To wish mobile phones were banned on buses

[angelos02]

My bus journey to work each morning takes around 30 minutes. Today and yesterday I was stuck having to listen to half a conversation for the whole journey. The man yesterday was 9 rows in front of me and I could hear every word. Today, a woman was 2 rows behind me and didn't stop talking on her phone the whole time. Both conversations were all about nothing. I can't wear headphones as I have problems with my ears. Arggghhh.

How is that any different to people having a loud conversation face to face, on a bus? Arguably, it's only half as annoying, in fact.

If mobile phones were banned on buses, I wouldn't be able to sit and quietly tweet or MN and I wouldn't be able to email DH and ask him to put the kettle on, if he's home. Surely those things don't bother you, too?

So, YABU.

If your thread was AIBU to think that people shouldn't be inconsiderate gobshites on buses, then you would have had a hearty YANBU from me.

It is annoying, I an see where you are coming from. I spent about an hour listening to somebody rabbiting on in German on the train all the way from Visp til he got off at Bern. Even more annoying when it is loud, and you can't understand barely a word of it. It is unreasonable to want a ban.

Most trains now have quiet carriages, which are lovely until a family gets on with 2-3 kids and doesn't notice or heed the signs.

chopsthe - but the mad thing with trains is that they ban mobiles in some compartments....you can be as noisy as you like as long as you don't do it on a mobile

Chopstheudk rabbitting on in his own language in his won country? Bloody foreigners, what a nerve!

"Even more annoying when it is loud, and you can't understand barely a word of it. It is unreasonable to want a ban. "

The cheek of it. Doesnt he realise his conversation should be adapted to suit you?

". It is 30 mins + conversations that do my head in. It is never ever anything interesting. Sad people"

Should everyone consult you and find out your interests before entering into a conversation with another person? I'm pretty sure they dont have conversations purely to entertain and amuse you.

yabu - why should everyone sit in silence grimly staring ahead just to appease you - stop listening to other people's conversations.

would it be a problem if they were sat talking to a person next to them?

Yes and I said it would be unreasonable to want a ban. And neither would I expect him to alter his conversation to suit me. Doesn't stop it from being annoying to listen to though!

Years of travelling on public transport has made me a master in the art of filtering out background noise.

It's an art

Of course YABU. It's public transport. You are going to hear people talking. Sometimes conversations can't be had elsewhere or at another time. Or sometimes people just fancy a chat.

There is a lot about public transport that irritates me (hearing loud conversations being one of them), so I avoid using public transport when possible. I would expect people to behave differently (as a result of banning behaviours or not) just for my benefit!

Yanbu.

Personal space is an actual 'Thing' en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_space.

Going by that link most public transport is set up to be unavoidably making a lot of people very uncomfortable when it's busy so yes people should be mindful of what they're doing and keep it to a minimum. Seemingly innocuous things can be annoying when you're all sandwiched in simply because you're uncomfortably close never mind anything else.

The conversations you notice are always the people who've never heard of an 'indoor voice' and talk like they're in a busy bar - the microphone is right next to your mouth fgs.

I'm not convinced half these people are actually talking to anyone the way they talk a mile-a-minute, there's no way the listener is getting a word in.

Don't even get me started on the mouth breathing, open gob slobbers who eat a foot away from my head - it's revolting. The ones who wait the same time as you (maybe half an hour) and save their disgusting fried food to eat make me mad. Eat it before you get on!

Bleugh

so do I usual i am a nosey bugger it just astounds me what they say and have no awareness of folk around them

It is always tedious stuff. He said, she said. FFS

Does that imply you wouldn't mind if it was a juicy bit of tittle tattle?

Surely you object to them having any phone conversation. Not for them having a phone conversation that you are not interested in.

Well if they must shout then of course I'd prefer something juicy partialderivative - who wouldn't?