to think that some things should really be fucking banned in this country?

[MummikinsOopNorth]

I'll start with dirty bastards sat opposite me in libraries or behind me on buses chewing their gum so bastarding loud that I can hear every squelch. Eurgh.

People playing music without earphones on public transport

People playing music through earphones on public transport so loud that I can hear. It no longer becomes a personal ipod or mp3 player because my ears can hear the damn tuneless drones of the tasteless music.

Spitting. Just eurgh.

Oh music played loudly on buses irritates me no end. Normally because its shit. Though there was a girl the other day playing Lady GaGa so loudly I found myself humming along. If, on the rare occasion DS is asleep, I put my music on, I actually check that the person next to me can't hear it. Think its just considerate.

Same goes for really long, loud phone calls. Why? Why the hell do you need to do that here? Short ones, yes. But half hour long "just calling to say hi"'s? Its just lack of consideration. I don't care what you and Phil are doing later, I especially don't care if you're "going to get hammered on the beach".

Chewing gum is pointless and annoying. That needs to go.

Huge hoop earrings and women sporting the I've Been Tangoed look.

Smoking anywhere other than in designated places. I'm fed up of getting ash on my buggy from people smoking in the street.

People overloaded with body spray.

Oh, and estate agencies who won't accept HB...

You can buy headphones that don't leak sound.

you can listen to MY choice of music loudly on the train, because my taste is awesome. Don't want to hear anyone else's though.

People who do great big green gobs on the street should be made to go back and eat them

The chewing gum on the floor doesn't really do my head in, but it's reminded me of Ben Wilson the chewing gum artist who does tiny weeny paintings on old squashed gum on the pavement, a patient bloke

I actually prefer, if I had to choose, hearing reasonably tuneful buskers with guitars to some teenage yob's phone playing stuff to the whole bus which sounds like a car-alarm overlaid on to something going boosh-tikk-boosh-tikka-boosh-tikka, togetgher with some inarticulate bloke shouting about what he iz gonna do to his bitchez. Which is what one usually finds on public transport.

Oh and calling bottles Bot-Bots - WTF?!

Spitting
Swearing
Talking LOUDLY on mobiles about absolute CRAP so the EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU.
Viscious dogs usually held by very ugly people.

I agree with the bot bot's. Used to cringe everytime friends 5yo asks for bot bot. Probably cute at 1 or 2 yo tho?

I meant the parents! Yesterday I heard a mum say to her daughter, "Shall we warm up your bot-bot?". Ugh.

I like listening to other peoples phone conversations on the bus,loud music from headphones doesn't bother me either ..people who block the aisles when I'm trying to get off piss me off though

AbsofCroissant My point is, that public transport IS a public place, so why is it ok to here other people's music in public places such as cafes and shops but not ok on buses? Where in fact the sound coming from my earphones is a lot quieter and less obnoxious than what I may here in Wilkinsons, for example.

I may not like the music played over the radio in public places but I accept it because it is a public place and there will be noise. Why can't others grant me the same acceptance?

And please don't assume that all young people like music that goes 'dumf dumf dumf' because I don't. I really don't. Lady GaGa? god no....

When hearing music played in a public you can hear the music as it is meant to be heard.

Through earphones you only hear the dumf of the bass or the whine of the treble - which is not how the artist intended the music to be heard. It is a dreadful sound.

I have some of my favourite music masacred through the tinny sound of earphones, even very good earphones distort the sound to those listening from the other side of them.

Have some consideration - we cannot control the music played over public speakers, you can control the volume of your music player.

And if you care so little as to have no consideration, please do not sit there defending yourself - you are being rude, accept it.

People who think it is acceptable to allow their dogs to shit on the pavement outside my DDs primary school meaning that I have to walk my children through it every day.

Dirty bastards

Can't control the music being played over public speakers?

Really?

So a human being didn't turn it on to that volume? I'm quite sure one of the employies in the shop does have control over it actually. I'm very sure the store manager could say 'this is pissing our costumers of, lets turn it down' but they choose not to. So I'll put my ears in and drown it out.

Oh I'm so glad I don't have to commute in London any more. The chewing gum squelches used to drive me insane and make me feel sick. I don't mind the earphones, much better than the kids who play their music out loud on tinny phones.

purple, dusty cups,

get your backsides down tesco.

the wonderful dcs knackered my headphones last week and in desperation, i grabbed some icandy ones, £4.95.
REALLY loud for me, i cant hear anything outside my head, BUT no one can hear the music, theyre brilliant.

Loud music in headphones is the only way to go.

Purple, I once very politely asked a young woman to turn down her headphones on a crowded bus and she said "But I wouldn't mind if you play your music loud" and I said "but I wouldn't do that on a bus" (I didn't even have any headphones or equipment)and she threatened me with violence. I haven't done it since. You obviously can find some noise/muzak annoying yourself- well that's what its like for the people who have to listen to MCPurpleprincess on the bus/train.

Its ruder than Muzak as it inflicts your music onto others in an enclosed space. Except that all we get is bass and a tinny hissing sound whilst you enjoy a disco in your head.

When I said 'we' cannot control the music in shops, I was obv. refering to the customer that is being annoyed by said music.

But don't let worry you, you just put yours ears in and make more noise to annoy others.

Then you can come on a thread defending your right to piss others off, as long as your not the one being pissed off eh

Selfish much?

hear hear

But why are you so pissed off?

It's just a small noise amongst all the other background noise you may hear when on a bus or train.

Like I said, when your out in public, you will hear other members of the public, and I don't think thats rude.

It's not hurting you. It's not really that annoying. Your choosing to get really wound up and accuse me of being rude over something so small.

It's not that bad, you're not that hard done by, people just love to moan.

What I was saying about the music in shops etc is that I do actually accept it, even if I wouldn't choose it, so why can't others accept me?

I think that public transport is an awful thing and should itself be banned.

There would be far more space for cars if all the empty buses stopped running.

And full buses are just wrong. It makes everyone angry having to share a bus.

Life is too short for buses.

or commuting.

What is muzak?!

littlepurpleprincess..given that it DOES annoy people, and given that someone has said you can get headphones for £4.95 which don't leak sound, why wouldn't you consider them?

littlepurpleprincess although the noise is tiny it is the fact that it is inescapable for your fellow travellers that makes it annoying. Do yourself and everyone else a favour by buying some decent noise reducing headphones. That way you can block out the surrounding noise so you won't have to have your music so loud. Better for your ears and better for those around you, it's a win-win.