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phone calls in neighbours gardens

105 replies

riversflows · 01/08/2025 19:38

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.

OP posts:
GeorgeMichaelsCat · 17/08/2025 20:03

How else would they indicate they have a life?

Seagoats · 17/08/2025 20:13

How dare they have a conversation while enjoying the nice weather. Glad youre not my neighbour

Alliod40 · 17/08/2025 20:16

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop it now uou miserable sod..the weather is beautiful and of course you're going to sit in the garden and make your phone calls..I'd say you're great fun at parties..people like you would suck the life out of everyone

AgnesX · 17/08/2025 20:55

Alliod40 · 17/08/2025 20:16

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 stop it now uou miserable sod..the weather is beautiful and of course you're going to sit in the garden and make your phone calls..I'd say you're great fun at parties..people like you would suck the life out of everyone

Pathetic remark.

HeadDeskHeadDesk · 17/08/2025 20:59

randomusernam · 01/08/2025 19:49

have you ever considered they don’t have good signal in their house. The only way I get signal in my house is outside or stood by the window. You have no right to dictate how someone uses their garden. They have every right to sit in the garden and have a chat. How is this any different to you sitting in your garden and talking to someone face to face?! How would you feel if people said you couldn’t sit in the garden and speak to someone?! I think you have way to much time on your hands to let something like this irate you. Get a hobby for god sake

There is something massively more annoying about overhearing phone call conversations than in-person conversations. You speak much more loudly for a start. And either you only hear one side of it, or the other side is someone speaking with that annoying, tinny phone sound which is irritating and intrusive. When someone is sat in front of you you don't project your voice anywhere near as much as you do on the phone, especially when you have the handset held away from your face.

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