To play audio on my phone on train?

60 something granny here 😁. I tell anybody and everybody, very quietly and pleasantly with a smile on my face, to use headphones and stop annoying everyone. I’m generally met with silence and compliance but have also had a few genuinely bewildered people who can’t believe they are being annoying. Interesting and amusing conversations follow. Maybe being a retired lecturer helps 😂

i asked a man in a cafe who was playing sports highlights out loud on his phone if he could put headphones on a few weeks ago because his audio was extremely annoying. He looked genuinely surprised. And he did turn it off.

I agree though OP I wouldn’t have done that on a train at night.

I was on a train recently, and a woman got on and sat opposite me at my table. Immediately started playing crap on her phone. A guy nearby asked her to stop, and she said, "It's only TikTok!" I have no idea what difference she thought that made, but she did stop.

It was such a huge contrast it felt like the train company had made the standard class so uncomfortable everyone would pay for first.

I rarely use first class, but did so a little while ago as it was actually cheaper than standard. The peace and quiet was disrupted for hours by a drunk middle-aged man (I say his age as he was old enough to know better) who was declaiming loudly and trying to engage everyone else in conversation. I don't mind a chat on the train, but he was enraging.

I would love to have the confidence to sing along to any music being played (my voice is horrific) or put some kind of ballad on and start singing along to it.

I don't want to get into confrontations with people. I am not shy or anything but you just don't know how it will go and is it worth it if they kick off? You already know they are oblivious, selfish fucks. They could be aggressive as well.

I have new AirPods which are brilliant and block out lots of noise. It shouldn't be necessary, but it is.

I think that’s hilarious and I’d definitely do it 😂😂

I’d vote for this guy!

Not really, they are just playing stupidly loud when you hear that. You cant hear anything at a decent volume from the cheap £15 bluetooth earphone I take out.

I think even going back 20 years and talking about £1 poundshop earphones, at a normal volume you wouldnt be able to hear them over the bus sounds - maybe the slightest hint if you were sat next to them and really unlucky.

For those suggesting that comedians address the issue, you should check out Russell Kane who absolutely nails it on his Instagram with a post for headphone deniers. There's actually an official name for the condition it's called chronic underperception neurological tendancy. Not sure if this link will work but do check it out as it is quite a serious condition but luckily there is a cure.😂
www.instagram.com/reel/DRo2Z-vDKh3/?igsh=emF0cm04a2MwM3pw

Yes, but then you’re the person who’s still sitting there when everyone else is getting off because they heard the announcement about a diversion / the bus terminating at this stop / the tube on the next platform leaving sooner.

Well done that man! Did she carry on with the call after that or what?

This 100%

Yes but that doesn’t stop people from being antisocial and inconsiderate. The onus shouldn’t be on everyone else to cut off one of their senses.

You can buy cheaper ones. They just use bluetooth to attach. No one needs expensive ones.

TKMAXX even offer some designer ones cheap like DKNY or guess under £20. B & Ms do them even cheaper. If can afford a phone, can afford some cheap bluetooth pod earphones.

totally agree, it really does seem to span society

i still can't wrap my head around how we got to a stage where fully grown adults need to be told that listening to things out loud in a public place is really rude and annoying but here we are...

Get a pair of headphones you prick.

or if it’s a reverse … the person who did that is a prick.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

All train carriages should be 'quiet carriages'.

This should be the next Mumsnet campaign. It's completely unacceptable and there's no excuse, but I've seen young and old, men and women, people of all races do it. My husband and I have had some success asking people to turn it off. You assume they are so deliberately violating social norms that they'll kick off, but actually in most cases they seem genuinely ignorant that it was annoying anyone. It's bizarre but I do think awareness of how unacceptable it is would have some effect.

Some people just can't go two minutes without their hit of TikTok!

What I hate most on buses is people bringing their horrible smelly, fatty fast food on board to eat - and then as often as not, leaving the greasy wrappings behind.
I have no hesitation in using the C word for them - no, not that word - I mean CHAV.

Why don't you have noise cancelling headphones? I wouldn't get on public transport without them, you literally can't hear anything around you.

Feeling your pain OP. Such ignorant behaviour!

There are posters about it on the tube now, but a lot of the idiots who do it don’t notice, don’t care or assume it can’t possibly apply to them.

I agree that if comedians started taking the piss out of them it might make a difference. Also, stop adding bloody sound effects to games. They don’t need them.

You can buy earphones with a usb c fitting cheap now. They’re about a £5 in b&m.