Humans are strange creatures. I’ve seen a lot of this lately, observing people’s behaviour. The things you can see are really rather interesting, things that you wouldn’t necessarily think of.

Sitting on the bus and trains in the morning, you can see some interesting behaviour of people around each other. One of the most common things, and can be seen from people of all ages, male or female, is that of not wanting to sit next to someone else. This could be a UK thing perhaps, yet it could also stretch further.

Some people (though not all) will do many things to avoid it. Some will even stand than take a seat next to someone else. Is it really that terrible to be close to someone?

Then there are the extremists The ones who take it all a bit too far; to the point of being rude in my opinion. Those guys who place their bag or coat or whatever they can find on the seat next to them so noone can take the seat. An equivalent for a sign to say ‘Don’t even think about it’. And it works, cause not everyone has it in them to ask that they move their belongings.
Or even taking it yet another step further. Those who do the same, yet sit in the aisle seat, so people are even less likely to ask them to move, as they have to shift themselves and not just their stuff. Disgraceful ;P

I’m not saying I don’t understand what’s going on. I have sometimes felt a bit awkward myself in the past, squeezing in when there’s sometimes not a lot of room. But at the end of the day.. it’s just something that you have to get on with. It’s public transport! That means the public are on it, deal with it

Then there’s another aspect that I have realised recently. I’m sure this kind of thinking could insult or degrade what some people think of themselves, but try it yourself.. you may be surprised at what you see.. But then I suppose not a lot of people think like me, so perhaps noone will see it like I do.
Anyway, what I’m talking about, is taking some time to alter your thinking when you look at people, change how you look at them. Take some time when you’re sitting around somewhere, chilling, or waiting for a bus, or anywhere really. Take a look around at people and watch how they move, interact, behave.. and look at them not just as people, but as we are at the core… animals It’s amazing the similarities you can see when you look for them, especially to our close primate cousins. It’s there in everything we do, we just don’t notice cause we like to think of ourselves as special as humans. But when you look, you see we’re more developed, but not so unique

It also goes the other way.. even watching my cats in what they do around the house, I even see some human qualities in them too! When you go to stroke them and they aren’t in the mood, they give you a suiting face in response
And hey.. something else… even to each other, when one is lying on a cushion somewhere, and the other jumps up onto it as well, the first often will give them a “look”, to say ‘hey, this is my spot’. It’s written on their face. Perhaps they are thinking just the same as humans when someone invades their spot on the bus..
Something to think about

We’re such interesting creatures, I’m sure I’ll be writing some more of this at some point. For now I hope I have at least opened some eyes to some interesting observations.

Have you ever noticed something strange or peculiar about people and their behaviour? Or perhaps just something people generally don’t think about themselves or others? Feel free to leave a comment