13 Problems You Only Understand When You Can't Drive

6. Seeing People You Don't Want To See

Quick! Put the headphones in to signal you are conversationally unavailable. Might as well look out the window and pretend you never saw them while you're at it. The last thing you want when your feet are sticking to the train floor, is somebody you don't want to see to get on. If they sit near you, they're with you for the rest of the journey. You feel obliged to talk to them, even when you don't want to. If you run out of conversation you sit in an awkward silence wondering when it's acceptable to put your headphones back in or start reading your book again.