Public transport etiquette

[valiha]

Do you also find it annoying when you get on the bus or the tram, and there's a person sitting in the isle seat instead of the empty window seat, clearly trying to prevent somebody from sitting next to them? They often have their handbag or daily shopping on that seat. It pisses me off so much. Like, yeah I understand you'd rather not ride with us other plebs, but tough luck; you should have bought a car then. There's nearly always a crowd on public transport and you can't expect people to simply let you have all that space for yourself. I always say, Excuse me, is that seat taken? and squeeze past them, no matter the dirty looks.