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lest I be pinned in by someone who thinks moving their knees 2 inches to the side is ample room for an adult sized person to get past before the bus driver closes the doors again
I usually take this as tacit approval to get either my sizeable arse, or less sizeable crotch as close to their face as possible when squeezing past.
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real chancers know exactly what they're doing when they say "oh i'd be happy to move it if someone asks" because they know that through inaction they're forcing people to have to make an uncomfortable demand before they feel required to act like a normal member of society and make room and brits just don't have it in them most of the time.
like atz it's fine to sit where you like if you're able to anticipate someone needing the seat (no other seats and they're looking right at it being a great example) if i'm nearing my destination I typically move to the aisle seat if it is empty and if anyone gets on on before I need to get off I would stand up to let them take the window seat and explain I'm about to get off (lest I be pinned in by someone who thinks moving their knees 2 inches to the side is ample room for an adult sized person to get past before the bus driver closes the doors again). if more than one person needed a seat, i'd just go stand by the doors for the final 20 seconds of my journey, better they're already in a seat than getting in the way of people trying to leave the bus.