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Post by londonstuff on Oct 16, 2008 23:45:44 GMT
Have just blogged this about feet on seats londonstuff.blogspot.com/2008/10/feet-on-seats-grrrrr.htmlas I've seen so much of it this week - it really has disappointed me, even quite respectable people were doing it. I certainly think a fine should apply to people that did it (although I'm aware that even revenue enforcer people are never seen, so who would do the feet checking?) I was also a little disappointed to see that on the new S Stock, seats facing each other like at present, meaning it's likely to be do-able for the next 40 years at least  Grrrr |
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Post by angelislington on Oct 23, 2008 23:35:37 GMT
At the risk of this descending into something that would be better placed on the Rants section, I do agree. Although I thought I was being ever so good once by taking my shoes off before putting my feet on the opposite seat. When I got home I discovered that I had very stinky shoes... and then I suddenly remembered the bloke in the seat across the aisle had sprayed some deodorant or something, and felt ever so guilty    |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2008 7:56:10 GMT
Whilst training, I discovered that my I/O had a 'thing' for people putting their feet on the seats.... he would always say something to the offender.
On one occasion, whilst changing ends, we find three females sprawled all over the seats, so he steps on and asks politely that they remove feet from seats.
With the surliness that being 16 brings they comply and we walk on.
After we continue walking up the train, he stops and turns back around and sure enough, the feet are back where they ought not to be.
He then threatens to turf them off the train and says we will be watching through the 'camera' to see if they revert to their former poor behaviour.
When we get off at EC we walk the platform and pass the girls who are sitting on the seats as if in bible class.
I did laugh....
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Post by westbound on Oct 28, 2008 18:42:10 GMT
The railway does get several letters from people whose clothes have feel soiled by seats that have been soiled. In most cases the railways pay up for the cleaning costs. Therefore the logical solution is to obtain the name and address of the people who put their feet on the seats and tell them that they will be asked to repay a share of the monthly bill accumulated by claimants. It would work in an ideal world but the media would probably regard it as outrageous that the railway should ask ANYBODY to take responsibility for their own actions.
I'm afraid that, at least for now, we should just have to foot the bill for the morons who think that they are above common sense rules.
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Post by Tomcakes on Oct 28, 2008 19:44:48 GMT
I'd wonder why people would sit on a seat which was soiled - and then complain!
However, I do think that such things ought to be dealt with as a courtesy issue. Only today did I encounter a ned on a bus who thought that it was their Darwin-given right to rest their legs on the seat opposite, and had a huge huff about having to move their legs so that I could sit opposite them.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2008 10:32:05 GMT
Good job my mate wern't driving. One of his pet hates is feet on seats. He will stop the bus, warn them, and again and then they get two choices of off the bus, or it sits there until they do get off. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2008 15:40:33 GMT
Whilst changing ends and going to/from work the amount of people with feet on seats is just sad. I will not say anything incase I get abuse/assaulted. I hope the S stock have suitable announcements pre-recorded.
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Post by Tomcakes on Nov 8, 2008 16:00:38 GMT
Recently the remarkable expedient of notices have been used on buses - "PLEASE KEEP YOUR FEET OFF THE SEATS". On a few occasions, people who've ignored them have been admonished by the driver over the loudhailer.
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Post by 21146 on Nov 8, 2008 18:10:12 GMT
Whilst changing ends and going to/from work the amount of people with feet on seats is just sad. I will not say anything incase I get abuse/assaulted. I hope the S stock have suitable announcements pre-recorded. I wonder if police/staff could divert their attention to this instead of harrassing transport photographers? I won't hold my breath though... |
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Post by stanmorek on Nov 9, 2008 0:57:04 GMT
Once saw a guy treat the facing seats on the Met line as a dinner table. He was eating his burger and fries unwrapped on the seat like a dinner spread.
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Post by pgb on Nov 9, 2008 21:07:14 GMT
Merseyrail employ what I like to call "rent-a-thug" to deal with this. If you're caught with your feet either on the seats or the bit between the seats, it's name, address and a possibly fine. It certainly has worked, everybody sits properly on them now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2008 19:55:57 GMT
I sometimes put my feet on the seats opposite if it's not busy, but I use a handy copy of the Metro / London Lite / thelondonpaper to act as a kind of tablecloth, putting my feet on them rather than the seat fabric.
tbh I think it's the only reason they hand out those free papers in the first place. It's not like there's any news in them!
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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 6, 2008 11:27:42 GMT
They used to do this when I was on the underground, things havent changed then
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Post by gomez110 on Jan 14, 2009 19:52:25 GMT
I work for Merseyrail and a few years ago I asked a couple of lads to get there feet down off the seats because they had caused damage to the fabric / Mud etc , And I was threatend to have my head put through the train window !
It is a disgusting habbit that some people have and is a complete disrespect to everyone else.
As for the girl who got took to court by us she more than deserved it , Should not have been doing it in the first place.
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Post by londonstuff on Jan 14, 2009 22:14:36 GMT
I got told to "F*** off" by a girl of about 16 yesterday on the District Line when I told her to take her feet off the seats. Nice!
And she was probably travelling for free (paid for, indirectly by my fares).
Grrr
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2009 17:11:43 GMT
I saw something similar on a South Eastern train at Victoria but the yob in question got a nasty shock when a BTP Officer came along and ordered him not only to get his feet off the seats but off the train and as the train pulled out the officer was searching him ;D I really do find this practice to be the height of ignorance and Merseyrail really do have the right idea and perhaps with all the various on train announcements that we have to endure nowadays couldn't some mention be made of keeping feet off seats, even better if the possibility of a fine was added! I got told to "F*** off" by a girl of about 16 yesterday on the District Line when I told her to take her feet off the seats. Nice! And she was probably travelling for free (paid for, indirectly by my fares). Grrr |
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Post by mcmaddog on Feb 4, 2009 18:36:33 GMT
SouthWestTrains Desiros have an automated "Please take your feet off the seats" (or something to that effect. You hear it so rarely, and the way the announcement is said with force, that it's potentially triggered by the guard watching the CCTV.
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Post by 21146 on Feb 4, 2009 20:06:06 GMT
An LU equivelant would be more welcome that their never-ending "this train is being held at a red signal...." every other station
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 21:06:10 GMT
I'd go for satire if I had to tell someone to get their feet off the seats... I'd say "You know something, with a little assistance I could sit there and put a foot on each of the two furthest seats away." - neatly pointing out my artificial feet as well as the rudeness of the situation.
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Post by maxtube on Feb 12, 2009 21:11:25 GMT
If I was a Train Op, I would make a PA saying something along the lines of:
'Please keep your feet off the seats and on the floor. This is a customer announcement, the soft things you sit in are seats, the hard thing you stand or walk on is the floor. Thanks for listening.'
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