Annoying woman on maternity ward - destroy phone?

[strawberrymilk7]

AIBU to suggest to my sister she destroys the phone of a very annoying woman on her maternity ward?! (I am joking)

Poor Dsis is 31 weeks pregnant but will be in hospital until she delivers due to complications. They moved her room last night to a bigger room. She had been in a 2 bed.

One of the 'ladies' (lets call her witchy) in her new room has been playing loud music since 9am. Witchy then speak very loudly on speaker phone to people when she isn't listening to music. Dsis said she isn't speaking in English hence why she isn't bothered about being over heard and is talking loudly. I said it doesn't matter what language she is speaking, if she had any consideration for other people she would not do those things!

Dsis spoke to the lady in the bed next to her who said witchy has been there since Thursday and she hasn't slept because of witchy making noise, opening windows and curtains, and making a lot of noise eating smell food at 1 am!

Dsis has said to the nurse who has asked witchy to use headphones. She used them for a while then took a call on speaker, and put the music back on after the call.

I think that phone needs to find a sticky end when witchy goes to the loo next!!!

It isn't racist to mention that someone isn't speaking English. I had someone like this on my maternity ward and they were speaking English. Do you think that's racist towards English speakers?

That's a bit much! She could be eating boiled eggs. They stink. Some food does smell, and it's not fair on others to firstly be up at that time on a shared ward, and secondly to be eating/cooking either.

OP and her sister didn't say it. Woman in the next bed used those words but she didn't say smelly foreign food either. Any food eaten in the middle of the night will smell, especially fish and chips.

Any food eaten any time will smell, not only in the middle of the night. Maybe the other lady was hungry and wanted to eat at 1 am. I'm sure if her pregnant sister feels hungry at 1 am she would want to eat too.

So true.
I had one when I was in a few months ago, but when she left another came in and was just the same. One after another until at one point there were 3 of them on a 6 person bay, all shouting at their phones on loudspeaker phone calls and then being loudly ‘talked at’ by their husbands from midnight until 5am.
Nurses turn a blind eye, and ear. Their jobs are not worth it I suppose - to intervene - and perhaps have it turned around on them via complaints, etc.

Thank fuck I managed home births I would have been in prison otherwise.

Just to add my voice to the PPs who have said to push for a single room - I was admitted for 5 weeks and counting (also admitted at 31’weeks). Only live ten mins away but too high risk to go home. I have only stayed one night in a ward as a long stay patient, has been really good and they are kind and thoughtful about where to put me.

good luck to your sister sounds like hell!

The reason I said she isn't speaking English and thought it made sense to include it is because my sis thinks the reason she is talking so loudly is because she thinks no one else understands what she is saying.

Haven't asked her much about it today. Trying to talk about other things to distract her!

@Passanotherjaffacake oh you poor thing! 5 weeks is a long time to be in there. You're nearly there now and I'm sure you're sick of hearing that it will all be worth it once the baby is in your arms x