To be fair i totally agree with the guard for asking people to remove bags etc and doing it over the tannoy is easier before the train departs as it picked up a lot of passengers at Newport when almost every seat was taken But I think comments such as 'seats are for passengers not bags' and 'you can put your bags on the overhead luggage racks or on your laps' is not really necessary, i think people would know where to store their bags/luggage properly!
It just would be nice for customers to be kept in the loop about why the booked traction isnt on the service including the first class.
A few times previously I have asked someone to move a bag so i can sit down, i dont get why some people think they are entitled to a double seat to themselves!
Thats understandable as there is limited options to rescue them. And it is supposed to get bad later on.
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) about the shoppings bags they had on the 2 seats next to them at a table. Telling me how expensive the stuff they bought was and they weren’t willing to leave it unattended. They were the only 2 seats without passengers in and after about 3 or 4 minutes I just said “gents, I’m only asking you to keep it on your laps or on the table so people can use the seats, I’m not asking much of you, but I’ll leave it with you as I have other things I need to do” when I came back past they’d begrudgingly made the seats available and I thanked them and I said I appreciated it, just to be met some sarcastic response to which I ignored and carried on with what I was doing.
