12 People On The Morning Commute That Everyone Hates

5. The One With The Uncomfortable Stare

The awkward moment you look up to see the person opposite staring at you. Intensely. Most people look away and don't look back, but there's one person that briefly glances elsewhere, luring you into a false sense of security: next time you raise your head, they're eyeballing you again. There's only two things this can mean: you've got a life-threatening growth coming out of your head, or the person in question is a sociopath.

4. The One Who Loves To Share Their Germs

This is where the Japanese have got it right: it should be compulsory to wear surgical masks on public transport. You might feel kinda silly leaving the office in a surgeon's garment; but when you're surrounded by rotten germ bags coughing and sneezing all over your intimate vicinity, more slime than the entire Alien franchise, you won't give a damn what you look like. Get a potion you filthy Muggles!

3. The One Who Hogs The Seat

What do we have here then? Only Robb Stark, King of the North, committing this vile commuting sin on the Bakerloo Line. Stark, or rather the actor who plays him in Game Of Thones, Richard Madden, was spotted on the London Underground last year, looking pretty grumpy - probably thanks to proximity with his fellow commuters - and this ignorant display of spread legs is a spiteful revenge. Another unwritten rule of commuting: if your bag is on the next seat when the train is filling up, then thou shalt move it, Ignoramus, or anyone else on the carriage should be allowed to fling it from the train.
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