Commuters’ latest return to office rebellion is ‘barebacking’—and it’s unnerving fellow passengers

• Commuters are using the time to unplug in another travel trend. First, there was “raw-dogging” on flights. Now, office workers are being called out for doing the same—staring into space for hours on end, or worse, making eye contact with fellow passengers on trains.

There’s nothing worse than commuters who opt out of checking their emails or reading a book in favour of doing absolutely nothing for the entire journey, sometimes staring awkwardly into the eyes of other passengers to pass the time.