Life is an adventure, we are all given a free agency...  the ability to decide who, what , when and why, we will respond....  since we generally do not really know many of the people, these confrontations are generally of a non personal nature...

Unfortunately many things in life are beyond our (your) control, therefor you can or should only, respond using your attitude and principles of concern... Many of the situations like travel or other shared public areas will forever be a source of some  conflict(s)... Though not  always .... {Attitude is 90% of your response(s)}

One of the most common ways to address this is to isolate or insulate the situation... This can be done by rearranging OR moving to different local... Or there is the method if the situation is too pressing; just opt out and take a later flight, bus, or make some other arrangments...   There is always generally some option(s) so plan to use what ever is available...  These are not just ideas, but sane rational ways to defuse a confrontation or over come an other wise unpleasant situation...  Life is based on choices, and GOD expects us to decide our course of action(s)...  Remember there is always a choice, like it or not....

Refer to "Brain Boot camp" & "DUH!!... the other side of  do you think?" blogs for some more info and issues of this type...  Thinking, and responding, thus deciding... Your life depends on ti, everyday.... DUH!!   Thanks for your information....