They are a curious breed the morning commuter, never making too much interest in their fellow traveller, never giving much conclusive proof that they realize there are other people in the vicinity except to gently shuffle out of their way when someone leaves the train.
Any other time and train travellers will interact; at least on some level but the morning commuter is the picture of self containment. Whether it be a book or laptop, or even just the view out the window, the commuter drone gives their full attention to the activity at hand.
Of course I’m no better, I’m sitting here on my iPod touch blogging about it all.
hahaha…oh it’s so true! I don’t commute on the train but the times when I do travel on them I find it fascinating how everyone ‘interacts’. Someone asked a question about the next station when I was on the train yesterday and I almost had a heart attack- it was as if I’d forgotten there were others on the train! That and I was absorbed in my iPod :p ah technology…