Dear Guy in the Railcorp Uniform I just sat next to on the way into town,
Perhaps next time you don't have to leg-spread so wide your mother would be ashamed, and then look with me in scorn as I attempt to squeeze myself into the gap. Or at least have the decency to move your legs so that I can fit in some non-yoga-position manner.
If you decide to continue with your understanding of the amount of personal space required by each traveller on CityRail, perhaps you could approach your employer to re-instate first class? It's
not like you're even paying for your ticket so you'll get the free upgrade I'm sure.
Personally, I'd settle for just more trains so that maybe one of the two that shot through Penshurst without stopping before this one arrived would have taken on some passengers, giving each one of them more room.
Oh yes, this was a train at
7 am, and this was the last available seat in the carriage. Otherwise your body odours would have put me off way too much.