I get such enjoyment when this happens

I see the same people every day on my BART train. These same people, including myself, have particular benches that they like to sit on. I have my favorite spot on the morning train, and yes, I sit in it every day unless the light above the bench is out (you wouldn't want me to go blind, would you??).

What I love the most is when a new BART rider takes a regular's seat.

This happened today to this lady who sits on the same side as me, all the way in the back, by the window. We essentially face each other. She's always sitting there. Sometimes she's there before I even get on, sometimes we're both getting on at the same time, sometimes I'm there before her, but so far, until today, she's sat in the same spot unless she just wasn't there for some reason.

Now, I hate it when people sit in my spot, but it's been so long since it's happened, that I haven't really thought about it. And the train I take now is an early train (5:50am), so there really aren't too many people on it in the morning. For some reason a 20-minute lapse causes the train to have more riders on it (my old train), and seat stealing happened more often on that train. There was a time a few years ago that this one lady made it a point to take my seat whenever she could. I finally got so annoyed by it, that I moved to a different car altogether but sat in the same seat location. What happened? She started sitting on the same car. Bizarre.

So this morning, the door to my regular car was open, so instead of walking through the train, I just walked to the door and got on. That's when I noticed it.

The lady was sitting on the opposite side of her normal seat.

Uh oh, I thought.

I stepped on, and sure enough, there was some newbie sitting in her seat. While I could feel her pain, I secretly enjoyed it. What makes this whole scenario better, is that the seat she was sitting in is a seat this other regular lady sits in.

Wooweee! A double whammy!

Little did this guy know that he caused such a silent uproar!