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I've never had an issue with my seat mate plugging in their charger under my feet. That's what you sign up for in the window seat. Hoarding the charger is rude.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I mean I've been on a 7 hour train ride where my kid slept with his head in my lap. A kid can be perfectly well behaved but sitting next to a strange adult is different.

I've moved so adult couples could sit together. I don't see any functional difference between sitting next to any other adult stranger or another (I take Amtrak to NY for work sometimes).

For me it’s not who I’m sitting next to, it’s having the side to lean against and easy access to plug my phone or laptop in. If I have a window seat I’m not moving, sorry. And yes if I can’t get a window seat at first then I’ll move to one when I can.

That's fine, but understand the tradeoffs that come with that. Your seat mate may not be conducive to working on a laptop.

Cool. I’ll put on my noise cancelling headphones and ignore the world. You think you’re the only one with a kid? I have one of my own. I can ignore them like the best of them.

Works for me. Care to describe yourself so I can find you on the train?

The funny thing is that if you saw me with a laptop and phone plugged in, briefs strewn around me etc. I’d be the last person you’d ask to move considering it would be very clearly a hassle for me to do so. So just don’t. I have no obligation to move. If someone sits down next to me, I deal, whomever that might be.

Sounds like you need to buy a second seat if you don't want a six year old to sit next to you.

It's pretty clear who is acting entitled here. You basically attempt to get a row to yourself by being as obnoxious as possible.

If its not reserved, entitled mom would just demand the seat regardless of if you paid for it. You can nicely ask but you have no right to someone else's seat except if its reserved. You deal with your own kids too.

Pp just admitted to spreading out a bunch of her crap over the other seat in attempt to get a row to herself. Who's the entitled one?

Go reread that post. No where does it say the stuff was on the other seat, just that moving would be a huge inconvenience

And how exactly do you think someone is going to fit "a laptop and phone plugged in, briefs strewn around [her]" using just her tray table?

She's obviously using the other seat.

I’m actually that poster, and no, I don’t use the other seat. Anyone is welcome to sit there, but once I’m set up I’m not moving.

Changing your story now. Where did the briefs go? You quickly put them away once someone noticed?

If you must know I typically have my files in my lap, and at my side against the window, but clearly you just feel the need to be right and won’t admit that you’re in the wrong here. All it shows me is more entitlement that you think your needs are more important than anyone else’s

So if you can't get a window seat to do your important work would you ever ask to switch with someone or does the world implode when that happens?

Nope. I wait until someone gets off and I move. Like normal people do. But once I’m set up, I’m not moving.

So you'd rather steal time from your children than ask someone nicely to switch or to run a power cord past them on the floor?

Does she seem like someone that would want to spend time with her own kids? I'm sure they're older and want nothing to do with her.

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Anonymous wrote:I quietly (and discreetly) made a workmate orgasm on the Northeast line.

Did you have to ask anyone to move so you could sit together?

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I mean I've been on a 7 hour train ride where my kid slept with his head in my lap. A kid can be perfectly well behaved but sitting next to a strange adult is different.

I've moved so adult couples could sit together. I don't see any functional difference between sitting next to any other adult stranger or another (I take Amtrak to NY for work sometimes).

For me it’s not who I’m sitting next to, it’s having the side to lean against and easy access to plug my phone or laptop in. If I have a window seat I’m not moving, sorry. And yes if I can’t get a window seat at first then I’ll move to one when I can.

That's fine, but understand the tradeoffs that come with that. Your seat mate may not be conducive to working on a laptop.

My seatmate, no matter their age, needs to keep their hands to themselves. If they can’t, the conductor will become involved.

Good luck with that. If you refuse to swap seats for a parent with a young child then engage the conductor to complain about said young child bothering you, any sane conductor is just going to tell you to move/ switch seats with the parent.

If you want to be guaranteed to sit next to someone, YOU need to reserve a seat. Simple. You are not entitled to two seats together. You are entitled to two seats. Reserve or drive.

One day you are going to be lying in your own feces in an understaffed nursing home and you will still insist society has no obligation to make life not impossible for parents of young children.

There you are! Same poster who got her own thread closed. You don’t have a lot of impulse control, do you?

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a reminder that other people having children directly benefits you. If you don't care about growing old in a world where there is nobody to produce, transport or sell food, nobody to pick up your trash, nobody to provide health care, then fine, thumb your nose at the frazzled parents on the train. Otherwise you might want to consider moving to a different seat rather than insisting you "need" to sit next to a nonfunctional power outlet.

