A woman claims she was branded 'rude' after she refused to let a pensioner sit on her reserved train seat.The rail passenger sparked a debate she asked an elderly woman to move from her seat, despite the lady saying she had hoped she could gaze out the window on her six-hour journey.
Taking to Reddit, the 22-year-old told how she gets "really nauseous and physically sick" when travelling on public transport - however, has no other option but to use the train, reports the Mirror.She said to ease the problem, she pre-booked a window seat and took her travel medication 30 minutes before departure, but things didn't quite go to plan when she boarded.Posting online, she wrote: "I hate travelling by bus.
Since I can't avoid taking the bus given it's the only way I can get to college from my house, I have found certain ways to cope with that."I always keep a plastic bag close in case I have to use it and I always reserve a window seat close to the door.
This method has worked in the past and I try to implement it every time I have to travel."But when she boarded the bus, she saw a woman in her 70s sitting in her seat waiting for everybody else to buckle up."I am socially awkward so as nice as I could, I explained to her that she was sitting in my seat - I had reserved the window and she had the aisle," she said. "She said sorry, she thought it was hers and moved.
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