Giving us "--not so-- oldies " a bad name

What do you mean "sometimes"? janeA? ( I actually had a seat already with DH beside me so hard to give her the basilisk stare myself!)

Once I got on a bus which was relatively empty. I sat on a double seat at the front and whilst 'sorting myself out' with all my bags, I temporarily placed my handbag on the seat beside me. The bus stopped at the next stop and an elderly couple got on. At this point I still had my handbag on the seat next to me but there were plenty of other seats. The elderly gentleman indicated to his wife that she should sit beside me. She replied loudly, pointing at me. 'I can't because SHE'S got her bag on it' Me, full of apologies, embarrassed and fumbling with my bags moved it quickly and she plonked herself down giving me daggers for the whole journey. I have a real 'thing' about people who put their bags on spare seats and don't move them when the seat is needed. It's rude and selfish.

Gosh Soutra you're scary sometimes!
The other option of course if you want extra space and don't want to mix with people who shop at Poundland is to travel first class.
I think I might have been unable to resist the temptation to step on rather than over dragon's feet as I made my way to the adjacent seat

She can't be a Gransnetter as the couple was at least ten years older than us!

That type of seat-hogger is annoying, I agree, but I get more cross when a parent (usually a mother) sits their young child next to them and stares down any strap-hanger eyeing that seat longingly...