Really pushy

JW describes a battle of wills that starts at Porter and doesn't end until Park Street:

... 'Move into the middle. There's lots of room in the middle.'

I'm used to hearing this over the intercom as a reasonable demand from the driver, to whom I've tacitly given permission to boss me around. This time, however, I turned to see a short, suited man, sporting the token IPod headphones and Oakley sunglasses on his forehead, barking orders into the train. Then the deal-breaker, when he looked at a group of women standing in his way:

'Move, or I will push you.' ...