That's just creepy...

No it's not. I do it all the time. I put my copies of the restraining orders they put against me on my refrigerator.

"And this one... Heh heh! This one was a kicker..." *looks fondly at the papers*

I read yours, 27, in Moe Syzlacks' voice for some reason. It was awesome.

What's the big deal? So he wanted to sit next to a pretty girl. Big whoop.

He wasn't being nice to her, he was plotting to get to know her.

#2: He had no obligation to let her take his place in line. He ultimately did her a favor. Are you seriously criticizing the fact that the favor was made based on his arbitrary whim and that it wasn't selfless enough? An indiscriminate rule on queue placement is impossible. You can't claim "everyone should let everyone in front of them", because there would be no people to stand in the front. A guy found someone attractive, let the girl pass him, all in hopes of merely basking in her presence for a short while on public transport. It is ludicrous to blame the poor shy guy for anything here.

He was clearly trying to open up an opportunity to talk to her. You think he's trying to get laid on a public bus?

You'd be amazed what some men have said to me on public transport. Not saying that OP is necessarily one of these men but some guys see it as an extended period of time with someone who can't walk away so they have no choice but to talk back. Sure, we don't know what OP's intentions were... whether he just wanted to sit near her or try to chat her up, we don't know. But in my own experience men on buses have always done the latter and it's just flat-out creepy.

Why is it that every time a guy does something nice for a girl or compliments a girl, people automatically assume he wants to sleep with her?

If that girl would have had to take the next bus OP would have been a jerk. Double standards are awesome.

#22 : ...which makes him the most evil of all the villains of the universe! D:

No, it's the fact that he let her go before him only because she was pretty.

38, stop trying to turn everything into an issue of sexism. It's annoying, and you have no basis for assuming that.

If she has a nice butt you should

@19 I was originally in agreement with the op, but one can't really argue with that logic...

That'd be an awesomely funny twist, although not from the OP's perspective.

Sexy =/= classy

Totally read this wrong , u though he gave up his seat, like a gentleman normally would. Apparently he's just a walking hardon, my mistake. My bad, yet my comment still stands about the lack of classy people .

I second this, let someone go in front and all they think is 'great I get to cut in!' but if you give her a smile, see if she reciprocates, then strike up a conversation you're far more likely to make an impression!

Maybe not so creepy seeing as the bus was full and thus he had no option?

Well OP didn't know the bus was so full as he was expecting to get to sit next to said girl. He didn't realize it was full until she bought her ticket. So no, not really.

Agreed. I get so uncomfortable if someone deliberately is trying to sit next to me. It's okay if there are no other seats, obviously, but if he didn't know the bus was going to be full and planned to sit next to a specific stranger, well, that's just weird.

It's especially creepy when there are plenty of vacant seats on a bus, but someone will sit RIGHT NEXT to you. I mean, I get that some people are just trying to be friendly. But it can be frustrating when you're giving off blatant "I don't want to talk" signals (e.g. headphones in my ears, reading a book, or talking to someone else) and random strangers STILL insist on sitting next to you and striking up a conversation. Doubly worse if it's a long bus ride and they insist on talking non-stop for an hour.

Or, they end up being John Candy in Planes, Trains..

My thoughts as well. People can stand in buses until you're almost at the front of the bus here in BC...

And in Australia too. The average bus capacity here is 58 passengers; 43 seated and 15 standing.

Might depend on the bus. Maybe it's a little one where there is no standing room. Kinda like a shuttle.

Actually, this bus would have been taking him to a different city so everyone would have had to been seated. He should have made that clear, but I know that in that country, you wouldn't need a ticket if the bus wasn't leaving the city.

#37: Only on city buses. But if you're traveling long distance, you have to be seated.