I had a rather unpleasant experience on my way home today on the London tube and I wonder how other people would have reacted.
I was sitting in a tube carriage and looking at images and videos I had taken from an art exhibition I visited earlier. Was really tired and just wanted to mine my own business.
A man comes in and seats next to me, fidgeting and getting a bit too close for comfort. I ignore him.
He then asks me ''What is that?''. I realise he is now looking at my phone and expects me to tell him what the picture I am looking at is.
I snap back ''That is my phone and there is something called privacy''.
To my surprise two young women who were sitting on the other said of me get involved and say ''that was rude, he was only asking you a question''.
At that point I had enough and said something in the line of ''My pictures are private and none of your business'' and moved to a different seat on the other side of the train. Heard the girls snigger but there was no more interaction after that.
I really don't get why on earth the guy thought it was OK to barge into my space and then start staring at my phone and demand my attention and why these two women actually thought it appropriate to defend him...
Afterwards I did ask myself if this was an attempt to distract me while one them would try to get something from my bag but even as it stands I was absolutely furious about these people's behaviour.
I am quite curious to hear how other people would have reacted.