Loud Person talking on phone on the bus

Colm R

I am on the bus at the moment. There is a girl talking loudly on the phone about everything from make up to the night out at some traffic light disco. Three factors here:

I have had a really bad day.
There is about 40 min to go.
She is really annoying me.

What do I do?

mysterious

Ur on a bus, and your typing this?

You want advice. Dear god. is this really troubling. If it really is bothering you do something about it. I can see this tread getting locked. Getting my word in before it does:D

invincibleirish

One of these



A pair of these




And away you go.

Colm R

LOL

Erra I mean the whole thing in jest! I just think its funny.

invincibleirish

Can you not just ask her to shush up politely? if she is so loud to be annoying you then she's probably annoying other passengers. Be a man and ask her to shush down, others will thank you for it.

Jumpy

Sit down next to her. Answer what she says on the phone as if she is talking to you.

mysterious

You could sing a really loud song or tune like the batman ne ne ne ne an BATMAN. or you could get a bit sad and sing the Eastender tune really loud. So she will end up moving or hanging up.

Or you could tell her to be quiet for at least 2mins. It's hard to get a woman to be quiet for that long I know. So thats all the advice I can give you.

There my second post, before it gets locked:D

mysterious

Jumpy wrote: »

Sit down next to her. Answer what she says on the phone as if she is talking to you.

Lol.

Victor

Phone one of your mates.

You: HI BOB
Bob: Why are you shouting?
You: HI BOB, SORRY I'M ON THE BUS
Bob: But, why are you shouting like that?
You: HI BOB, SORRY I'M ON THE BUS AND THERE'S THIS WOMAN TALKING LOUDLY
Bob: o.... kay

You: YEAH BOB, SORRY I'M ON THE BUS AND THERE'S THIS WOMAN TALKING LOUDLY ABOUT BEING _____________, SHE SEEMS TO BE A COMPLETE _____________ AND SHES TALKING REALLY LOUDLY AND EVERYONE KNOWS HER PERSONAL BUSINESS.

Colm R

To the mods, I am sorry for breaking the rules. I was not aware that I was.

Lock the thread if you must!

mysterious

Ouuuuhh my ears hurt. God this shouting is affecting me now:(

murphaph

In Berlin they have signs up to remind you that a mobile phone is not a loudspeaker and to keep it down!

http://www.supatopcheckerbunny.de/archives/437



It says underneath "be fair, look around, you are not travelling alone".

dowlingm

I like Victor's suggestion, but if that's not available I suggest gunfire. "Dum-dum" ammunition - wasn't it designed for shooting dumdums?

mysterious

well any update, WHAT happened dieing to know how it went?

This should be news headlines.

mikemac

Maybe the OP snapped and got arrested :eek:

Colm R

Didnt get arrested lads but survived it. She hung after another 15 min and there seemed to be a collective sigh of relief. She then made another call but couldnt hear her victim. Thank God for mobile black spots.

Anyway lesson learned.
Be more patient.
If its bad, ask politely.
And I'll cut back on my moaning on boards!

IIMII

The joys of public transport

I was on the bus into town from the Airport. A young girl, about 20, sitting up the front of the bus phone rings. So she answered with "Hello?" when suddenly a guy half-way down the bus shouted in reply to her "Hiya, love." People turned to their neighbour to see if they'd really heard that. The girl ignored him and asked whoever was on the phone "How are you?" to which the guy on bus shouted back "Grand, and yourself?". By this time people had started to laugh. Trying to listen to her friend on the phone the poor girl asked "Where are you?" to which she got "Down here - at the back of the bus! Can you not see me??". By this time the whole bus was in stiches and the girl hung up, telling whoever she was talking to that she would call them back.

