Wearing sunglasses on the underground

[Leafyhouse]

Why do people do it? I just don't get it. AIBU?

Sensitive eyes?

Migraine in my case, the lighting in the tube is horrible and can trigger it for me. Also, in the past, prescription lenses when you've forgotten to bring your normal glasses with you and still need to be able to check the number of stops ahead before you get off.

Dust

Prescription sunglasses. Can't read signs etc if not

I had to a couple of time since my sight is very bad with my glasses, and I only had my prescription sunglasses on (hadn't planned to go on a subway). So my choice was no vision or dimmed vision.

I have really sensitive eyes, they water when I open the curtains from March to September.

Any kind of wind, breeze, flash of a camera, dust, it all makes my eyes irritable and watery.

I have spare Sunglasses in my bag just in case because I don't want to walk around looking like I've been crying all day.

I honestly don't know why someone wearing sunglasses on the tube could bother anyone

Hangover.

Sometimes I’m half way though a tube journey before I realise I’ve not talked them off. Could be a variety of reasons though. Does it really bother you?

Prescription sunglasses. I don't always want open up my bag and root around for my specs for a short journey.

Yeah I've done it plenty of times - I wear prescription sunglasses. Sometimes I forget. Sometimes it's too much of a faff to change to my normal glasses. Sometimes I can't be arsed to. :)

Perhaps people forget they're wearing them, so don't take them off.
Perhaps they've got nowhere to put them, so its easier just to keep wearing them.

Forgotten to take them off?

I went to a festival a couple of weeks ago - I wore sunglasses all day, on my way home at 1am I realised I was still wearing them .

Prescription sunglasses... And hayfever

It annoys idiots.

To avoid eye contact! That’s why I wear mine a lot!

A friend of mine wore sunglasses all through dinner in a restaurant once. She had an eye infection. It was a little bit odd but I stopped noticing after a few minutes

Epilepsy - the flashing of lights as you whizz past them can trigger seizures

Migraines - again, triggered by flashing lights

Autism/aspergers - the fluorescent lighting, crowds and motion can all cause sensory overload which is very stressful and unpleasant

Sensitive eyes - sensitive to dust and pollen

Loads of reasons.

Prescription sunglasses.

if you have glasses that automatically tint, the bright light on the underground will turn them to sunglasses, my mum has these

also I have hayfever so wear them en route and forget to take them off, not sure why it matters to you, there's probably many reasons and possibilities and with constant bright sun at the moment, a lot of people just keep them on. So what.

Prescription sunglasses possibly, or just forgetting they're on.
I don't think they're doing it to make some kind of statement.

In order for me:
Hangover
Prescription sunglasses

To look 😎

Prescription sunglasses. Dust, dirt, wind. Bright outside and a faff if they’re just hopping on/off. Fluorescent lighting. Just want to.
Why would you care

Oh and hayfever, and yes - hangover 😂

As everyone else says - prescription lenses. Yes, you could swap them for your normal specs, but why bother. Does it matter?