch up on your favorite TV show on your laptop. Well… unless you have noisy people in the same car as you. Some businesspeople will insist on making conference calls while en route, loudly talking shop as if there's no one around. Other people use this time to have lengthy phone calls or Facetime calls with their relatives. Instead of having a quiet car for 40 people, you now have a 39 people listening to one person's loud conversation. 

This woman tried her best to get the train seat she wanted, but she hadn't counted on encountering a whole group of teenagers. If you thought listening to a phone call was annoying, just try sitting with a bunch of teens, who simply cannot be quiet for any length of time. You can read the entire story from u/kenknowsbest down below. 

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    EXIT EXIT
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    Loony Lady refuses to give up reserved seat in group cabin on a crowded train Good day everyone. So after lurking on this subreddit for a while, I decided to offer a story my dad once told me about his MC.
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    My dad was a high school teacher (or the equivalent thereof in my country) and is generally a relaxed and chill guy. However, if you don't follow the most basic rules of politeness and respect, he can dish out if he must.One day, he was on a school trip with his class. They had booked several cabins on a train for the students, each of which had six seats and was a closed compartment. The train was quite crowded, which they had
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    anticipated and which was why they had reserved seats in the first place. Now most people generally are polite enough to free the reserved seats when asked by the ones having reserved it or they sit in them until the destination arrives which is marked as the starting point for the reservation (The reservation on the seat shows "reserved from Station B Station D", so - technically the seat is free until you arrive at "Station B").
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    However, in one of the reserved cabins there was a middle aged woman sitting alone. When my dad saw the lady sitting there, making herself comfortable, barefoot, legs up on the opposing seat and her bags taking at least one other seat, he politely asked her to move since the entire cabin was reserved for the teachers and his class. Instead of complying or at least asking politely if she could stay, she instantly went into entitled Karen
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    mode and started yelling how she was not gonna give up the seat, that she was first and how it was her right to sit and whatnot. My dad, being a generally chill dude, tried to calm the situation and explain to her the concept of reservation. She did not care and descended into insults while acting like a victim of a terrible injustice, after all, the kids could just sit in the other seats.
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    After this commotion went on for a while, my dad had enough, went back to the hallway where his students and other people where lining up and picked out 5 boys. He told them to get into the cabin, take the remaining seats and "make themselves comfortable" as well. Having heard the conversation before, the students absolutely loved his idea and proceeded to move into the cabin. They behaved like they were alone, blasting music, loudly
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    eating and burping and intentionally behaving like stereotypical gross teenage boys. A few minutes after the plan had been set in motion, the woman burst out of the cabin to find my dad standing in the hallway. talking to some students. Apparently she cursed him using some pretty colorful language, spit on the floor (who even does that, like () and proceeded to move to another wagon. My dad was way to gleeful to let himself
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    eating and burping and intentionally behaving like stereotypical gross teenage boys. A few minutes after the plan had been set in motion, the woman burst out of the cabin to find my dad standing in the hallway talking to some students.
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    Apparently she cursed him using some pretty colorful language, spit on the floor (who even does that, like () and proceeded to move to another wagon. My dad was way to gleeful to let himself be angered by that lunatic and let her go.
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    Wisdomofpearl Sounds like your dad knows exactly how to handle people.
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    telcodoctor Weaponised teenage testosterone. Your old man is a genius.
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    mizinamo "Your teenagers are behaving atrociously!" "Yes, ma'am. That's why we reserved entire compartments, so that other passengers wouldn't have to put up with them."
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    Competitive-Cand... When the lady refused to move I was like ohhhhh please let the rabid teenagers loose in the cabin with permission to act like....well, teenagers....he did not disappoint
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