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A train passenger has told of her unease at receiving a 'strange' note from a man who left her a note - and asked her to wait ten seconds before opening it.

The woman, named only as Jane, spotted the message after he had got off the train.

The man had written "count to ten then open" on the front of the folded piece of paper, and left it on the table between them.

It urged her to "smile" and said her "pretty face" was not made to frown.

Jane said the message made her feel uncomfortable and men should not comment on womens' appearance.

She shared the note, which she got on her way to work, in a video on BBC The Social and it has sparked a huge debate on social media.

While some agreed with her, others believe she was overreacting and said the man was just trying to be nice, The Mirror reported .

She said the man sitting opposite her kept glancing up, before getting off the train a few stops before her.

After he left she noticed a note on the table, with "count to ten then open" written on the front.

It read: "You should smile even if the world is getting you down. A face as pretty as yours was not made to frown."

Jane "I feel like on some level he did know what he was doing was a bit strange, because he wrote: 'Can you wait ten seconds before opening', so it was like he didn't want to be around to see what my reaction was to his note."

She also claimed it made her feel very uncomfortable.

Addressing people who think her reaction was unjustified and that the man was just being nice, she said there were many other ways he could have expressed his concern.

She says: "When you look at this incident in isolation you might think that I am overreacting a little bit.

"You might even think that I should've taken this as a compliment but that’s missing the cumulative effect that incidents like this have on women every day."

Many people strongly disagreed with her point, and shared their views on social media.