So, this was a couple of months ago, I was on my way to London and I took a night Coach. For those unaware, a Coach is like a luxury bus, seatbelts, leather seats, WiFi, plugs, toilets, stuff like that.

Start of the Journey: Like most coaches you have to book tickets in advance, but you can pay extra to reserve a seat, any other seat is first come first served. Where I get on is the first stop of the Coach's route to London, so it's free reign to pick any seat not marked as "RESERVED". I then go all the way back and choose to sit at the emergency exit. It has the most leg room and there's some distance from the seat in front of me, so I can put the tray down and not breaking my neck watching a film on my tablet.

It was a 10 hour journey, and I was enjoying my time, watching some films on my tablet and munching on some snacks for the journey. I'm so used to travelling on buses and coaches, so this wasn't anything new.

Three Hours In: At this point, it's midnight, and the Coach arrives at a station to let a lot of people on. At the time, I didn't notice that someone was trying to talk to me. A mix of focused on the film and my headphones were noise cancelling. He gave me a slight shake to get my attention. Which he did. I took off my headphones and he asked me:

EP: "Can I sit there, please?"

Now, I thought he wanted to sit next to me and he asked because my rucksack and shopping bag was on the other seat. I'm not antisocial, so I wasn't going to say no, but I decided ask to clarify, and this is the conversation that happens:

Me: "Oh, do you want me to move my stuff for you to sit down?"
EP: "No. I mean, can I have both of these seats for me and my wife?"
Me: "Well... No, because I'm sitting here currently, mate."
EP: "Yes, but we want to sit there, so give me these seats."
Me: "Not being funny mate, but I also want to sit here. That's the reason I sat here."
EP: "I know, but I want to sit there now, so move please."
Me: "So, where am I suppose to sit then?"
EP: "The seats in front of us are free."
Me: "There you go, you can sit there then."
EP: "But that's not where we want to sit!"
Me: "Look, I'm sorry mate, but I'm not gonna move from where I am just because YOU want to sit here with your missus, alright? If you reserved these seats then fair enough, I would absolutely move. But these seats aren't reserved, so no, I'm not moving. Excuse me."

At that point, I put my headphones back on and that was the end of that. I saw him walk down to the front of the coach, no idea if he went to complain to the driver or what, but I didn't care as I knew I was in the right. Sure I was quite rude at the end, but I wasn't going to give up my spot just because someone asked me to when I had already settled down in the seat. A couple minutes later I did see he and his wife come back up to me, they walked past and sat behind me, what's funny is that they glared at me as they walked by.

It should be worth mentioning that he didn't have any visible or physical disabilities. If he needed leg room for a disabled access he would've said, and even then, that's what the front of the Coach is for, for disabled access. In fact he and his wife were way skinnier than me, and I'm a fat bloke!

For the last 6 hours, they sat behind me, I didn't hear what they were saying, but a part of me jokingly thought that they were planning to take over my seats if I went up and used the loo, but I never did so I never found out