Scrolling. Volume up.

[SlightlyJaded]

DD (19) and DS (17) have lovely friends. Broadly polite, kind, chatty, warm blah blah. I'm always happy to have them over and many of them eat with us, hang out at ours often.

In the main, they are - as above - really polite. But FUCK ME, they think nothing of scrolling through their socials with the volume up. So I can be cooking (open plan kitchen/living/family space) and being audibly bombarded by three different sets of shouting shite that moves on after 15 seconds. It drives me potty. If any of them dd it at the table, I would tell them to stop but it's hard when I'm just pottering about in the same room.

And I've noticed more and more that people everywhere seem to think it's okay to scroll though random shite with the volume up so everyone else has to listen to their drivel.

For some reason the audio that is meaningless (because i'm not looking at the content thank god) and shouty, and clipped, and coming out of a phone, gives me the rage and it's fucking everywhere. Even in my house.

AIBU to think it's REALLY rude?

Can't you tell them to not do it or to get some headphones, it is your house!

Thankfully I don't come across this, it'd drive me bonkers. I don't know anyone who doesn't use their phone on silent or have an Airpod in, teens included!

Poke them to use headphones.

Rude in public like a restaurant or on transport.

Sounds like they're just hanging out in their friend's kitchen though? I don't think it's rude in that case if it's what all the group are doing.

I mean, it might just be me then - hence the post. DH does it sometimes for short bursts of time and it instantly gives me rage feelings. Maybe I have a low threshold for noise.

But it just seems so invasive and rude to me

Maybe tell your husband not to do it near you either?
Or to wear headphones :)