A guy wanting to share a berth with a woman. Doesn't sound problematic to me, for him. Maybe it would be for the woman in that berth.I’m sorry, what? That seems like a bit of a problematic thing to apparently have considered doing... :unsure:
A guy wanting to share a berth with a woman. Doesn't sound problematic to me, for him. Maybe it would be for the woman in that berth.I’m sorry, what? That seems like a bit of a problematic thing to apparently have considered doing... :unsure:
It could get problematic for him if he gets accosted by the law for attempted impersonation or some such. :lol:A guy wanting to share a berth with a woman. Doesn't sound problematic to me, for him. Maybe it would be for the woman in that berth.
Please don't be alarmed, It was just a joke!I’m sorry, what? That seems like a bit of a problematic thing to apparently have considered doing... :unsure:
That’s my point. It might seem to him like a funny/flirty/harmless idea, but would likely be an extremely uncomfortable situation for his “roommate”. If you book a berth expecting to share the room with someone your own gender, and then find out that you are actually sharing it with some guy who lied about his gender so that he would spend the night with you, it wouldn’t really be ideal.A guy wanting to share a berth with a woman. Doesn't sound problematic to me, for him. Maybe it would be for the woman in that berth.I’m sorry, what? That seems like a bit of a problematic thing to apparently have considered doing... :unsure:
Some jokes are more creepy than funny.Please don't be alarmed, It was just a joke! I’m sorry, what? That seems like a bit of a problematic thing to apparently have considered doing... :unsure:
I have never been asked to move seats by amtrak staff when in coach. Do you feel it is a personal sleight or just your general bad luck?Actually, I am one of those AU people that travels pretty much always in Sleeper on Amtrak. In fact I will not travel by Coach LD on Amtrak (unless it is just for a few stops, e.g. Kissimmee to Tampa) because inevitably the most helpful Coach attendant always shuffles me around to the worst seats, sometimes involving several moves in a single journey (another reason I would like to have the option of reserving an assigned seat). My insistence on traveling Sleeper in Amtrak has more to do with the odd arrangement at Amtrak which involves treating single travelers like scatology, unless you are able to firmly lay claim to a specific accommodation, and the only way you can do that in LD service is in Sleeper.
But I have no problem sharing a compartment with 4 or six people, or sleeping in either 2 or 3 Tier Sleepers as found in India (BTW caravanman in 3 Tier it would be more like 65 people, and there are no curtains in 3 Tier Sleepers). Heck all my early train travel was either in Chair Cars, or in such shared sleeping space, when there was sleeping space involved. There were a few also in the more intimate setting of crush loaded unreserved second class too. Specially there was a memorable one Delhi Jn. to Howrah (Kolkata) during a railroad strike.
As are some posters. Us transvestites have an odd humour...Some jokes are more creepy than funny.
Well, you know, she doesn't look all that great when the makeup comes off, either!That’s my point. It might seem to him like a funny/flirty/harmless idea, but would likely be an extremely uncomfortable situation for his “roommate”. If you book a berth expecting to share the room with someone your own gender, and then find out that you are actually sharing it with some guy who lied about his gender so that he would spend the night with you, it wouldn’t really be ideal.
I'm optimistic. Everything worked out well in the end in that great railway film: Some Like it Hot.Well, you know, she doesn't look all that great when the makeup comes off, either!
The difference is the entire room has already been paid for, so there is no theft.Well, no.
That's the same very flawed argument someone could make claiming that a coach seat would have otherwise gone empty. Therefore, they have every right to ride in it for free. As you argue, is OK because Amtrak would still get the same revenue; zero for the empty seat vs. zero for this person using it.
However, it is stealing. It is theft of services, be it someone riding in a coach seat without paying for it or be it someone enjoying a bed for the night in a Sleeper, without their own paid ticket for it.
And again, what if the room is at capacity? In that case, the “added passenger” would have otherwise had to book their own room and pay the accommodation charge for it, if they wanted to be a ticketed sleeper passenger. At that point, Amtrak 100% is being deprived of revenue.Of course, if they bought a saver fare, and moved to the sleeper they would be underpaying the proper fare, so to some degree in that case, it is theft. Considering there is a process to accommodate the added occupant, this really doesn't seem to be an issue of monumental proportions...just follow the already established process...
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