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Loud business calls in cafes...

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Tangledteatowel · 25/11/2024 14:32

I'm currently sitting in a cafe where quite a few people work – I am also trying to work. There is one woman who is having endless very loud business calls that are clearly disturbing everyone else... I have no issue with the occasional phone call but this has been going on for over an hour and is just her very loudly presenting to someone. I have noise cancelling headphones on and can still hear her clearly to the point where it's impossible for me to do any work. Is this the new norm??

YABU = it's fine to have very loud Teams calls in a cafe

YANBU = no, this is really rude and inconsiderate

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PsychoSyd · 25/11/2024 15:05

If you can tell which company she works for, & they're on Twitter, tweet about it, tagging her company in.

KimberleyClark · 25/11/2024 15:04

It’s one thing to work in a cafe if you are researching, dealing with emails, writing reports or working on spreadsheets, another if you are having to make or receive phone calls or having team meetings, I don’t really see how that works.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 25/11/2024 15:04

Don't people have concerns about confidentiality, apart from anything else?

One of the cafes near us has introduced a rule that laptops can't be used there over the lunch period and can't be used at all over the weekend. Seems sensible to me.

jeaux90 · 25/11/2024 15:03

God I would say something. I am that asshole who tells people off in the quiet zones on trains though. She might not know she is talking so loudly perhaps.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 25/11/2024 15:00

Join in.

Say you thought the whole cafe was included and given them some ideas.

Or start shouting about your own work.

Nanny0gg · 25/11/2024 14:54

Tangledteatowel · 25/11/2024 14:49

Omg she has just started again. It's unreal! I regularly work from different cafes and have never come across anyone quite so entitled or rude!

Have a word with the staff?

Although | do wonder sometimes how cafes make any money these days. They are not a workplace

Original poster
Tangledteatowel · 25/11/2024 14:49

Omg she has just started again. It's unreal! I regularly work from different cafes and have never come across anyone quite so entitled or rude!

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Tangledteatowel · 25/11/2024 14:45

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 25/11/2024 14:40

But if they stop how will other people know how important they are?

Everyone needs to know that they make BUSINESS CALLS and are VERY IMPORTANT.

haha I think this is exactly what is going on – there is no need for the volume she is speaking at... I feel like she's presenting to the entire cafe!! Thankfully she's stopped now (an hour and a half of ridiculously loud presenting!) If she starts again, I'll leave. Everyone else is content to just get on with their work, I'm not sure why she has to be so performative..

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TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 25/11/2024 14:40

But if they stop how will other people know how important they are?

Everyone needs to know that they make BUSINESS CALLS and are VERY IMPORTANT.

EmpressaurusKitty · 25/11/2024 14:38

Totally inconsiderate. I'd lean over her shoulder so that her audience can see you & ask her to keep the noise down.