“lying in your own feces”

“make life not impossible for parents of young children.”

That’s not a reminder. That’s a drama queen.

Is life so impossible that you can’t find two aisle seats next to each other? Have you never ridden the train before? Do you usually get so frazzled?

DP from the one who uses the power outlets. The outlets that usually do work.

Sit your kid next to me. I don’t care.

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Anonymous wrote:I quietly (and discreetly) made a workmate orgasm on the Northeast line.

Did you have to ask anyone to move so you could sit together?

No, we did it across the aisle like courteous adults.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I don't know why you keep thinking I want people to move. I'm not the OP from the other thread. I would be more than happy to sit apart from my child.

Perhaps the seat across the aisle from you is open, perhaps not. Even if it is, and even if I sit there, I'm not always going to notice what they're doing.

Maybe you're one of the posters that said they like kids, and you'll enjoy hearing about trains, animals, and everything that appears outside the window.

And if you don't, well, as your own attitude demonstrates, you're not entitled to sit next to a courteous passenger. Some will be chatty. Some invade your space, either because they're morbidly obese or because their elbows keep jabbing you as they attempt to work on a laptop.

I'd tell your kid to be quiet and leave me alone. You need to teach your kids to behave on a train and not bother others.

You either never had kids or you're 50+ years old and forgot what they're like.

Who are all these people with children so feral that they’d rather not sit next to them? Honestly, I don’t know any kids like that. We must move in different circles.

Take a couple minutes to look at the school boards here. Remember those posts when someone seats their child next to you.

And as is often the answer in those school posts… it comes down to the parents needing to be the parent.

Perhaps. But there's only so much they can do when someone prevents them from being close enough to the kid to deal with their behavior.

No one is preventing you from sitting across the aisle from your kid.

So dramatic.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I don't know why you keep thinking I want people to move. I'm not the OP from the other thread. I would be more than happy to sit apart from my child.

Perhaps the seat across the aisle from you is open, perhaps not. Even if it is, and even if I sit there, I'm not always going to notice what they're doing.

Maybe you're one of the posters that said they like kids, and you'll enjoy hearing about trains, animals, and everything that appears outside the window.

And if you don't, well, as your own attitude demonstrates, you're not entitled to sit next to a courteous passenger. Some will be chatty. Some invade your space, either because they're morbidly obese or because their elbows keep jabbing you as they attempt to work on a laptop.

I'd tell your kid to be quiet and leave me alone. You need to teach your kids to behave on a train and not bother others.

You either never had kids or you're 50+ years old and forgot what they're like.

Who are all these people with children so feral that they’d rather not sit next to them? Honestly, I don’t know any kids like that. We must move in different circles.

Take a couple minutes to look at the school boards here. Remember those posts when someone seats their child next to you.

And as is often the answer in those school posts… it comes down to the parents needing to be the parent.

Perhaps. But there's only so much they can do when someone prevents them from being close enough to the kid to deal with their behavior.

No one is preventing you from sitting across the aisle from your kid.

So dramatic.

The person sitting across the aisle is.

Even if there is an open seat there, I'm not going to watch the two of you constantly to see who is bugging who. If he starts doing something dangerous to himself or you, I'll probably notice. Otherwise, you're on your own to talk to him, just like you would be with a different annoying seat mate.

As you've emphasized, you don't get to pick who you sit next to.

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Anonymous wrote:I quietly (and discreetly) made a workmate orgasm on the Northeast line.

Did you have to ask anyone to move so you could sit together?

No. We were usually the first to board so we pretty much had an easy time finding seats together.

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I took the DC - NYC train often with my then baby DS. I have fond memories of him happily and quietly playing with toys in the seat across from me on these weekend trips. To this day, he loves trains.

The best train trip I have taken is the one from Seattle to Portland/Vancouver (Cascades) or vice versa with the 360 view car. Spectacular views of the mountains and there was a fellow strumming a guitar and singing in the car. It was kind of magical.

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One time I was traveling with my sister and 2 friends. We grabbed a table in the dining car and were happily chatting when a woman at the table behind me asked if we planned to talk the whole way. I told her yes and offered to help her find the quiet car.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I don't know why you keep thinking I want people to move. I'm not the OP from the other thread. I would be more than happy to sit apart from my child.

