WIBU to ask this guy to turn down his damn music??

[KingofnightvisionKingofinsight]

I'm sitting in a coffee shop MNing, enjoying a rare half hour of freedom and nursing a wicked headache due to lack of sleep (thanks DS!). It is mostly empty in here so pretty quiet, with ambient soft rock playing from the shop's speakers. A man sat down two tables away with a laptop and headphones. I don't know what he's listening to but the beat coming from his headphones is SO LOUD. And it completely clashes with the music already being played. I can't imagine how loud it must be directly in his ears! I've given him a few dirty looks but no luck. WIBU to ask him politely to turn it down??

[mummymeister]

go and ask him or if you don't feel able to ask the coffee shop owner. you probably aren't the only one being disturbed. I do hate this selfish behaviour but perhaps he is unaware of how loud it is.

[KingofnightvisionKingofinsight]

Thanks. I probably am the only one being disturbed bc there's nobody else near us. Actually there is one guy. I really hate this shit too. I resent being put in the awkward position of having to approach someone who is a grown man and should know better (or at least should have known when he saw my dirty looks!)

[MTBMummy]

Maybe he thinks the dirty looks are you flirting with him? #nothelpful

But I hate this sort of thing too, used to have to catch a very early train, and would frequently have to ask people to turn their music down.

[Planty18]

Is there a table a bit further away you can move to? If not I would just ask him politely, yes. He probably has no idea how loud it sounds outside the ear phones.