Hostile encounter on the train

I commute to Chicago by train. It's very nice b/c there are much fewer intersections (than when you ride a bus) and the only time we ever have to stop is if the "signal light" is malfunctioning. Well, my peaceful ride home was shattered soon after I sat in my seat. I sat next to this blonde woman about 5'4" and 90 lbs. I got out my paper and opened it up to read. Since her personal space extended about 2 feet past her skin, she lurched into the window to avoid my hand as it opened the paper. As I went to get something out of my bag, I barely brushed the fibers of her sweater and she lurched into the window again. She objected to the way I ate my apple. So I made damn sure that I ate my chips next to her too.

Toward the end of my ride, I started laughing. She knew why I was laughing so she said, "IGNORANT!" I looked at her and said, "HAUGHTY!" "You elbowed me 3 times and didn't say excuse me" (Ladies & gentlemen, I elbowed her 0 x 900 !) So I laughed at her again. Then she said I was "FAT"! So then I said, "You're haughty and I'm not the 1st time person that said that." She didn't say anything so I must be right. Think about it, I've ridden the train for 17 years and this is the first time I ever had a hostile encounter. & there's been other passengers that have been difficult to sit next to!

The only part that made me feel remotely bad was this nice looking young woman looked at me as I got off the train. I'm just wondering if that bitch convinced others that I elbow people. SO UNTRUE! Still, I think the whole encounter was funny. I was telling some of my friends about the encounter on my morning ride to work the next day. So one of my friends said, "Excuse me, Vince, but your arm is brushing against the fibers of my sweater." We all had a good laugh over that.

SEQUEL: I saw the very same woman the next day. It was on a train earlier than the one on Monday. On Monday, I took the train that leaves Chicago @ 5:40 pm. Tues., I took the train that left @ 5:20. There she was busily TMing much like she spend some of her time doing the day before. I had no desire to sit by her and there was no room in her car either. I walked away from her, and she didn't see me. I walked through car after car looking for a place to sit through the train.

Then there was an older lady who put her stuff on an empty seat. So, I said, "Hello?" and the lady knew she had to move her stuff and let me sit (it's not right to put stuff on an empty seat when the train is real crowded like it was). When she moved her stuff, I said "Thank you" sweetly as I didn't want a repeat of Monday's escapade. She sweetly said, "your welcome" right back and we had no problems sitting together. That's the way it's supposed to be, she was a nice lady.

I have a feeling I'm going to see the woman I had problems with Monday again and again. I figured I wouldn't see her much again. But she was on a different train. It stands to reason that you get out of work roughly the same time everyday to go home, so why wouldn't I see more of her? I certainly have no desire to sit next to her again or remotely in the same area again. Ewwwwwww!