Builder told to give up Tube seat for 'man with better job'

A builder has claimed that a wealthy Tube passenger ordered him to give up his seat - as he had a better job.

Jamie Loveday, 19, said he was on a Victoria line train at around 7.20pm on Wednesday when a man got into the carriage at Green Park station.


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He was well-dressed and in his forties. He approached Mr Loveday and told him to vacate his seat for him because he was the finance manager of an upmarket hotel, reports the Metro.

According to the Evening Standard, Mr Loveday said: "I couldn't believe what I was hearing and said "excuse me" before saying no I wasn't going to give up my seat. Everyone's faces around me dropped.

"He muttered "this is outrageous" and stormed off down the carriage before asking the same question to a Chinese girl who moved for him.

"He probably thought because he earns more money than me he could intimidate me. I was in my dusty clothes and he was in a Calvin Klein suit."

Jamie regularly commutes from Luton to London and said it is not the first time he has come across snobbery on his journey.

He added: "It annoyed me that he thought was so arrogant to think he was better than me but I find it happens in London."