Tbf, Whilst I feel sympathy (and would agree, in a seated area have a point), in this instance it is those who have ignorantly brought a ticket in a standing area that are in the wrong. Therefore they shouldn’t expect those in front to sit down. It was advertised as a standing area before tickets went on sale.
Asking people to sit in an authorised standing area is the same as expecting someone in an all seated area behind you to stand so you can stand!
It is however an absolute joke, they have advertised this as a standing area whilst not locking the seats in the upright position. This is going to lead to the same arguments as those standing in seated areas but reversed this time, standers will have the moral high ground and won’t be able to be kicked out!Safe Standing will only work where they you give no choice. By that I mean designate it a standing area but don’t let those who wish to sit, be able to pull their seat down and then shout sit down to those in front. Seems crazy they didn’t designate one tire as standing and one as seating IMO.