Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper

The owner of the paper or magazine is in the superior position, and this woman has a superior look on her face. She knows the lesser one is reading The Post over her shoulder. She does not acknowledge the lesser reader. If she is kind, she may stay on the page a second or two longer than she would have so her reader can finish.

No one thinks they participate in this game. I'm sure I've done it myself (subtly). It's easy to fall into: you're sitting close to someone reading something with big headlines, like The Post. A word or two of the screaming bad-pun headline hits the corner of your eye. You feel your head turn toward the paper. And there, you've done it. You're of of those.