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Guy on my subway watching TV on his phone: volume up: we are all in *his* livingroom. I’m annoyed. But, say nothing (you never know what someone is going through. Don’t wanna go through “it” with them? don’t step on stage. Anyway.) I’m right next to him. The show is loud. I start, sort of, unintentionally watching over his shoulder. It was like “Bones” or “CSI” (horrible dialogue. “You always saw him as a father figure.” blech!)
He *notices* I’m watching? Gets annoyed! Lmao turns it off. 
"Oh, I'm sorry... WAS I INTRUDING ON YOUR PEACEFUL SHOW WATCHING IN PUBLIC?!"
I think he didn’t have any awareness of how obnoxious he was being. All the rolling eyes and long sighs from the packed train car of people going to work (he was clearly coming home-and I get it you have no down time and you didn’t charge your earbuds. And you probably work nights. Or your life is so off the rails you are just out of synch with the whole city and that’s not fun. But, this is not the way.) I don’t think I was the only one just watching the show.
I have _moments_ of empathy like you're describing here but I dunno that I'd have it in that context.
In case no one's said it recently: You're good people.
Most people do not want to be the subject of someone’s online story about a weird guy on the train. Most, but not all. That’s why saying anything is dangerous. Some people wake up and go out to fight with the whole world everyday. But I don’t think he was one of those. Just a tired guy who didn’t think about what he was doing. And I get a funny story to tell.
@futurebird @401matthall I wonder if there are saints out there that just walk around all day with an unopened packet of emergency earbuds in their pocket, on the chance they might meet someone whose wireless audio battery died, and thereby save the whole bus/train by handing them over.
OMG, I cannot stress how much I was just thinking about this.
Like what a cool/chill way to try to help.