Part of the Problem

My usual travelling companion wasn't on the train this morning, so a few stops later I was joined by another lady, but one less well known to me. She sat calmly playing similar games on her electronic device in a companionable silence that I appreciated at once.

When we got closer to my station, before I even got to thinking about prematurely terminating the seminar I was listening to, she arose & headed towards the rear of the carriage, so I followed her shortly thereafter as my station approached.
However, she wasn't leaving the train - she was standing near the other doorway, so that she could be amongst the first to get off at the next stop.
This may sound like over-planning, but it is actually annoying, because she & her fellow-early-birds were in effect helping to block the stairs from people like me who were intending to get off immediately.

It's hard enough with people sitting on the stairs & milling about the doorways in general, too exhausted to move inside the carriage once they've rushed at the last minute from their inner-city residences to arrive at work with seconds to spare before they need to bundy-on.
To add to this shemozzle by intentionally blocking the doorways prematurely sounds excessive.

As one of my old friends used to say "If you're not a part of the solution, then you're a part of the problem." If there is over-crowding in the vestibule of the carriage, why join the crowd unnecessarily & get in other people's way?

I know what you're going to say - I could get up from my seat earlier & get ahead of such people, but then they'll catch on & get up even earlier, & then we'll all end up standing for the whole journey, squeezed into a space meant for turning one pram around, & that just doesn't sound like a fun trip for anyone.

I hope my usual companion comes back tomorrow...