Perhaps the seat across the aisle from you is open, perhaps not. Even if it is, and even if I sit there, I'm not always going to notice what they're doing.

Maybe you're one of the posters that said they like kids, and you'll enjoy hearing about trains, animals, and everything that appears outside the window.

And if you don't, well, as your own attitude demonstrates, you're not entitled to sit next to a courteous passenger. Some will be chatty. Some invade your space, either because they're morbidly obese or because their elbows keep jabbing you as they attempt to work on a laptop.

I'd tell your kid to be quiet and leave me alone. You need to teach your kids to behave on a train and not bother others.

You either never had kids or you're 50+ years old and forgot what they're like.

Who are all these people with children so feral that they’d rather not sit next to them? Honestly, I don’t know any kids like that. We must move in different circles.

Take a couple minutes to look at the school boards here. Remember those posts when someone seats their child next to you.

And as is often the answer in those school posts… it comes down to the parents needing to be the parent.

Perhaps. But there's only so much they can do when someone prevents them from being close enough to the kid to deal with their behavior.

No one is preventing you from sitting across the aisle from your kid.

So dramatic.

The person sitting across the aisle is.

Even if there is an open seat there, I'm not going to watch the two of you constantly to see who is bugging who. If he starts doing something dangerous to himself or you, I'll probably notice. Otherwise, you're on your own to talk to him, just like you would be with a different annoying seat mate.

As you've emphasized, you don't get to pick who you sit next to.

Well, of course. That’s the deal on public transportation when you don’t reserve a seat. Good that you have realized that.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I mean I've been on a 7 hour train ride where my kid slept with his head in my lap. A kid can be perfectly well behaved but sitting next to a strange adult is different.

I've moved so adult couples could sit together. I don't see any functional difference between sitting next to any other adult stranger or another (I take Amtrak to NY for work sometimes).

For me it’s not who I’m sitting next to, it’s having the side to lean against and easy access to plug my phone or laptop in. If I have a window seat I’m not moving, sorry. And yes if I can’t get a window seat at first then I’ll move to one when I can.

That's fine, but understand the tradeoffs that come with that. Your seat mate may not be conducive to working on a laptop.

My seatmate, no matter their age, needs to keep their hands to themselves. If they can’t, the conductor will become involved.

Good luck with that. If you refuse to swap seats for a parent with a young child then engage the conductor to complain about said young child bothering you, any sane conductor is just going to tell you to move/ switch seats with the parent.

If you want to be guaranteed to sit next to someone, YOU need to reserve a seat. Simple. You are not entitled to two seats together. You are entitled to two seats. Reserve or drive.

One day you are going to be lying in your own feces in an understaffed nursing home and you will still insist society has no obligation to make life not impossible for parents of young children.

There you are! Same poster who got her own thread closed. You don’t have a lot of impulse control, do you?

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a reminder that other people having children directly benefits you. If you don't care about growing old in a world where there is nobody to produce, transport or sell food, nobody to pick up your trash, nobody to provide health care, then fine, thumb your nose at the frazzled parents on the train. Otherwise you might want to consider moving to a different seat rather than insisting you "need" to sit next to a nonfunctional power outlet.

“lying in your own feces”

“make life not impossible for parents of young children.”

That’s not a reminder. That’s a drama queen.

Is life so impossible that you can’t find two aisle seats next to each other? Have you never ridden the train before? Do you usually get so frazzled?

DP from the one who uses the power outlets. The outlets that usually do work.

Sit your kid next to me. I don’t care.

Who do you think is going to change your diaper when you can't use the bathroom anymore? Probably not your kid..someone else's kid.

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I mean I've been on a 7 hour train ride where my kid slept with his head in my lap. A kid can be perfectly well behaved but sitting next to a strange adult is different.

I've moved so adult couples could sit together. I don't see any functional difference between sitting next to any other adult stranger or another (I take Amtrak to NY for work sometimes).

For me it’s not who I’m sitting next to, it’s having the side to lean against and easy access to plug my phone or laptop in. If I have a window seat I’m not moving, sorry. And yes if I can’t get a window seat at first then I’ll move to one when I can.

That's fine, but understand the tradeoffs that come with that. Your seat mate may not be conducive to working on a laptop.

My seatmate, no matter their age, needs to keep their hands to themselves. If they can’t, the conductor will become involved.

Good luck with that. If you refuse to swap seats for a parent with a young child then engage the conductor to complain about said young child bothering you, any sane conductor is just going to tell you to move/ switch seats with the parent.

