When I was working in the city centre a few years ago I was getting the train in the morning.
If anyone has done this from Warrington before they will tell you that the fucking east midlands train at 8:10am is/used to be a fucking nightmare.
Basically despite it being the main rush hour train the tossers only ever put 2 carriages on meaning that most mornings about 10-20 unfortunate souls would get left behind on the platform daily. I hope to Christ they have sorted it out these days as it really was awful, I'm talking like something out of Japan! Seen people fainting on the train in the summer, everything.
Anyway, It got to being that to get on the train you had to kind of pick your spot on the platform, guessing as best you could where you thought the train doors would be opening.
With a bit of careful planning it was still unpleasant but also fairly easy to not be one of the unlucky 10-20. No pushing or shoving.
WELL, there was this little oriental fella who was also there every morning.
His tactic was different to mine and involved leaving it to the last second and ramming, shoving, tripping anyone in his way and I mean anyone, women, school kids, grannies the lot.
AND he always had a backpack on which he NEVER took off, I mean, space is at a premium dickhead, take it off, carry it and when you get on stick it between you legs, everyones day is marginally better (except for the granny you tripped up and then she subsequently fell down the gap in between the train and the platform)
after a few weeks of observing this every day basically I took it upon myself to get a bit New York guardian angel vigilante and make it my mission to make it as hard as possible for him to get on the train, getting in his way then subtly letting everyone else on board, 'accidentally' kicking his heels when in the scrum some mornings, gently pulling his backpack, all real mature tactics like that.
After about a week he cottoned on to this and made it his mission to wildly swing his backpack at my head when he thought it would hit me etc.
It was a proper old fashioned unspoken war every morning.
I still HATE that fucker now!
Thanks for listening.