A meeting between too people in public. A pre-private meeting. Getting coffee, going to a movie, and going out to dinner, are all public meetings. An outing. Women call them dates.
You perfect your make-up on the train/bus/tram/taxi - powder goes flying, eyes get poked out with mascara and the overwhelming smell of perfume floods the carriages nose-ways.
yeah..being a public-transportista suckswhen the mascara wand impales your retina....