To ask someone to wear headphones on a train?

[BryarTuck]

I'm on a busy train and not in a quiet coach but it is quiet generally, apart from a man in the seat in front of me watching YouTube videos without using headphones. It's so irritating and I can't move to other seats.

As I'm not in the quiet coach is this OK? I still think it's rude- should I ask him to put some headphones in? The person next to me is wearing headphones and listening to music which made me think of everyone behaved liked the man in front it would be awful.

WIBU to say something?

NewPapaGuinea listening to videos on a phone is not akin to having a conversation. It's basic courtesy to not do shit like this.

On what planet would it ever be socially acceptable to do this sort of thing? Unless there's some sort of mental impairment, even an 8 year old child has learnt the basics of operating in a public space, and that doesn't involve people watching their own private TV with all the noises impacting on the surrounding commuters.

It beggers belief that anyone would compare it to having a conversation!

bet you’re one of those parents who let their kids watch Peppa Pig on public transport without headphones

She probably gets all pissy if anyone reminds her the little prince / princess isn't the only one usiy the space too...

I'm always amazed by people who do stuff like this.

We were in the maternity ward for a couple of hours last night and in the bay next to us, someone's husband or partner was watching a film on his laptop, volume full up. My DP was appalled and kept muttering about it. Our midwife could barely hear the monitor to find our baby's heartbeat. Who does that on a communal ward with women having medical procedures done?! Bring some bloody headphones or don't watch it!

I hate this too. I have given up asking people to use headphones and now just always have earplugs with me which I put in instead. ( quite obviously!)

The only time I ever confronted anyone doing this was on a four hour train ride home from my mother's funeral. I was very polite. He swore at me at turned it up .

I wouldn’t do it myself and I wear headphones to block out annoying sounds, but if you haven’t the foresight to either take your own headphones and/or sit in the quiet zone then you just need to suck it up or expect a fat FU in response.

Wow so you actually think it's incumbent on people who want to sit quietly minding their own businese to travel with headphones, in case there is an ignorant prick in their train carriage?

It's that attitude that sadly means this kind of self-absorbed behaviour is increasingly common.

'then you just need to suck it up '

Um, no. Just no. Ignorant, thoughtless, selfish sods don't get to set the standards of what is and isn't acceptable. If you're in public, then BE QUIET (as much as is possible) and show consideration for others who have to share your space, and don't act like the whole world is your own living room