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To think people should wear fucking earphones?

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SnarkMode · 05/04/2024 21:07

Just had a long return train journey with a few changes. Without fail, every train had at least two people in the seats near me either watching videos or playing games on their phone with the volume up.

I know you can't expect complete silence in public but the repetitive tunes and sound effects on slot machine games are bloody annoying when you're continuously subjected to them for hours.

The train didn't have the option of a quiet carriage and it was busy ao I didn't have the option of moving away.

AIBU to think people should have more consideration and realise that the whole carriage doesn't want to listen to whatever shite they are playing/ watching?

OP posts:
Youcannotbeseriousreally · 05/04/2024 22:32

I hate these entitled wankers.

Gingernurt88 · 05/04/2024 22:26

User135644 · 05/04/2024 21:29

Legacy of stupid phone companies taking the earphone plugs out of their handsets.

Some people just have no self-awareness or don't give a shit.

Yes but phones have bluetooth and most headphones are bluetooth enabled. It's almost like its too hard to pair two devices together.

SunMootStars · 05/04/2024 22:23

OnlyTheBravest · 05/04/2024 22:03

There seems to be a lack of etiquette when it comes to public transport.
For the love of all things holy. Please use headphones, as no one has any interest in what you are listening to.
Also please keep private conversations private. I have no wish to hear about your uninteresting lives.
Get your feet off the seats.
And my top pet peeve of the moment. Blow that vape in my direction one more time and I will rip both your arms off.

There I feel much better now. Let me pop my noise cancelling headphones back in and carry on reading my book, so I can block you all out.

YES! This is exactly how I feel!!

OnlyTheBravest · 05/04/2024 22:03

There seems to be a lack of etiquette when it comes to public transport.
For the love of all things holy. Please use headphones, as no one has any interest in what you are listening to.
Also please keep private conversations private. I have no wish to hear about your uninteresting lives.
Get your feet off the seats.
And my top pet peeve of the moment. Blow that vape in my direction one more time and I will rip both your arms off.

There I feel much better now. Let me pop my noise cancelling headphones back in and carry on reading my book, so I can block you all out.

AngelQuartz · 05/04/2024 21:46

Of course YANBU.

It baffles me how a lot of people just don’t have spatial awareness or consideration for others.

A few weeks ago a guy in my office was on a long Teams call without headphones so the whole office could hear the meeting. I get embarrassed on their behalf for their complete lack of awareness.

MeridianB · 05/04/2024 21:32

They are weapons grade fuckwits.

I have asked a couple to turn the volume down and they have straight away without a murmur. But I’d prefer not to get stabbed so I don’t confront anyone dodgy- looking.

User135644 · 05/04/2024 21:32

NuffSaidSam · 05/04/2024 21:08

YANBU

All of these people should be sent to re-education centres for at least a year.

Considering another bugbear of train travel is the endless automated announcements, why can't there be an announcement to tell passengers to wear headphones if they want to listen/watch devices? That would cut a lot of it out, the problem is it's normalised and people are sheep and follow others.

User135644 · 05/04/2024 21:29

Legacy of stupid phone companies taking the earphone plugs out of their handsets.

Some people just have no self-awareness or don't give a shit.

EdithStourton · 05/04/2024 21:25

NuffSaidSam · 05/04/2024 21:08

YANBU

All of these people should be sent to re-education centres for at least a year.

Agreed! They could spend their free time sorting recycling and litter-picking.

The drive me mad!

bringmorewashing · 05/04/2024 21:21

Of course YANBU but these people are everywhere! I have had a lot of hospital appointments lately and noticed there's always at least one in the waiting room watching mindless, screechy YouTube videos without earphones (and these are adults, waiting for a relatively short time!)

Overthebow · 05/04/2024 21:11

YANBU. Lots of people are no longer considerate of others. Of course they should wear earphones. Some people may try to give excuses but really, if someone can’t wear earphones then they shouldn’t be watching /playing on a device with the sound on, it’s not a necessity.

MaryFuckingFerguson · 05/04/2024 21:10

I ALWAYS say to people that do this, ‘can you wear earphones? I can hear that!’. I do it with a big smile as though they couldn’t possibly be doing it on purpose. Without fail, they comply. The morons 😂

NuffSaidSam · 05/04/2024 21:08

YANBU

All of these people should be sent to re-education centres for at least a year.

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