Put feet up on the seat and got a criminal record

gordikin

Put your feet on my seat? You'd be very swiftly wearing your ankles as earrings!

Mk14:37

geri1965 wrote: »

They may not be obviously dirty but they sure as hell aren't clean! Would you lick the soles of your own shoes?

I agree with the sentiment but not the logic. Would you lick the seat of your own trousers?

I totally disagree with people putting their feet up on seats, it's unclean, selfish and terribly anti-social. But does it really warrant a criminal record? A civil fine and a telling off would be more appropriate IMHO.

And to the poster who felt justified in putting feet on seats because others were slashed and burned - did your father never tell you two wrongs do not make a right? Just because you didn't get a seat on one journey doesn't mean that you get to take two next time, and just because some oaf spoilt your journey doesn't mean that it's ok for you to spoil mine.

aliasojo

tododo wrote: »

I dont know if he had a warning or wot but as he was with HIS MOTHER Im sure it was just nothing (hes like 28 too so not a yob with a hooodie)

I started to feel all indignant for you as I honestly thought it was a toddler you were talking about.

28 for goodness sake AND with his Mum...if he didn't have enough sense and good manners to keep his feet off the seats why on earth didn't his Mum tell him?

I'd be embarrassed if I were him. :rotfl:

Coopdivi

Lip_Stick has special Bus Shoes which never touch any other surface.

FATBALLZ

I fully agree with criminalising people who put their feet on seats, furthermore I propose that people who rub snot onto the armrest of chairs should be sentenced to a 5 year stretch as a minimum.

FATBALLZ

geri1965 wrote: »

They may not be obviously dirty but they sure as hell aren't clean! Would you lick the soles of your own shoes?

You must get funny looks while you're licking your own @rse on the bus.

Ste_C

What ever happened to basic manners?

In places like Thailand and Japan, and most other countries where there are a lot of Buddhists, feet are considered dirty and this sort of thing would never happen. People even take off their shoes to enter shops.

I was on a train in Thailand and a small lady needed to get into her bag from the luggage rack above. She needed to stand on the wooden seat to reach, but before she did she removed her shoes.

I think getting a criminal record is a step too far. But a fine is perfectly reasonable - especially if there were signs asking people not to put their feet up. But it shouldn't even take a sign or the risk of a penalty for people not to treat public transport with such little respect.

WhiteHorse

tododo wrote: »

... he was with HIS MOTHER Im sure it was just nothing (hes like 28 too so not a yob with a hooodie)

Sorry, but if at 28 he put his feet on the seat, he is a yob.

geordieracer

Ste_C wrote: »

What ever happened to basic manners?
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Dont let that get in the way of some MSE'rs indignant rant at being caught doing something wrong!

Lip_Stick

As I'm now not drunk , I'll elaborate on why I have put a foot up on the seat opposite.

When you're sitting on the back seat, the one which spans the back of the bus, if you're in the middle you have nothing in front of you to grip onto. Occasionally you get a bus driver who drives like he's practising for the F1. So, to keep myself steady and make sure I remain seated, and not in a heap in the middle of the aisle, I put a foot up on the corner of one of the seats facing the back (I'm short, so can't stretch to the bottom of the seat opposite) It's either doing that, or grabbing on to a complete stranger who I'm sitting next to. Anyway, people are moaning about feet, I dread to think about where some people have had their hands, that use the bus.

You can all relax anyway, I've now got my own car.