Increase your chances of getting a seat with public transport.

It gets harder and harder to find a seat in the MRT train or the bus. The number of commuters taking public transports is increasing at alarming rate. Public transport companies are trying all means and ways to cut down on operating expenses due to the oil and fuel price hikes. What better way to maintain profit by taking the easy way out of not increasing the frequency of the number of bus or MRT train services thus resulting in longer waiting time and more passengers squeezing and jumping queues to catch the train or the bus. Chances are high that you wont be able to get a seat at all especially if the bus or train is crowded.

Unless lady luck is with you, most of the time you would probably find yourself standing in the moving bus or train and chances are high though the person who seats right in front or the back of you might not be alighting ahead of you so you got to use your common sense to figure out how to strategically position yourself in such ways that allows you higher chances of getting a seat when someone else alights.

I know it sounds real bad; anyway its every man for him or her self in today’s rat race world isn’t it? So what’s the tip for increasing your chances of getting a seat amidst the crowd in the bus or train? Plenty of to do tips though.

Rule 1:
Foremost, observed the person that sits in front or at the back of you. Is he or she sleeping? Move away from those who sleep soundly in their seat. Chances are high though you might be alighting ahead of them so why bother to stand near them.

Rule 2:
Move away from standing elderly people who might be waiting to catch the next nearest empty seat at soonest possible opportunity. I am not sure about you though, I would prefer not to vie for the same seat as those elderly people.

Rule 3:
Lady luck is with you if those people who sit near you are students and you recognize the schools they are from. Don’t move around, stick to where you are if the next bus or train stopover is nearest to where the school is. There is a high chance though they might just alight.

Rule 4:
Stretch your legs such that you have access to two seats instead of one. Don’t just stand and position yourself right in front of one particular seat. Position your legs such that one leg is within line of sight of one seat and another leg is within reach of the next adjacent seat. You chances of catching the next available vacant seat would be much higher since you now have two potential seats.