If you want to be guaranteed to sit next to someone, YOU need to reserve a seat. Simple. You are not entitled to two seats together. You are entitled to two seats. Reserve or drive.

One day you are going to be lying in your own feces in an understaffed nursing home and you will still insist society has no obligation to make life not impossible for parents of young children.

There you are! Same poster who got her own thread closed. You don’t have a lot of impulse control, do you?

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a reminder that other people having children directly benefits you. If you don't care about growing old in a world where there is nobody to produce, transport or sell food, nobody to pick up your trash, nobody to provide health care, then fine, thumb your nose at the frazzled parents on the train. Otherwise you might want to consider moving to a different seat rather than insisting you "need" to sit next to a nonfunctional power outlet.

“lying in your own feces”

“make life not impossible for parents of young children.”

That’s not a reminder. That’s a drama queen.

Is life so impossible that you can’t find two aisle seats next to each other? Have you never ridden the train before? Do you usually get so frazzled?

DP from the one who uses the power outlets. The outlets that usually do work.

Sit your kid next to me. I don’t care.

Who do you think is going to change your diaper when you can't use the bathroom anymore? Probably not your kid..someone else's kid.

Probably not your kid either if you’re posting to DCUM, the bastion of the upper middle that pretends they know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck…

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I don't have any stories yet. In practice, people aren't nearly as awful as they claim to be on Dcum. If they see you looking at a seat, preparing to sit down, they'll move their stuff out of the way. If you have a kid, they'll offer to move.

But I'm thrilled that there are so many people that would be happy to sit to my 7-year-old. He doesn't know the concept of strangers, and will treat you like his best friend. He also loves laptops, and knows how much you'll like his favorite videos on youtube.

Just remember, if a parent is happy to sit apart from their child, there might be a good reason for that...

There’s no difference sitting across the aisle vs sitting in a row. Control your kid and don’t feel so entitled that you can make people move.

I mean I've been on a 7 hour train ride where my kid slept with his head in my lap. A kid can be perfectly well behaved but sitting next to a strange adult is different.

I've moved so adult couples could sit together. I don't see any functional difference between sitting next to any other adult stranger or another (I take Amtrak to NY for work sometimes).

For me it’s not who I’m sitting next to, it’s having the side to lean against and easy access to plug my phone or laptop in. If I have a window seat I’m not moving, sorry. And yes if I can’t get a window seat at first then I’ll move to one when I can.

That's fine, but understand the tradeoffs that come with that. Your seat mate may not be conducive to working on a laptop.

My seatmate, no matter their age, needs to keep their hands to themselves. If they can’t, the conductor will become involved.

Good luck with that. If you refuse to swap seats for a parent with a young child then engage the conductor to complain about said young child bothering you, any sane conductor is just going to tell you to move/ switch seats with the parent.

If you want to be guaranteed to sit next to someone, YOU need to reserve a seat. Simple. You are not entitled to two seats together. You are entitled to two seats. Reserve or drive.

One day you are going to be lying in your own feces in an understaffed nursing home and you will still insist society has no obligation to make life not impossible for parents of young children.

There you are! Same poster who got her own thread closed. You don’t have a lot of impulse control, do you?

I see absolutely nothing wrong with a reminder that other people having children directly benefits you. If you don't care about growing old in a world where there is nobody to produce, transport or sell food, nobody to pick up your trash, nobody to provide health care, then fine, thumb your nose at the frazzled parents on the train. Otherwise you might want to consider moving to a different seat rather than insisting you "need" to sit next to a nonfunctional power outlet.

“lying in your own feces”

“make life not impossible for parents of young children.”

That’s not a reminder. That’s a drama queen.

Is life so impossible that you can’t find two aisle seats next to each other? Have you never ridden the train before? Do you usually get so frazzled?

DP from the one who uses the power outlets. The outlets that usually do work.

Sit your kid next to me. I don’t care.

Who do you think is going to change your diaper when you can't use the bathroom anymore? Probably not your kid..someone else's kid.

Probably not your kid either if you’re posting to DCUM, the bastion of the upper middle that pretends they know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck…

You're acting like you're going to treat poor parents better than rich kids lol gmafb

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If you can't handle the minor inconvenience of asking a stranger to plug in your power cord to help keep a young child safe and their parent sane you deserve to be left sitting in your own feces