See that guy there? The one crowding that woman into a seat on the R5 even though there are at least 20 open seats around him? WTF is up with that?
The guy in the picture chose to wedge that poor woman in (he was huge). Then, on top if it, he didn’t do what good commuters do: He didn’t move when a seat opened up.
I’ve done a few social experiments on this when I’ve been crowded in. I guess I could say that some people get comfortable in their seat and don’t want to move until their stop comes up. I have a touch of claustrophobia, so when people crowd me in and a set opens, I get antsy. I give them one stop. Then I make them move while I theatrically move to the open seat. It’s my attempt to right one of the great commuting wrongs. It may be Sisyphean. We do live in the Land of the Clueless. See the photo evidence above.
