Up Close with Strangers

plane, bus 'n train elevators 'n escalators revelers 'n sale-day crowds is where we meet STRANGERS! looking away, with no eye-to-eye contact no nod, wink, grunt of 'Hi's', never ever recognizing the sharers of the commons shoved together withdrawn incognito. Here for thee be : The Ten Commandments of Crowd Etiquette Thou Shalt Honor Thy and Their Personal Bubbles Thou Shalt Not Partake in Olfactory Betrayal Thou Shalt Not Greet Strangers with a Nod, Only with Indifferent Defiance Thou Shalt Yield Thy Seat only to the Ill, with-Child, Frail, Aged & the Lovely Thou Shalt Stand Thy Ground, Letting Others Squeeze Pass Reluctantly Thou Shalt Not Covet Another’s Seat or Space Thou Shalt Keep Thine Phone Silent at Thine Side, and Do Not Speak Thou Shalt Bear No Grudges for Shoves, Humphs & Grunts in Tight Spaces Thou Shalt Honor all Queues, Despite their Length and Thy Lateness Thou Shalt Yen the Zen of Strangers in Common Humanity