Public transportation - etiquette question

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

So, let's say you get on a crowded train or bus, and you take a seat next to someone. As the train continues its journey, it gets un-crowded and empty seats become available; you could get up and move to one where you won't be sitting next to someone.

Is it okay to do that? I tend to stay where I am based on some strange belief that the person I'm sitting next to will be offended.

Comments

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

I like that approach - unless I had been chatting with them, no reason to feel bad about moving.

[shar-bernadotte.livejournal.com]

I don't take public transportation much so I don't have that problem, for the most part. But if I have the option, I don't sit right next to an occupied table in a restaurant if there are empty tables else where. Now if I am at a bar, a pub or restaurant bar, I usually strike up conversation with the people around me but I won't sit right next to someone if there are empty seats further down. I just feel weird if someone does that to me, so I don't do it to them. *shrugs* But I usually don't move, occasionally I will but not usually.