A crowded journey asks for small courtesies that do not need an audience.

Packed trains, aisles and waiting rooms are full of tiny decisions nobody will ever credit you for: the bag moved off a seat, the space made at the door, the volume kept down. None of it is heroic and none of it is noticed, which is precisely why it depends on people doing it without expecting anything back. Shared space runs on unwitnessed cooperation.

On your next crowded journey, do one thing that makes room for a stranger and let it pass unmentioned. Notice how much of the trip was already made easier by people doing the same for you.