LifestylePublic transportA teen has sparked a debate about public transport etiquette after she took up two seats on a bus so she didn't have to put her heavy shopping bags on the floor11:53, 22 May 2026Updated 11:53, 22 May 2026A teenager has sparked a debate after claiming two bus seats to avoid placing her shopping bags on the grimy floor. The 19-year-old described how she boarded the bus when it was fairly quiet and put her bags on the adjacent seat because they were "super heavy and hurt to carry".‌She claims she attempted to position them in front of her legs - but they "hardly fit". Writing on Reddit, the teen said: "I sat in one seat and placed my bags on the seat next to me, essentially taking up two seats on my own.‌"Since it wasn't crowded when I got on I didn't see an issue. The bus ride was kind of long and as it went on more and more people got on the bus. It eventually got pretty crowded to the point where some people had to stand up."‌Yet instead of shifting her bags to free up a seat, she persuaded herself that "most people don't want to sit next to strangers anyway"."A lot of the time people will end up standing instead of sitting in an empty seat next to someone they don't know - also no one said anything to me," she added.However, when she arrived at her stop, a fellow passenger confronted her for being "inconsiderate and rude".‌She said: "Someone passive-aggressively told me, 'You could have moved your bag and not been inconsiderate and rude. Everyone wants to sit not just you.' I didn't really respond because I didn't know what to say."The person who said that never asked me to move my stuff, and if they did I probably would have."Wanting to know what she did wrong, she told Reddit users: "I don't understand how I was being rude? They could have asked during the ride instead of insulting me after it was already done.‌"Busses are also generally first come first serve so I think my behaviour was normal."In response, one user said: "You don't wait for someone to ask you to do the right thing."Article continues belowAnother user added: "Once the bus started getting more crowded to the point where people were standing, you should have moved your bags."You shouldn't need to be asked to do so; it's just common courtesy."A third user said: "Once it gets crowded, you move the bags of your own volition. It's a courtesy and used to be normal bus riding etiquette."Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.‌Public transportTeenagers