There you are, in your bus seat built for two, alone, vulnerable. You look around, everyone has taken to sitting as far from one another as possible, you understand and respect this, if there is enough seating for everyone to enjoy their personal space, why wouldn’t we all take advantage of this rare occasion?
If someone was to sit beside you when there are other less invasive options for them you would wonder about them, maybe look at them in annoyance and turn up your Ipod, they are probably a talker. Nobody likes a talker, well nobody except another talker.
To draw a parallel, when you go into a public bathroom with long rows of individual stalls do you take the empty stall right next to the only other occupied stall? No, you do not. You move about 4 down (all relative to how many stalls are available of course) and you do your thing. Nothing is more uncomfortable or annoying then when you are trying to have a peaceful pee and someone comes in the empty, quiet bathroom and takes the stall right next to you, this is awkward for everyone and causes pee shyness.
I find this is similar, minus pee shyness, to the dynamics of choosing your seat.
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