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To throw my hospital bed neighbour’s phone out the window

189 replies

Sayshesheshe · 26/10/2024 19:48

I won’t be obviously but she has spent the entire day on speaker phone seemingly to every person she’s ever met in her life.

It’s a maternity ward, I’ve slept a total of 0 hours since yesterday in between her and my adorable newborn and my tolerance is at an all time low. We’re both in tonight too and I don’t know how I’m going to survive her. She also has her phone notifications on loud.

Why are people like this?

OP posts:
suburburban · 28/10/2024 16:21

PoppyTries · 28/10/2024 00:50

Ugh I hated being on the maternity ward.

The woman I was next to had her bed surrounded by visitors all day AND members of her family on video call.

I didn't know I could feel rage like I did and I actually told the midwife I'm scared I'll lash out.

I'm so glad I returned to normal once I was home but you've got my utmost sympathy OP cos the maternity ward is what nightmares are made of.

My sister wasn't able to sleep after a long & difficult delivery because she shared with an awful woman who blathered on endlessly on the phone. When the neighbor had 10 visitors arrive shortly before visiting hours ended & they overstayed and showed no signs of leaving, my sister did end up lashing out & screaming "shut the F up! Shut the F up! I haven't had a minute of sleep because of you and now you have a bus load of people screeching in the middle of the night!" The midwife arrived and kicked everyone out. My brother was on the lift with the husband the next day whilst he was blustering about how my sister "wasn't allowed to speak to him that way" and he was going to have words. His plan went out the window when he arrived in the room to find my giant, terrifying BIL (in uniform) hovering over my sister. They didn't hear a peep from either of them the rest of their stay.

Yes I don't blame your dsis the noisy type of person doesn't have any consideration or sense that their behaviour may be out of order

MugPlate · 28/10/2024 19:20

Phones get snatched all the time. Just pretend you’re a hoodie on a bike.

CommonAsMucklowe · 28/10/2024 22:09

I think normal people wouldn't be like this. There are some people who just go around in life not giving a sh*t. And as I get older there seems to be more and more of them.

BeachRide · 28/10/2024 22:21

I nearly threw my maternity ward neighbour out the window. Sadly it was locked. Nightmare.

Washingforweeks · 30/10/2024 17:39

LadyGaGasPokerFace · 26/10/2024 20:08

This is why I paid to have a private room. When dd1 was born I had a huge room to myself, which we paid nor. Second dd was quick, we were home by midnight with a bbq on the go and a glass of wine in hand.

sounds Bliss what a fab experience

Pneumoniabluemonia · 30/10/2024 17:45

I discharged myself from hospital after having my c section because of this as well. Mine was 10 years ago next week. It was absolute hell on earth. I had a tall stack of meds to take home with me as I had an infection but it was so worth it.

MystyLuna · 30/10/2024 21:06

Same thing happened to me. After a 41 hour labour and a horrendous delivery I was very tired. The woman in the bed opposite me phoned just about everyone she knew and described her labour and delivery in great detail. She didn't have her phone on speaker but considering how much she was talking I don't think anyone on the other end managed to get a word in anyway.
Finally got some peace when she went for a 45 minute shower during which time she just left her newborn baby alone next to her bed.

Mummasals · 30/10/2024 21:06

Why are some people so oblivious to those around them???! I was in on my third child, having been induced. Girl in the bed opposite me was in and out (it was post-covid rules) to go and see her husband who then left at about 11pm, not before giving her a massive bag of McCoys. In the otherwise silent ward all I could hear was her rustling and munching and then chatting on the phone. And then SHE had the audacity to huff everytime I had a contraction (which I was breathing through but not making any other sound).

Joke was on her a few hours later - my labours are wild and I’m fairly sure I scared the hell out of her (she was only a few months pregnant and in for observation).

EmsSummer · 30/10/2024 21:10

It wasn’t while I was recuperating but while I was waiting to be induced. Woman opposite and what I thought was her older son, turned out to be her baby’s father, I kid you not, had a very loud farting competition 🤮 it was gross! And so loud. Fortunately they didn’t keep me there long

IHabeNoIdea · 30/10/2024 21:11

I was in hospital for several weeks, my bed neighbour used to talk to her cat on the phone multiple times a day!

Mumtobabyhavoc · 30/10/2024 21:36

MugPlate · 28/10/2024 19:20

Phones get snatched all the time. Just pretend you’re a hoodie on a bike.

I might have been thinking similar... 🤫

asrl78 · 30/10/2024 22:40

CommonAsMucklowe · 28/10/2024 22:09

I think normal people wouldn't be like this. There are some people who just go around in life not giving a sh*t. And as I get older there seems to be more and more of them.

I agree, some people seem to have never been socialised or they have appalling situational awareness. The problem is they can get away with it as they can threaten violence if challenged and anyone bar an authority is powerless to retailate, so the selfish behaviour is validated and continues, ultimately developing into entitlement.
As the saying goes, civilised people are more discourteous than savages because they don't fear having their skulls caved in. It is not just with phones, I can think of several situations where thoughtless behaviour inconveniences others, and having lived in several different parts of the country over the last 30 years, the problem is worse in SE England.

Miaminmoo · 30/10/2024 23:37

I fucking hate people. Don’t get me started on the absolute delight I shared my bay with when I had my DS, her husband asked for my help with the baby as he was very small and was under his clothing to keep warm - his blankets had fallen off but he had his arms under his jumper holding the baby so couldn’t sort it and she had had a section so couldn’t get out of bed - I went to help and when her Mum arrived and took her outside in a wheelchair for a cigarette she was telling her Mum in a really loud voice that I was a “stuck up cunt”. Charming. At least I didn’t smoke when I was pregnant and end up with an underweight baby (that had to be taken and put under the heat lamp in the end because he was too cold). She came back from having a cigarette and told the staff the food served was disgusting, stuffed a load of chocolate and crisps from the vending machine and then threw up all over the floor and then told the midwife to go fuck herself when she wouldn’t take her out for a cigarette after visiting was over. I don’t know how midwives do it, I really don’t.

Mrsmajeeka · 31/10/2024 00:02

I was on the induction ward when a delightful young lady arrived for observation on FaceTime to her partner. It was during Covid so he came for visiting where he kept asking her to get her tits out and give him a blow job behind the next curtain. When he left he was back on FaceTime all the way on his his journey home, while calling her a dickhead, cunt, that baby is not mine, it will be a different race etc, absolutely vile. This abuse continued all night, I had earplugs to try and drown it out and finally drifted off I think after 1am. The next day it starts again so I spoke to the midwives who said ok we’ll keep an eye on it, but in reality they weren’t in the room that often because there was only two of us. She kept going outside to smoke weed, despite being advised that we couldn’t leave the ward because of Covid. I hadn’t seen my other child for 3 days at this point. The second night, in my half asleep stupor I just shouted will you fucking shut the fuck up and she went crying to the midwives and complained about me! Anyway they immediately moved her, hurrah! The post labour ward there was another nighttime FaceTimer and a lady who just repeatedly sang monotone la lee la, for hours over and over. Absolute arseholes, all of these people. I’m confident that the lack of sleep in hospital contributed towards my pnd.

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