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Do you sit in facing seats knowing that they've had feet on them?
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Bletchleyite
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Yes. I also sit on the floor in the vestibule when there are no seats, and there have been far more dog****-laden shoes there.
Putting feet on the seat is antisocial, but the immune system is a wonderful thing and it's not going to kill you to sit there.
eMeS
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Are you suggesting that seats should have paper covers - like the antimacassars in First Class? How about installing a roll of paper for covering the seats, and how would you dispose of it?
Bletchleyite
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It'd be better if people just didn't put their feet on them!
Airline seating and tables help to make this more awkward.
I’ve been on virgin WC trains where people sitting in the airline seats have their feet on the seats on the other side of the carriage. To be fair, should you do an inspection of the seats on a 175 or something of similar age, feet on the seats would be your least concern.
No I probably wouldn't sit on such seats and putting feet on seats is disgusting.
Not trains but our local bus company have some buses that have a small number of facing seats that the local chavs think its OK to put their feet on them despite signs requesting them not to do so. I therefore avoid them.
People putting their feet on seats whether on trains or buses just another sign of today's pig ignorant "couldn't care less for others" society.
DarloRich
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Yes. Because the non facing seat on your journey will have had feet on it previously when it was a facing seat on another journey!
It wont kill you
Eh? Facing seats are facing seats on all journeys. Well, other than seats which can be adjusted to face the other way like on some American trains.
On 700s, for example, you can sit in airline seats which are less likely to have had feet on them recently.
DarloRich
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If you sit at a table or bay ( like on the 350's) both sets of seats will have been facing at some point.
I mean facing other seats. I don't mean facing forward, if that's what your thinking.
DarloRich
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Tbh I have no idea what you mean
Cricketer8for9
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Think about what happens when a train reverses at a terminus.
This is nothing to do with direction of travel.
jagardner1984
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From what I've seen on train seats, I'd say a bit of mud thats arrived their via some caring individual's trainers is the least of your worries.
Cricketer8for9
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So do you never sit on facing seats and always on airline ones?
MalaiseForever
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What a bizarre thread, the thought has never even crossed my mind
It depends on the train and the area. Feet on seats is a particular epidemic on long trains in the SE, but on long distance trains like Virgin or LNER it is less of an issue.
Bungle158
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In my experience, most if not all seats have had far worse than feet on them
paddington
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Yes, otherwise I might have to stand when there are lots of seats available.
Assuming that people who sit on dirty seats then sit on other seats during their day, every place that someone has sat down is likely to be some level of dirty unless it has just been cleaned.
We have immune systems and skin that prevent us getting ill from this. So I don't worry about it too much, except that I change clothes when I go out and come home, and if I have guests at home I use a sofa cover.
Obviously if a seat is extremely dirty or wet I avoid it.
Assuming that people who sit on dirty seats then sit on other seats during their day, every place that someone has sat down is likely to be some level of dirty unless it has just been cleaned.
We have immune systems and skin that prevent us getting ill from this. So I don't worry about it too much, except that I change clothes when I go out and come home, and if I have guests at home I use a sofa cover.
Obviously if a seat is extremely dirty or wet I avoid it.
How short does the train have to become before it becomes either common or less common?
People have been doing it for years.
Yes, Pacers (for example, from the early 80s) have always had the "Please do not put feet on the seats" stickers in the facing sears, often with the 'not' imaginitavely etched out.
Anyone who things this is a new thing is misguided, nor is it restricted to any particular age demographic.
leightonbd
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It’s not restricted to trains either. Endemic on Edinburgh buses.
I see less and less of it these days. Presumably because trains are becoming fuller, on average.
On long distance services, I sometimes see people with feet on the seats, but shoes off (and socks on). In fact I might even do this myself. I would argue that sock clad feet that have been wrapped up in shoes most of the day are far likely to be cleaner than the back of someone’s trousers.
On long distance services, I sometimes see people with feet on the seats, but shoes off (and socks on). In fact I might even do this myself. I would argue that sock clad feet that have been wrapped up in shoes most of the day are far likely to be cleaner than the back of someone’s trousers.
Mountain Man
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You often see people curled on airline style seats, so that's no better.
700007
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Martijn Gilbert, managing director of Go-North East buses, actually came up with a clever solution where a bay of 4 facing seats could be tipped up if nobody was sitting there and turned into a dedicated footrest. Slowly rolling out on his buses now.
I agree it is anti social and disgusting when you put feet on the seats - our legs all get tired but you can wait until you are in the comfort of your own home to do that. The one time my legs were killing me, I actually put newspaper on the seat opposite, ensuring it would cover it fully and then put my feet on it so it doesn't touch the moquette. I then, of course, made sure to dispose of the newspaper at the end of my journey.
I agree it is anti social and disgusting when you put feet on the seats - our legs all get tired but you can wait until you are in the comfort of your own home to do that. The one time my legs were killing me, I actually put newspaper on the seat opposite, ensuring it would cover it fully and then put my feet on it so it doesn't touch the moquette. I then, of course, made sure to dispose of the newspaper at the end of my journey.
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