Last Tuesday I just started pointing at the window seat and saying "you're up" before sitting down myself. The guy looked confused for a second, then climbed over and we were both settled in maybe ten seconds flat. Now a few regulars on the 7:15 do it without even thinking, and the whole line moves faster.

That atf acetone mix, do you shake it every time or does it stay mixed?

I mean yeah you paid more but is $88 over 4 nights really the thing to focus on here? That is like $22 a night to not deal with strangers snoring, people flicking lights on at 2am, and having to lock your bag every time you leave. Plenty of folks would pay that without blinking. The $9 bunk sounds great until you get a room with 6 dudes and one guy who came in drunk at 4am. You are not really comparing the same thing, so the math is not as clean as it looks. Maybe you overpaid by habit on some trips, sure, but this specific one does not seem like the crime you are making it out to be.