I stumbled across another Leytonstone resident’s website today, Flash Wilson.
This page in particular made me chuckle:
Pretend you are about to alight
A few stations before your stop, look up and start putting things away swiftly – closing reading book, gathering up coat and bags etc.You will see people begin to hover waiting for your seat. As you move off from the next station, grin at them and relax your grip on your coat etc.
If you are especially sadistic you might introduce a well timed “stand up briefly to stretch” element to the routine. See those longing faces!