Folks, out of all the stories I’ve read on Reddit’s “Petty Revenge” page, I gotta say that this one was truly original…

And it really made me chuckle!

It involves a rude train passenger, and another passenger’s clever way to annoy him back.

Check out how this guy got even.

That’s my seat, revered elder!

“Our trains are always overcrowded.

Almost every time if you’re boarding late or boarding from a station other than the first station, you’ll find someone who’s bought a standing ticket sitting on your reservation.

You’ll have to force them out in order to sit through the journey.

Sounds like a lot of fun…

The seats are also designed poorly, as people having seats next to each other have to share the hand rest between them.

There are two seats in a row, the corridor seat and the window seat. Window seats have large space available, while the corridor seat is a bit cramped and uncomfortable.

However , the journey can be comfortable for both if the window-seat passenger makes a bit space for the corridor-seat passenger.

Now, to the story.

There was a mixup with the seats.

I (35M) had a window seat. A boy (10M) sat next to me in the corridor seat. I vaguely remember looking around for his guardian, but nobody was interacting with him.

I didn’t realize that the seat wasn’t the boy’s until someone (~50M) came along, and told me that the corridor seat number was his.

I initially thought he needed assistance to find his seat. So I looked up and told him that yeah, the corridor seat and was his.

This guy sounds like a jerk…

He told me, rather rudely, that “I know that seat is mine! Why are you telling me that? I’m asking you to vacate my seat!”

I was astonished by this rudeness, so I told him, “Why would I vacate your seat? Am I sitting on it?”

He asked me, “This child is not with you?”

“No.”

“Who’s child is this then?”

“How would I know?”

He asked the boy to leave, which the boy did promptly. While sitting beside me, the man mumbled something like, “…. thought your child….” No apologies, nothing.

He then proceeded to take the whole shared armrest. Ok fine, I didn’t need it. But I was waiting, waiting for….

Back off, buddy!

“Yo revered elder, keep to your seat. Don’t come into mine.”

“Hey, can’t I use the armrest?”

“Sure you can, but your elbow is almost touching my ribs. Keep to yourself.”

He couldn’t find fault in my logic, so he went after my sarcastic use of “revered elder”.

“Do I look elderly?”

“Seems so.”

“You think you’re young?”

“Umm hmm”

I didn’t respond further. To his credit, he didn’t bother me, and kept to himself in his cramped space for the rest of his journey.”

I wonder where the boy’s parents were.

Let’s see what Reddit users had to say about this.

This person chimed in.

Another individual shared their thoughts.

This reader spoke up.

Another reader weighed in.

Some people really don’t like it when folks comment on their age…

If you liked that post, check this one about a guy who got revenge on his condo by making his own Christmas light rules.