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I once got out of my seat on the tube so a heavily-pregnant woman could sit down. As she slowly manouvered towards the seat, some florid-faced business toss-piece leapt into the vacant spot. I politely told him that I'd actually risen to make space for the lady with the bump.
His response? 'Yeah, well I'm sitting here now, so she'll have to find another seat'. Eventually, whilst Mr. Middle-Management sat smugly on his ill-gotten throne, another passenger got up so the pregnant lass could sit.
I think that's the closest I've ever come to smashing a total stranger's head againts the walls of a train carriage. However, I was about 24 at the time and knew that, if I did, it would play out like this:
'Young thug beats well-respected family man in completely unprovoked attack. Is this a another sign of the deterioration of modern society?' (copyright Daily Mail)
...and I'd end up doing time for assault with the borderline-alcoholic, Powerpoint-presentation-giving, TPS-report-covering moron still grinning in that self-righteous way at me from across the courtroom.
Rant over.