strangers on the train

i often have experiences like this on public transport, both in d.c. and sweet t+t (way more in d.c. though) but thought i was just unlucky. thankfully none of my experiences ever reach such a violent pitch, but more than 1 left me scared and on the verge of tears in public.
the only thing she left out (for me, anyway) is the early annoyance i feel when the dude in question acts as though i was clearly only reading because i have nothing better to do while waiting on some man to come save me from my life, and now that he reach, clearly i should drop it; never that i reading because i want to, like to, enjoying and want to continue doing so, rather than engage with strangers on public transport...read+think, please; we's people too...and walk good.