Wanted: Personal Space

I want to take a moment to revisit a topic I addressed in an earlier post.
Today it's anecdotal.

I rode the bus to my car after I got off work, like every day. The bus was packed to the gills, like every day. I'm not great in stature, so holding onto the top handrail isn't really an option for me. I was in a tight spot trying to hold onto a vertical bar almost an arm's length in front of me (so there were times when I had to shoot my free arm out to brace myself on the wall behind the heads of the seated passengers beside me; my apologies to the girl in green). There was a guy right in front of me in that very crowded space, which would have been just fine but for the fact that he was facing backwards... facing my face. Personally, I think it's ridiculous to not face forward on a moving bus - why would you want to? But here this guy was. Way up in my space so that when the bus jolted over bumps we came dangerously close to getting waaaay too intimate. I was so surprised he didn't turn around. At least he didn't smell bad or have a creepy way about him. But really people, can we all just face forward on the bus so our faces would only just pressed up against each other's backs? I wasn't in the mood to be kissing any strangers today.