When using public transport such as trains or buses it’s pretty well known that able-bodied folks should seat reservations to those who need them such as the pregnant, elderly, disabled or small children. However, it seems the jury is out on whether kids or OAPs should get seat priority.

It’s an issue that crops up from time to time as some people think children should stand as the elderly may fall and hurt themselves. Others know that kids tend not to have good balance and so think they should sit as they don’t know how to stand safely. Plus, the debate gets even more furious when there are seat reservations involved.

A woman even reports getting into an argument with an elderly couple after they sat down in the seats she had booked for her children on the train. The fuming mum, Amanda Mancino-Williams, was told by the plucky couple that seat reservations "didn't matter" when she challenged them about where they were sitting.

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Amanda, a writer, took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her annoyance at the couple’s entitled attitude on their CrossCountry train from Cheltenham to Nottingham. She shared a snap of the couple in fury.

Amanda wrote: "If a mum with three kids and bags has four reserved seats for a long train journey, and you're sitting in their seats on a full carriage, don't tell them that their tickets don't matter in a posh voice and then say you're not moving and refuse to make eye contact. Don't be these people."

She explained to the Sun that if reservations didn’t matter there was no point in assigning them in the first place. The mum also said she would have given them the seats if they had a legitimate reason for needing them.

She added: "Her instant dismissiveness of me and the children told me all I needed to know about her. I didn't feel it was my responsibility to acquiesce to that kind of behaviour. I was shocked and tired. Any mother who travels with bags and children knows how your mind is in a thousand places, so things like reserved seats are something you count on. They make your journey manageable. I'd booked a table so the children could do their schoolwork."

Plenty of commenters joined in on the thread to support Amanda’s stance. One said: "Should have just sat on them….if they don't move from your seat it's their tough luck…"

Another tweeted: "No way that should be tolerated. You took the time and trouble to reserve seats. They have no business being in your seats. Good on the conductor to help, but they should have assisted and removed those two from your seats. Sends a message."

A spokesman for CrossCountry told the Sun the family had been "let down by others who ignore the labels."

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