Good For Her!

[Sqad]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4028108/I-don-t-want-sit-screaming-baby-Mother-carrying-infant-denied-class-seat-passengers-angry-hasn-t-paid-right.html

Who does she think she is? Having a baby is not a modern innovation it has been going on for centuries.
If I had bought a first class ticket I would not have been best please to sit next to a woman with a screaming baby even if she HAD bought a first class ticket and would have been infuriated to learn that she HADN'T purchased the appropriate ticket.

It was quite correct that she should have been......evicted.

[-Talbot-]

I really wish people would read the article


A spokesperson from Southern Rail told the MailOnline: 'Our priority seats are available in both standard class and first class.
'They should be given up if they’re needed more by people with disabilities, expectant mothers, elderly passengers or those carrying infants.
'Passengers using priority seats in first class should still have a valid first class ticket unless first class has been declassified due to disruption.'






Another passenger points out that at the last station 'that because of Southern problems you can travel in any part of the train'.




It's that simple.

[mikey4444]

Andy...I wasn't aware that all the second seats on that train were already taken. If that was the case, then a humanitarian response should be expected.

Talk of "cattle class" says a lot about the person who uses such a phrase.

I travel by train very rarely, but my experience of First Class is that its full of businessmen, who hadn't paid for their tickets themselves.

[ummmm]

Sqad...are you referring to this woman as a 'that'?

[mikey4444]

Its just occurred to me that if this was a train on the Southern Region, that it was lucky to be running at all !

[Sqad]

ummmm

"That" refers not to just the "woman" but to the total "baggage"....woman, breasts, clothing attire, cradle Or whatever it is called) sweat shirt....well....you have got the picture.

[douglas9401]

Not often the small minded and big headed get together.
We should try to do this more often.

[mikey4444]

Dougie....lol !

[ummmm]

She's traveling with a baby, fgs.

[murraymints]

bags me a seat next to Sqad !!! I will bring the Fortnum hamper for sustenance !!

[EDDIE51]

Ummmm Reserved seats with numbers are only on long distance trains and the reservation costs extra on top of the fare 1st or 2nd class.
In 'peak hour' trains you are not even guaranteed a seat! Unlimited standing passengers are also allowed. The peak / rush hour trains from my station are always so full that often you can't even get on to stand up! Some passengers are left on the platform to wait for the next train.
When I used to commute to London I used to get a train an hour earlier than I needed, just so I could be sure of getting a seat for the 50 minute journey.

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - //A-H......yes....by and large i do feel that i am "buying a pass to social superiority." By and large, although there are exceptions, a first class, ticket, a suite in a 5* hotel would indicate a better social class pd people.
Am I a "snob?" too bloody right i am ....and proud of it. //

What a shame Sqad, that your enjoyment of your suite will be forever spoiled by your inability to get a wink of sleep, wondering if the person in the suite next to you got a free upgrade!!!

Oh well ...

[Baldric]

///She's traveling with a baby, fgs.///

And just how does that give her any sort of special status in the Real World?

[Sqad]

A-H

\\\\wondering if the person in the suite next to you got a free upgrade!!! \\

Free upgrades only mainly to Loyalty Card holders and "Desirables"......so, I would sleep soundly.

[mikey4444]

Eddie....when I travel by train, from Swansea up to Town, it doesn't cost me anything to reserve a seat.

Perhaps GWR is different from other train operators ?

[andy-hughes]

Naomi - //andy-hughes, I don't really care what you'd go for. //

I don't care that you don't care - but do you agree with the point I am making?

[mikey4444]

Sqad.......with the greatest respect, how often do you travel by train here in the UK ?

[andy-hughes]

Sqad - either your tongue is protruding right through your cheek, or you are an utter snob, and proud of it.

I applaud your stance, whichever it may be!

[-Talbot-]

Obviously it isn't that simple for some ... carry on regardless

[Sqad]

mikey......NEVER.

But have traveled a lot in the past.

[andy-hughes]

Talbot - //Obviously it isn't that simple for some ... carry on regardless //

I think it's really simple for me -

Do I think a woman with an infant should have a seat on a train - yes.

Do I honestly care if she paid less than me to get it - no.