[AWeSomeNeSS]

Like when you're sitting on a train or public transportation and there's a stranger sitting facing you (especially in close contact). Dang, I find this incredibly awkward especially if it's a long ride. Both of us would have to avoid looking at each other and pretend to look everywhere but the other person. Today, I was at the doctor's office and was watching TV and there was a girl sitting in front of me directly in the way of the TV but facing me. It was awkward trying to watch TV because it felt like she was staring at me. Pretty soon, she had to turn all the way around to pretend to watch TV too. Anybody else find this awkward?

[Rainie Yu]

Haha yeah I pretend to be busy looking at something else D:

[ParappaRappa]

LOL i know what you mean.

in the bus, i need to look outside to make sure i get my stop right. but i hate looking out the window in front of me because seats are there and every time i try to look out the window, i feel like i see that person looking up at me, thinking i was looking at them.

so sometimes i just end up turning my head to look through the window behind me. lol, it's harder though. D:

[ShadowMax76]

ice breaker.i never leave home without one.

_ dare: everyone who reads this, when this situation happens, you will try to break the ice.

[alexham]

OMG yeaa, i remember once i was sat on the bus at night where this girl was sat facing me....we was so close our legs had to cross over each other...i felt so awkward, so i decided to close my eyes and pretendng i was sleeping XDD

[vip_gd]

happens everyday on the train when it's jam packed =.='
a lot of students are like 3 inches close to you

[xcutemushroomiex]

I was waiting for my friends to come back with my lunch and this guy just came and took one of the chairs from my table that my friend was meant to be sat. I didn't want to say anything and he just sat down and was drinking slowly.. in my mind I was thinking 'Please..please .. why aren't you leaving yet?' and he looked up at me and I just sat there so I just got my phone out and pretended I was texting.

[5.mystline]

I have this situation all the time, especially on the bus. I try looking outside the window haha

[gracelee_5508]

I find it awkward.. but not really with strangers
I sit facing my crush every week lol
we're in the same club

[xxxong]

I remember going into a bus and when my cousin and I got in there everyone on the bus was like staring at us. It was like "ohh, damn." Since we were the only Asian there and where my cousin live doesn't have Asian riding buses. It was pretty awkward since everyone living there was African-American. We were the only Asian-American. It was like "All eyes on me of there center of the ring just like a circus." ahahha. It was cool being surrounded by strangers.

[thua]

I don't really think too much about this.
Some people stare because they think you don't notice, so if you just have a quick glance at them to let them know that you notice their staring, then they might stop. As for the others who stare, and just don't give a damn.... I don't know.

[junchan]

LOL!
Yeah it happened to me today...
I was sitting on a bench waiting for my brother, then somebody sitting in front of me...we kept looking at another things and pretend that nobody were in front of us >x<
really awkward...DX

[twix0rz]

Yes so awkward!!! D: I would put in my ipod and take out my cell phone and play games on it or text. Sometimes on the bus i will just look at my feet or the front of the bus. But then sometimes the person who sits besides me thinks i am staring at them. Just awkward. lol.

[EHNerJI]

yeah.. it is awkward haha.
kind of happened to me yesterday (though, not as extreme as it normally is)
i had to watch customers going into a certain store and take notes about them,
(for marketing class ~.~) it was fine, until this lady decided to sit across from me,
partially blocking my view of the store doors haha.

luckily, she was on the phone and quite distracted,
otherwise i would've looked even more creepy,
glancing up at her and then writing stuff down on my paper haha.
since the angle she was at, it would've looked like i was looking at her,
when i was looking PAST her haha >.<

[pinkylily.]

lmfao this happened to me the other day
it was incredibly awkward so i was just pretending to be looking at something else

[LiIy]

Yeah, I get what you mean. But if I do take public transportation, I usually just take the bus. Subway too, if I'm out of state. Rarely do I ever take an immensely long train or plane ride. If that is the case, I'm usually with someone I know. So I haven't really experienced that. But for buses, yeah. Awkward.. D:

[xOnlySabrina]

ROFLMAO! Happens to me plenty of times! XD
I'm on the bus & I love watching the setting around me pass by so I HAVE to look outside.
But I'm not tree-hugger. Just to make that clear.
So there was this guy sitting in front of me & I totally wasn't looking at him.
But when I did notice he was staring back at me I was totally weirded out. :0
He looked like the stuck-up kind of guy.
So he said "Hi" to me & I just smiled.
Then he said, "Am I that good-looking?"
& I was like, "Sure. Whatever you say." But it was totally awkward `cause people were staring at us.
He got up & I thought he was leave but he came & SAT NEXT TO ME. D:
I was soooo creeped out.
So I took out my iTouch & pretended to play games but he was like, "Awww. Are you shy?"
& I just laughed & asked, "Awww. Are you THIS much of a loner?"
He walked away after that but I totally felt bad after that. :\
I just get like that when things are awkward. Sigh.
The dude WAS pretty good looking though. xDDD

[wendaYYY]

Nah, I just stare back. No looks of embarrassment or politeness. I think it's mean to pretend that they're not there.

I hate it even more when it's a really packed bus, and someone has to shove their posterior in your face because they can't sit down.

[starrie]

I always look out the window, lol.

[pataton]

bahaha, yeah that happens once in a while~;;
I always make a ton of effort to look in some random direction and the awkwardness absolutely builds up in the air;;