phone calls in neighbours gardens

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Why do people insist on making lengthy phone calls from their gardens? I want to enjoy my garden not listen to people talking about their jobs and their love live.
If they don't want their family to hear them why do they think it's ok for strangers to hear them?
So anti-social.

The mumsnet rights trumping nonsense doesn't come into it people are allowed to do whatever they want ( as long as it's not illegal in their own garden ) even if it annoys you.

The council would get involved about noise at the level of a telephone call, during the day?

If they are not using headphones/holding phone to ear then that's really inconsiderate. The sound of a laptop speaker is way worse than an actual person.

I do that occasionally as it’s the chance to enjoy a bit of sun I’m otherwise too busy to sit in- and it takes the edge off the duty call I’m making!

But that’s maybe once a week and DM does all the talking so it’s not particularly intrusive 🤣

I was so happy when our neighbour retired because he made booming Teams calls from his house close to his bifold doors which were wide open. My other neighbour makes calls from the back bedroom with the windows open. It’s not the same as having in person conversations as people always raise their voices.

Its yet another consequence of the wfh revolution- good in some ways but negative for neighbours in others.

Worst of all though was the next but one neighbour who had super- loud phone calls about his mental health and we heard everything the doctor was saying in return - it was a very lengthy call.

Luckily, it’s a lot better this year 😁

Precisely!

It’s not the same. My neighbour makes social phone calls in the garden and I can hear her way more than when she’s just speaking to her husband or kids. There’s something about someone being on the phone that seems to make their voice carry.

It’s really annoying :(

My friends neighbour had a DP who worked away - she used tonnage phone sex with him - w would literally be sitting transfixed listening to it - exhibitionists wouldn’t even be the word - honestly! It was the topic of many of our chats. We think she went to the garden as her DC might hear her id
f she wet at home - apparently it’s was ok for the. Neighbours to though 🤦‍♀️😂

I’ll do what I want and I don’t care how it impacts others basically

They're not making phone calls in neighbours' gardens, they are making phone calls in their own gardens.

Have you thought about putting together a list of things your neighbours are and aren't allowed to do, and where they are/aren't allowed to do them? Pin it to their front door, see if that helps?

Too true, the loud people are the worst 😂

No signal in our house so no option really!

Consideration for others would be at the top of the list

That's life I'm afraid
I would rather have al oud neighbour than a neighbour who thinks they have a right t9 dictate what others can do in their OWN gardens.

Only someone who doesn’t have a loud, annoying neighbour would say that.

Mine can be annoying but I live on an estate in close proximity,with others and in reality what can you do ?
You can't go round telling people whst they can and can't do in their own gardens.

You can still be annoyed by it though, at their sheer selfishness and attention seeking idiocy.

Having a conversation in the garden is t about not wanting family to hear.

It’s about enjoying being outside because the weather nice.

I love listening to others conversations anyway 😊

And I don’t think my life is that interesting enough to hide from the neighbours.

If I want peace and quiet in my garden I put on my headphones 🤷‍♀️

Yes! Not only that. Since technology evolved lol, and all the things we can now do. But I have one who puts most of their calls on loudspeaker, so we know they know people, and have people to talk to.

Could you ask them to put it on loudspeaker so that you can at least hear the whole conversation?

You don’t care about your own privacy?

I assume you have no dogs or children using your garden, and that you never have friends or family around? Oh, and you don’t ever mow the lawn, wash the patio or trim the hedges?

All of those make noise but are perfectly acceptable. If you have neighbours you can’t expect complete silence.

It's perfectly within their rights, but I'd be getting the lawnmower, strimmer or leafblower out every single time.

That is actually a very simple but powerful solution.

I do I fact the difference is I don’t do it every single day, and it’s not something that could take place indoors like… an office