seating - the bakerloo line

In my sketchbook I have this same picture of the Bakerloo line train seats. The air transfers as you sit down on the seats making the other person jump up slightly. I thought that therapy itself was intimidating because of the fact that you are face to face whilst talking. So the idea came up for this type of seating maybe by having a screen between each person and instead of eye contact you would know the other person was there simply by sitting down.