A strange male side effect of lockdown (lighthearted!)

[Sparklfairy]

I live in a city centre, keep my window open 24/7 and am used to traffic noise and twatty boy racers

Since lockdown there's obviously been a reduction in particularly foot traffic. But something odd has started happening.

Men (and it is always men) walk down the road fucking whistling loudly or fuck me SINGING. At the top of their voice. In the middle of the day. Wtf??

Is male entitlement really so engrained that they have to announce their presence to a near empty street? It's not even the same bloke, as I spy on them when I put the kettle on.

No woman feels the need to make an infernal racket while walking down an empty road. This never happened when the road was more populated. AIBU to find it weird? Why do they do it?

Are they also doing that particular male swagger of widely swinging shoulders and the frankly funny “walking round their balls”

Hahahahaha yes! What a great description

You need an extra strength water pistol, it works on tom cats, so...

Maybe they are happy.... just a thought. Happiness is contagious no?

Fascinating behaviour... film them whilst you shout to BE QUIET PLEASE and watch them jump 6ft in the air because they don't expect to be challenged.
Some people are poorly at home, just because the streets are empty and quiet doesn't mean they need to make a load of noise to compensate.

@Outtedagain call me a grump going stir crazy at home but do they have to be so... vocal... about said happiness?

I'm sure many a woman has skipped silently with glee down the same street. Why sing??

Meh. My (( female )) neighbour sings badly whilst she does her household jobs and when.shes outside.........I didn't realise I should be.outraged by this and her deliberate encroachment on my space.

@WhatWouldYouDoWhatWouldJesusDo don't be disingenuous I don't know anyone who would walk down a public road in a city centre singing at the top of their lungs unless drunk. The pavements are normally busy and it never happened then. Now it's like they need to fill the void with their bollocks voice. It's just weird. I'm not outraged, I'm bemused.

It’s such a male thing whistling. It’s also annoying as fuck.

what lighten up, it's funny.

The older black ladies where I live sing church type songs to themselve in the street and on the bus. I like it!

I hate whistling.

When I rule the universe whistlers will be flogged.

And its ALWAYS men. If there's a whistle following you rounds Tesco it will always be a man doing it.

Singing is annoying but I may be kind and have a lesser punishment for those that burst in to song.

Workmen in my house often do it, I assumed it was a courtesy so you knew where they were! It works

A lot depends on whether they can hold a tune. Nothing worse than a whistler (or singer) who is tone deaf in my opinion. I think there are very few people who can whistle well. Then there are the likes of me who can't whistle at all!

You need a potato gun, look on Ebay

A woman walked past the end of our road last gone, gone 9pm, singing Tina Turner's 'Simply the Best' at the top of her voice. It sounded like someone had stood on a cat. She carried on for 25 mins, like she was stuck on repeat.

It sounded like someone had stood on a cat

I'm sorry but that made me

Yes, whistling is always men. I was just pondering while the kettle was boiling that women tend to shrink themselves, to try and get from A to B (especially now) with as little fuss as possible, and drawing as little attention to themselves as possible.

Then some twat thinks it's a good idea to start wailing at the top of his voice sauntering down the middle of the road like he's a character in Singing in the Rain. Like because there's no one around, the road is his personal shower

I now really want a potato gun.