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I've heard about this bags on seats stuff - it's unbelievable that IÉ let it go on. If a bag takes a seat, the person responsible for the bag should pay full fare for it.
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I don't know - maybe I'm just naìve, but I don't see any harm in it when trains aren't busy. I bet if the train was a little emptier, you'd have liked to have had 4 seats around a table to yourselves. If there's an emptier seat it's handier to leave stuff next to you than hoist it onto the overhead racks. And, I gues, yes, people do like a pair of seats to stretch out on.
But I don't see any harm when the train isn't busy. I've never heard any objection when I've asked people "may I sit there?"
On busier trains, though, it would be a good idea to have a conductor walk through the train asking people to remove their bags from seats.