Met A Guy On A Train...

Well there I was minding my own business when, the man next to me suddenly awakes with a jump into the air. I gave him a side glance to make sure he was alright and then I went back to my addiction that is candy crush. But by then he already decided that he was going in for the kill.. yep he was making awkward small talk.  'So where are you going? Where have you been? oo what do you do at college then? very nice'... you know the normal small talk that is both boring, intrusive and unnecessary. 

But the he threw in a curve ball!!! 'yeah sorry I don't normally look like this' as he pointed at his face, and to be honest I hadn't noticed anything about him because I was trying hard not to make eye contact but to give him the body language signals that I wasn't interested ... so I slowly looked up to see he was covered in grazes and bruises with dried blood encompassing his entire face and inside if his ears.... it was actually quite scary to look at him.
But then he went on to explain that he was visiting his daughter and as he walked to his car in the night a group of people punched him in the back of the head and beat up so repulsively that he woke up in a and e with no idea how he got there.... I was so dumbstruck that I didn't know how to reply so I just sat there like my jaw had locked as he told me the brutality of his story.
I can't believe that human beings can be that horrible and guilt free to do that to  a stranger!! And so I now vow to listen and try and co-orporate with peoples small talk, rather then be so self involved and rude!!!