To want to drop kick other people's phones across the room.

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For context last night I ended up in triage, for no fetal movements at 36 weeks, where I wasn't seen for 4 hours because they "forgot about me".
The entire time I was there, there was a minimum of 3 adults watching videos on their phones at an audible volume, I found it really draining and inconsiderate, l understand that they were all trying to take their mind off waiting but it was a small room and there were people there who were visibly struggling.

Is it rude? Are you someone who wouldn't think twice about watching tv shows or hours of tiktoks without headphones in a public place?

Im so sorry that must have been so stressful and i hope you're ok.
i asked someone to turn down their volume or out head phones on, on a train last week. He was so shocked id asked but i asked politely - that tinny noise drives me insane. Headphones should def be worn.

I always tell them, "Can you please turn it down?" The usual response is either, "It isn't loud," or, "It's none of your business."

That's ironic, because the moment they force everyone else to listen to it, they make it everyone else's business too. People are so self-centered these days that they don't even stop to consider anyone around them.
Welcome to the modern world. Disgusting.

I am glad your baby is ok.

Considering how easy it is to buy a cheap pair of earbuds, I do not understand how it has got so common for people to watch and listen to videos in public without them. It is also much easier to hear and more comfortable when using them so I just don't get it!

Not that bothered by people playing videos personally, no more annoying to me than people talking, but there is no real excuse not to have earphones/headphones. On the other hand notifications drive me insane, I keep my phone on silent/vibrate mode whenever I’m indoors to be mindful of other people but constant phone dinging is normal to other people.

I can’t bare it- it’s so so so unbelievably self centered. How have we become a nation of people who don’t think about others anymore?! Why does everyone have to listen to everyone else’s phone crap?!

I used to regularly ask people to turn it off/wear earphones. I’ve only had a bad reaction once.

Had a train journey yesterday for over half an hour next to a woman taking loudly on the phone for the whole journey.
Fascinating. Had no choice but to listen so I listened. Might have been her mum. Washing powder, fishfingers, socks, the picnic stuff, why she was itchy, why the baby didn’t like the dog.
Some people just can’t bear silence. She sat down talking and left the train talking. Shouting over the sounds of the train. Lots of WHAT I DIDNT HEAR THAT WHAT. Just to chat about nothing.
Agree. People are massively self absorbed these days.

i had a 2 to 3 week stay with my second. Lovely new building, been open a year, mostly single rooms with a nice TV. I always switched my TV off and ended phone calls when anyone came in the room, even the cleaner who would not be asking medical questions. Thought this was common manors. Apparently not.

All the outpatient waiting areas had limited internet connection and no 4G coverage. We actually spoke to each other as a result.