Overheard by Anonymous, Dublin bus into town
Posted on Monday, 31st December 2007

http://www.overheardindublin.com/hall_of_fame.php?resultpage=36&authorid=

mdebets

Get up and sit next to her.
Take out a pen a paper and start writing down what she says.
Every now and then, just aks her if she could repeat what she was just saying, as you couldn't quite hear it.
When she is listening, tap her on the shoulder now and then and ask her what the other person is saying, as you hate it to just get one side of the conversation.
At the end ask for her name and the name of the person she was talking to, so you can put upt the conversation with the right names on to your web-page.

getz

Colm R wrote: »

I am on the bus at the moment. There is a girl talking loudly on the phone about everything from make up to the night out at some traffic light disco. Three factors here:

I have had a really bad day.
There is about 40 min to go.
She is really annoying me.

What do I do?

the mobile thing really gets me mad -in the supermarket on the phone in a queue-in a restaurant, cafe or pub so everyone within 10 yards can hear them-the answer may be this--i was having a quiet meal last year with my wife-when when one arrogant rep,kept on getting phone calls as we were trying to eat- the waiter winked at me a pulled a small device out of his pocket and pressed it ,it cut off this mans phone;after the second time this man had to go outside to recieve his calls;brilliant ,i have been looking out for this divice ever since ;so far no luck-may one of the boardies can knows about this thing

delta_bravo

I think you shouldve done something like this

manc

getz wrote: »

the mobile thing really gets me mad -in the supermarket on the phone in a queue-in a restaurant, cafe or pub so everyone within 10 yards can hear them-the answer may be this--i was having a quiet meal last year with my wife-when when one arrogant rep,kept on getting phone calls as we were trying to eat- the waiter winked at me a pulled a small device out of his pocket and pressed it ,it cut off this mans phone;after the second time this man had to go outside to recieve his calls;brilliant ,i have been looking out for this divice ever since ;so far no luck-may one of the boardies can knows about this thing

search for "hand held mobile phone blocker"

this looks good for €130
http://www.phonejammer.com/product.php?productid=16138

mysterious

Checked sky news, they seriously have a lack of "breaking news"
Nothing in news on it. No mobile phone loud user reports. There are a nuicance and should be broadcasted throughout THE DAY

It would be breaking news to have "breaking news". in this day and age JESUS CHRIST. fumes....

acquiescefc

i think i work with her

corktina

im married to her....:D

Cleopatra12

ooh, people playing snake on thier phone and the incessant beeping drives me mental! As does lids 'trying' out new ring tones... Have often on Bus Eireann services asked people in a loud voice,to turn thier phone to silent when playing a game. They are mortified usually and can see everyone else agreing.. it works!

mysterious

Colm R wrote: »

Didnt get arrested lads but survived it. She hung after another 15 min and there seemed to be a collective sigh of relief. She then made another call but couldnt hear her victim. Thank God for mobile black spots.

Anyway lesson learned.
Be more patient.
If its bad, ask politely.
And I'll cut back on my moaning on boards!

She hung up or you hung her?

Hanging are bit naft and to overbearing for someone just to be talking loudly on a phone, and before you say i know, she was probably shouting from the top of her lungs.

This has to be investigated.

mysterious

Cleopatra12 wrote: »

ooh, people playing snake on thier phone and the incessant beeping drives me mental! As does lids 'trying' out new ring tones... Have often on Bus Eireann services asked people in a loud voice,to turn thier phone to silent when playing a game. They are mortified usually and can see everyone else agreing.. it works!

Oh ffs.....

Cleopatra12

mysterious wrote: »

Oh ffs.....

Oh ffs what???? At leat i have the neck to ask them to stop.. Why should i be tormented!

Bet there are loads of commuters who cant stand women doing thier make-up on public transport too..... hehe

mysterious

If you asked me to stop twiddling with my phone and playing snakes.

I would laugh. Then carry on playing. I'm a pretty nice guy in saying so too.

dowlingm

Are cellphone jammers legal in Ireland? I'd be a bit nervous about them when you consider that train communications are moving to GSM-R (IE is deploying it on DART according to a railway industry site).

On the other hand, an Israeli company developed a paint which blocks cellphone signal, which could be painted onto "quiet carriages"

SeanW

This thread might be better suited to the Ranting and Raving forum.