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Train grumble
Jul. 29th, 2020 10:15 amSo far I have caught four trains since lockdown restrictions began to ease, and on three of them someone was sitting next to or opposite my reserved seat. The first couple of times I shrugged and found another seat, feeling a bit guilty as I did so that I might be putting someone else in the same awkward position of having to decide whether to make a fuss or not.
This morning I decided to be brave and ask the person if they were sure they were in the right seat, and they were - LNER had put two seperate households on opposite sides of the same table. I'm now sitting at the table across the aisle, and hoping that it isn't assigned to someone who's going to get on at the next stop. The train is pretty empty, so it doesn't look as though they've sold too many tickets*, just that the reservation system is either poorly specced or borked, but it is a bit annoying. I think I might actually email LNER about it.
*although whether that's because they have got that restriction properly coded, or it's just a function of demand is obviously impossible to know.
This morning I decided to be brave and ask the person if they were sure they were in the right seat, and they were - LNER had put two seperate households on opposite sides of the same table. I'm now sitting at the table across the aisle, and hoping that it isn't assigned to someone who's going to get on at the next stop. The train is pretty empty, so it doesn't look as though they've sold too many tickets*, just that the reservation system is either poorly specced or borked, but it is a bit annoying. I think I might actually email LNER about it.
*although whether that's because they have got that restriction properly coded, or it's just a function of demand is obviously impossible to know.
