'I want to sit there': Entitled couple tries to kick bus passenger out of his seat, argument erupts over extra leg room

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Feb 6, 2025 4:00 PM EST

Just because someone wants something from you does not mean you have to give it to them. This is something most kids learn when they are young, and it's good advice (within reason, of course). Clearly, however, something happens to a particular subset of the population. I'm talking about the people-pleasers of the world, of which I consider myself to be one.

For some reason, no matter how old they are, people-pleasers always manage to apologize for speaking, standing, sitting, and basically existing, even in the presence of total strangers. Let this story serve as an empowering reminder that you do not have to be this way, no matter who you're dealing with and what the circumstances are!

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  • Here, we have a bus passenger who specifically selected an unreserved seat with extra legroom because, well, it was going to be a long, 10-hour journey. Eventually, an entitled couple interrupted the movie he was watching on his tablet to try to get him to move to the row in front of him, which of course did not have the extra legroom. The passenger wanted to check to see if these folks were serious or if they had a valid reason why they could not have just taken the row in front of him. Unfortunately, this is when the couple revealed themselves to be nothing more than the audacious and selfish people they really were. 

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    So, this was a couple of months ago, I was on my way to London and I took a night Coach. For those unaware, a Coach is like a luxury bus, seatbelts, leather seats, WiFi, plugs, toilets, stuff like that.
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    Start of the Journey: Like most coaches you have to book tickets in advance, but you can pay extra to reserve a seat, any other seat is first come first served. Where I get on is the first stop of the Coach's route to London, so it's free reign to pick any seat not marked as "RESERVED". I then go all the way back and choose to sit at the emergency exit.
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    It has the most leg room and there's some distance from the seat in front of me, so I can put the tray down and not breaking my neck watching a film on my tablet.
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    It was a 10 hour journey, and I was enjoying my time, watching some films on my tablet and munching on some snacks for the journey. I'm so used to travelling on buses and coaches, so this wasn't anything new.
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    Three Hours In: At this point, it's midnight, and the Coach arrives at a station to let a lot of people on. At the time, I didn't notice that someone was trying to talk to me. A mix of focused on the film and my headphones were noise cancelling. He gave me a slight shake to get my attention. Which he did. I took off my headphones and he asked me:
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    CB: "Can I sit there, please?" Now, I thought he wanted to sit next to me and he asked because my rucksack and shopping bag was on the other seat. I'm not antisocial, so I wasn't going to say no, but I decided ask to clarify, and this is the conversation that happens:
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    Me: "Oh, do you want me to move my stuff for you to sit down?" CB: "No. I mean, can I have both of these seats for me and my wife?" Me: "Well... No, because I'm sitting here. currently, mate." CB: "Yes, but we want to sit there, so give me these seats."
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    Me: "Not being funny mate, but I also want to sit here. That's the reason I sat here." CB: "I know, but I want to sit there now, so move please." Me: "So, where am I suppose to sit then?" CB: "The seats in front of us are free."
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    Me: "There you go, you can sit there then." CB: "But that's not where we want to sit!" Me: "Look, I'm sorry mate, but I'm not gonna move from where I am just because YOU want to sit here with your missus, alright? If you reserved these seats then fair enough, I would absolutely move. But these seats aren't reserved, so no, I'm not moving. Excuse me."
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    At that point, I put my headphones back on and that was the end of that. I saw him walk down to the front of the coach, no idea if he went to complain to the driver or what, but I didn't care as I knew I was in the right. Sure I was quite at the end, but I wasn't going to give up my spot just because someone
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    asked me to when I had already settled down in the seat. A couple minutes later I did see he and his wife come back up to me, they walked past and sat behind me, what's funny is that they glared at me as they walked by.
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    It should be worth mentioning that he didn't have any visible or physical di ď . If he needed leg room for a access he would've said, and even then, that's what the front of the Coach is for, for d access. In fact he and his wife were way skinnier than me, and I'm a Obloke!
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    For the last 6 hours, they sat behind me, I didn't hear what they were saying, but a part of me jokingly thought that they were planning to take over my seats if I went up and used the loo, but I never did so I never found out
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  • Several members of the online community chimed in with their reactions to the passenger's awkward and frustrating encounter. Here's what they had to say about all the drama!

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    H I mean...idk where you get the audacity to demand someone hand over their seat to you...then have a hissy fit when told no... like...ya i think this belongs in entitledpeople
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    Mojojojo3030. I really struggle to understand what is going on in the heads of people like this. Even asking once just to see is bonkers to me.
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    I got to the front of a line for ice cream, and some ☐ chudge marches right up, steps in front of me and starts ordering. "Uh... what are you doing." "Ordering ice cream." "Can you wait until I order?" "Oh. Yeah. Sure."
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    dookle14. If those seats are so special, reserve them. I don't get why people can't bother to plan ahead but then all of a sudden it has to become your problem to solve.
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    If you are asking someone else to move seats, you better bring some sort of incentive to the table for them in the form of money or a better seat to offer.
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    In this scenario, sounds like they just wanted to extral legroom seats in the exit row and have no shame to bother a stranger to do them a big favor.
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