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I don’t agree with death penalty, but think I’d consider it for this…

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FoxRedPuppy · 17/02/2026 16:29

Woman on the train next to me is scrolling through reels with the volume on. No headphones. How socially inept do you have to be to think this is ok?

Immediate death penalty 😁

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fancytoes · 17/02/2026 18:51

I actually had to say something the other day: did you know that is out loud? Or do you have earphones?

It was unforgivable.

YouHaveAnArse · 17/02/2026 18:55

TheProvincialLady · 17/02/2026 18:40

My cure for this, which is surprisingly effective is:

On public transport - play opera, hymns or organ music

Everywhere else - whistle tunelessly and persistently, right next to them

I used to live in a flat that overlooked a residents' car park, and so often people would just wander in having speakerphone conversations loud enough to be incredibly distracting, if not bring on a headache (something about the pitch of voices coming out of a tinny speaker can set them off). I'd sit there trying to work with rising irritation wondering if I could just shout out the window to tell them to have their boring work conversation somewhere else, preferably outside their own houses.

They soon stopped after I came up with the idea of opening the window wider, turned up the speakers on my work laptop and played some metal.

butidid · 17/02/2026 18:56

The guy sitting next to me on the tube who spent the entire 6 stop journey digging with his little finger in his ear, pulling it out, inspecting and then getting back in there for another rummage.

I think a fitting punishment is spending 24hrs with toddler twins with norovirus and no washing machine

CookingFatCat · 17/02/2026 18:59

@BeingATwatItsABingThing and @Onelittledog

my partner too! I ask him time and time again not to but he doesn’t listen. I am
in the wrong for not being with the times and I should pretend it’s the radio.

Death penalty too good. 😂

ZookeeperSE · 17/02/2026 18:59

Yeah.
When I regularly travelled on the No.8 bus in East London, I used to think that anyone who continuously 'dinged' the bell before the stop (after it already said 'Bus Stopping' on the light up notice), should have been delivered a massive electric shock after the second 'ding'.
Immediate justice.

thistimelastweek · 17/02/2026 19:08

ForRosePoster · 17/02/2026 17:06

I think there are numerous things you could have referenced as a joke without using the death penalty which isn't really funny.

So I'm guessing you're not in favour of castration for litter louts?

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/02/2026 19:37

thistimelastweek · 17/02/2026 19:08

So I'm guessing you're not in favour of castration for litter louts?

I’m in favour of castration for lots of things to be honest. I threatened to perform it on my DH if he whinged again about the hospital chair being uncomfortable after I gave birth to our third DC. Told him it would save waiting for the vasectomy appointment and would mean he’d never need to try and sleep in the chair again.

Same DH as before who plays TikTok reels out loud whilst I’m in the room… I do love him really.

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