Removing a squatter from my reserved train seat

[SpontaneousOrder]

If someone has a valid reservation it's not their problem the train company didn't advertise this, surely.

But they didn't have a valid reservation. It's only a reservation if the reservation has been made.
How can the train company's **** up, and the other customers associated misfortune, suddenly be my problem?

1 way the other guy has missed out on his reserved seat due to train companies mistake/negligence, and the other way I've missed out on my seat because I sat in the booby prize seat instead of another vacant one before it was taken - again the train company's error.

I'm less stubborn in the paper ticket ones because those can go astray. But on the trains with the lights instead I'll only give it up if someone clearly looks frail, or they can spin a convincing dit.

[GlenW]

But they didn't have a valid reservation. It's only a reservation if the reservation has been made.
How can the train company's **** up, and the other customers associated misfortune, suddenly be my problem?

1 way the other guy has missed out on his reserved seat due to train companies mistake/negligence, and the other way I've missed out on my seat because I sat in the booby prize seat instead of another vacant one before it was taken - again the train company's error.

I'm less stubborn in the paper ticket ones because those can go astray. But on the trains with the lights instead I'll only give it up if someone clearly looks frail, or they can spin a convincing dit.

If I've got a seat reservation ticket and you are sitting in that seat, you are going to get up.

[SpontaneousOrder]

If I've got a seat reservation ticket and you are sitting in that seat, you are going to get up.

Relax poppet. Not all of us have been IT nerds our entire lives.
You'll cause yourself a mischief.

[SueEllen]

If I've got a seat reservation ticket and you are sitting in that seat, you are going to get up.

I shouldn't laugh but SpontaneousOrder be careful what train carriages you try your stance on.

[SueEllen]

Relax poppet. Not all of us have been IT nerds our entire lives.

You will be surprised what some of the "IT nerds" on this site look like.

[MyUserName]

You will be surprised what some of the "IT nerds" on this site look like.

She's right - normally I am a 6' tall rabbit, with a flick knife. Although I change when I get to work.

[Old Greg]

But they didn't have a valid reservation. It's only a reservation if the reservation has been made.
How can the train company's **** up, and the other customers associated misfortune, suddenly be my problem?

1 way the other guy has missed out on his reserved seat due to train companies mistake/negligence, and the other way I've missed out on my seat because I sat in the booby prize seat instead of another vacant one before it was taken - again the train company's error.

I'm less stubborn in the paper ticket ones because those can go astray. But on the trains with the lights instead I'll only give it up if someone clearly looks frail, or they can spin a convincing dit.

If I've got a seat reservation ticket and you are sitting in that seat, you are going to get up.

I shouldn't laugh but SpontaneousOrder be careful what train carriages you try your stance on.

There was an ancient Greek philosophical riddle about what happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmovable object. The answer is that the force stops and the object moves. If we apply this wisdom to this situation, then we understand that SO will indeed vacate the seat, but that GW is not going to take it.

[MyUserName]

If I've got a seat reservation ticket and you are sitting in that seat, you are going to get up.

to punch you and then sit down again?

[Old Greg]

to punch you and then sit down again?

Another elegant solution.

[mudskipper]

But they didn't have a valid reservation. It's only a reservation if the reservation has been made.
How can the train company's **** up, and the other customers associated misfortune, suddenly be my problem?

1 way the other guy has missed out on his reserved seat due to train companies mistake/negligence, and the other way I've missed out on my seat because I sat in the booby prize seat instead of another vacant one before it was taken - again the train company's error.

I'm less stubborn in the paper ticket ones because those can go astray. But on the trains with the lights instead I'll only give it up if someone clearly looks frail, or they can spin a convincing dit.

You should have had the foresight to reserve a seat.