Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : This occurred earlier today. I was at Overpriced Coffee Shop, sitting in an arc of four sofa chairs. There's another person sitting to my right, leaving the chairs at the ends of the arc empty. There were plenty of tables empty elsewhere in the shop.

I was listening to an audio book AND very obviously actively engaged in a mobile game (phone screen can be seen by everyone at a glance) when a man sits down to my left. He immediately tries to converse with me. I didn't hear him at first, but I eventually catch sight of the orientation of his body and that he's gesturing at me. I discreetly lower the volume on my book. He's trying to ask me about the weather. 

I got a weird feeling. I justified it then by telling myself that a stranger trying so hard to get another stranger's attention about the weather is being weird, especially when one party is otherwise distracted. Now I'm not sure. 

Was I an asshole for ignoring him?

We did end up in the same Hospitality Grocery Store an hour later. Again, I had my earphones in. Again, he tried to engage me. This time, he physically got in my way, so I couldn't just pretend he wasn't there. When I took out my earphones, he asked me if I had a boyfriend. I told him to leave me alone. I feel justified in *that* course of action. 

I'm unsure of my actions in Overpriced Coffee Shop, though. 

TL;DR Stranger tries really hard to get me talking while I'm listening to audio book. I ignore him because I thought he was behaving strangely. Was I being the asshole?