Man sparks debate after telling train passenger to move from seat he purchased

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By James Kay

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It would appear that arguing over seats on transportation is all the rage at the moment as yet another online debate has started over somebody being sat in the wrong place.

Usually, when we discuss people stealing seats, it occurs on a plane as one passenger is left annoyed that their pre-booked window seat has been taken by a toddler.

But what happens when the location is changed? Apparently, not a lot, as a recent interaction on a train has shown that nobody's seat is safe.

While traveling by train across the country isn't too common in the US, Europe is very well connected by rail and you can travel through multiple countries on the same day.

The latest viral clip shows TikToker (@mr_boris_becker) boarding the busy train to find a woman sitting in his seat and proceeds to explain to her that he pre-booked the seat.

The TikToker had paid for seat 103, but as he informed the woman of this she began pointing out other places in the carriage that he could go, but he remained adamant that he wanted this particular seat.

The woman gave in and with an awkward smile on her face, she gave him his seat after he explained that it would be very difficult to find another.

The conversation should end there, right? Well, another passenger took it upon herself to get involved and explain why she thinks the man is in the wrong, but he put an end to that by telling her to calm down.

As is always the way with these kinds of interactions, people flocked to the comments to share their thoughts and it would seem that the overwhelming consensus is that the TikToker was in the right.

"I'll NEVER understand why people don't sit in their assigned places," one person said, with a second adding: "No way they were getting upset at you asking for the place you bought."

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People were not happy with others chiming into the conversation, as another person said: "The other girl should've minded her own business".

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Despite some people attempting to defend the woman on the train, it appears that the general feeling is that the man was fully entitled to ask for his seat.

Featured image credit: Bill Miller / Alamy

Man sparks debate after telling train passenger to move from seat he purchased

vt-author-image

By James Kay

Article saved!Article saved!

It would appear that arguing over seats on transportation is all the rage at the moment as yet another online debate has started over somebody being sat in the wrong place.

Usually, when we discuss people stealing seats, it occurs on a plane as one passenger is left annoyed that their pre-booked window seat has been taken by a toddler.

But what happens when the location is changed? Apparently, not a lot, as a recent interaction on a train has shown that nobody's seat is safe.

While traveling by train across the country isn't too common in the US, Europe is very well connected by rail and you can travel through multiple countries on the same day.

The latest viral clip shows TikToker (@mr_boris_becker) boarding the busy train to find a woman sitting in his seat and proceeds to explain to her that he pre-booked the seat.

The TikToker had paid for seat 103, but as he informed the woman of this she began pointing out other places in the carriage that he could go, but he remained adamant that he wanted this particular seat.

The woman gave in and with an awkward smile on her face, she gave him his seat after he explained that it would be very difficult to find another.

The conversation should end there, right? Well, another passenger took it upon herself to get involved and explain why she thinks the man is in the wrong, but he put an end to that by telling her to calm down.

As is always the way with these kinds of interactions, people flocked to the comments to share their thoughts and it would seem that the overwhelming consensus is that the TikToker was in the right.

"I'll NEVER understand why people don't sit in their assigned places," one person said, with a second adding: "No way they were getting upset at you asking for the place you bought."

size-full wp-image-1263204712
Credit: TikTok
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Credit: TikTok

People were not happy with others chiming into the conversation, as another person said: "The other girl should've minded her own business".

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Credit: TikTok

Despite some people attempting to defend the woman on the train, it appears that the general feeling is that the man was fully entitled to ask for his seat.

Featured image credit: Bill Miller / Alamy