I often catch the train home late at night. With COVID and flu about I make the effort of walking all the way to the end of the platform to get a less crowded carriage. Those carriages are usually empty. Then a person gets onto the carriage and out of all the available empty seats decides to sit next or very near to me. I'm wearing a mask and I stand up and walk away like they have a bad smell. This has happened on multiple occasions and I've noticed is usually a female.
Also on empty train platforms I've been sitting minding my own business then someone comes along and out of all the empty seats along the platform to choose from sits next to me, sometimes talking loudly on the phone. So I walk away again.
Today, I was standing on the street eating Hungry Jacks fries when they were still hot. I chose an out of the way place as I'd taken off my mask to eat. Then this family group walk by and out of all the open space available on the street decide to stop near me. So I walked away.
A friend makes an effort at carparks to drive to a far off empty spot so that people don't park nearby and scratch the car. Yet, quite often someone parks next to the car even though there are so many empty spaces to choose from.
My friend says it's because I don't look threatening. However, it has happened so often that I think that there's some human instinct not to be lonely. Or it's some herd mentality and people really are sheeple. What do you think is happening?
Yeah I just guess you look safe. My pet peeve is when you pick a toilet cubicle to take a dump in and someone sits right next to you when there’s many still available across and around