Don't Look At Me In The Eyes!

So this morning I get on the train and right after me comes on this guy, whos' "beard" can only be described as "barnacles growing on something".  It looked like there were tentacles growing out of his chin.  Anyway I always take the seat at the very back of the car so I usually have a good view of the entire car.  An African American woman sat down like 3 rows ahead of me, and as he was walking by he slapped her seat and leered at her.  She gave him a dirty look that let me know she did not know this loser so that's usually a sign I should keep my eye on this one.  Nice pick up move though huh?  I was surprised she didn't fall in love right there.  So, he sits down at the seat in the train where the different facing rows meet in the middle at a table that you can use for your laptop. 

Anyway we go on our way and I just sit back and start reading.  Two stops in, a business man looking guy gets on and sits at the table across from him to use his laptop.  Barnacle Guy yells " YO man I don't want to stare at your face the whole ride!".  Business Man just looked around and I hear him say something like, "Dude I am just sitting at the table I'm not looking at you."

Now I'm not close enough to hear anything that isn't louder that regular talking but I can see this guy gesturing like a maniac indicating that Business Man should move.  I hear little pieces like Yo and My Man and Come on man, by which I can tell Barnacle Man is accepting the Business Man isn't going to move.  I guess he has decided to make loud sighs and huffs the whole trip. Oh well it looks like Business Man held his ground and Barnacle Boy has backed off. 

Who are these people?  What makes people think that they can act that way in public to complete strangers.  Now, don't get me wrong I can be a bitch too but usually only to people I know well or people that are harassing me.  These people that go looking for trouble or don't hesitate to get in a strangers face baffle me.  Its this sense of entitlement that we have in this country I'm sure of it.  We tell everyone that they can be who they want, and do what they want, but when you tell 3 billion people that the world revolves around them it makes for a pretty unpleasant place to live. 

Now back to my book.