On my train commute home last night I was lucky to get one of the "good" seats next to a wall. I'm wearing a suit & overcoat, bag on my lap, so clearly look like a man on his way home from work. I pop in my earbuds, prop my iPad on my bag in front of me and pop on a video to watch.
At some point I look up to see the noticeboard on which station is coming next and I notice this other foreign guy, longish hair & scraggly beard, late twenties or early thirties in casual clothing. He is standing about a seat and a half to my left, a bit back into the crowd of passengers stood in front of the seats,so there are a few people between us.
I notice him because he is staring at me.
Like, just uncomfortably staring.
Doesn't react at all when I make eye contact. A little weird but whatever, give him a little "heywassup" nodding smile (to which he again does not react at all while continuing to stare) and look down back to watch my show.
A few stops later I look up again to check the noticeboard. This guy is still staring right at me. Now he has a sort of lip curl or small sneer like he's slightly upset. I give him sort of a quizzical look, and he does not react at all, just STARING, eyes fixed on me.
For like the next 20 minutes of the ride I glance up a few times and his eyes are right on me every time. By then this has left the territory of "little weird" and moved into "fully creepy".
Finally we get to a stop and he moves with the crowd to get off.
Yet after he passes me and reaches the door just past the wall of my seat, he stops, turns around and comes back into the train in front of me.
He reaches down and presses my iPad's power button to put it in lock mode, then smirks and gets off the train.
What The Hell!?
Never before have I seen this guy, no idea if he's a resident or tourist, and absolutely no idea what he was on about.
Just SO WEIRD! This was utterly bizarre and so creepy.
This guy is clearly mental. Some random nutcase and we'll never know what was going on in his head.
Anyway I just needed to rant a bit. Sorry for the long post, although I sort of hope he's a redditor and sees this because I would love to know what the hell he was thinking.
by roehnin