Mobile phones on buses

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I was on the bus this morning and a girl sitting behind me was having a very loud phone conversation which was going on and on and on. The woman sitting beside me eventually turned around and snapped at her to either keep her voice down or end the call. The girl didn't reply, but started talking in a quieter voice.

Part of me was relieved as the girl's voice was really starting to get on my nerves, but part of me was a bit shocked at the woman's behaviour.

Just wondering what other people think?

KERSPLAT!

Drives me mad! People using earphones so loud they're unlikely to hear anything again for a week are just as bad

/grumpy

D3V!L

There seems to be an up and coming trend of holding your phone in front of you and shouting at it as if you're calling Scotty on the starship Enterprise !! Rather than you know, putting it to your ear and stuff :rolleyes:

smash

Shock horror as mobile phone user takes their phone mobile!

seamus

Were you shocked because you thought it was uncalled for or just because you're not used to seeing people speak up?

I see no issue with asking someone to keep their voice down, no matter where you are.

foggy_lad

I usually tell those people to shush and glare my disapproval at them. Height of ignorance to carry on long conversations on buses or trains while sitting near other people.

Ficheall

Just join the conversation.

"I know, right? That w'an is, like, such a slag.." or whatever the kids are saying these days.

D3V!L

foggy_lad wrote: »

I usually tell those people to shush and glare my disapproval at them. Height of ignorance to carry on long conversations on buses or trains while sitting near other people.

What if its a VERY IMPORTANT call about work stuff or money that they need everyone to hear about ?

DellyBelly

Funnily enough I find that African people really shout when they use the phone on the bus. Sometimes I does be thinking the person on the other end of the line doesn't need to hear them via the phone as they could hear them from the bus. Also they must be on great plans because they seem to stay on the phone for the entire journey...

Alf Stewart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCgYDsuR2xs

endacl

Bus wanker?

Boom_Bap

We should just ban people.

imitation

I like the japanese metro approach to mobile conversations on public transport - a long death stare followed by judgemental looks.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

seamus wrote: »

Were you shocked because you thought it was uncalled for or just because you're not used to seeing people speak up?

I see no issue with asking someone to keep their voice down, no matter where you are.

I suppose because I'm not used to seeing people speak up. I usually sit there wishing that people would just-shut-up, but it would never cross my mind to say anything.

maudgonner

Fair play to her. I'd probably have tried to ask politely, but if you're really annoyed politeness can go out the window.

I've asked a gang of young lads in the cinema to shut up before. They spent the first 15 minutes of the film chatting non-stop. It wasn't even related to the film, just random chat - why the hell would you pay to go to the cinema just to spend the time chatting with your mates? In fairness, they took it well and there wasn't a word out of them afterwards

foggy_lad

D3V!L wrote: »

There seems to be an up and coming trend of holding your phone in front of you and shouting at it as if you're calling Scotty on the starship Enterprise !! Rather than you know, putting it to your ear and stuff :rolleyes:

Afaik that is a Muslim/Islamic(and possibly other sects and religions) thing where the young people are thought that such modern things as mobile phones are somehow dangerous and unsafe and not to be trusted and not to be held close to the head or other main body organs or they will cause madness, impotence, cancer, etc

smash

foggy_lad wrote: »

Afaik that is a Muslim/Islamic(and possibly other sects and religions) thing where the young people are thought that such modern things as mobile phones are somehow dangerous and unsafe and not to be trusted and not to be held close to the head or other main body organs or they will cause madness, impotence, cancer, etc

WTF? American's have been doing this for years and years.

foggy_lad

DellyBelly wrote: »

Funnily enough I find that African people really shout when they use the phone on the bus. Sometimes I does be thinking the person on the other end of the line doesn't need to hear them via the phone as they could hear them from the bus. Also they must be on great plans because they seem to stay on the phone for the entire journey...

Some will have poor hearing and others will have sold the smartphone they got with the bill-phone and are using some cheap text phone so sound won't be great and some think that they need to shout as the person on the end of the line is so far away. also most people have unlimited minutes unfortunately.

the groutch

Just be glad they weren't using the phone to play random ****e music at full blast.

Dave0301

I hate taking calls on public transport, unless it is really important I try to keep it short and sweet.

People taking loudly on their phones always remind me of Trigger Happy TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3xwhP6GQDI

Richard Hillman

I like listening to the phone calls. Loud Earphones are much worse.

foggy_lad

smash wrote: »

WTF? American's have been doing this for years and years.

that would be batches of dodgy and fake iPhones where the earphone speaker fails so they turn on the speaker to hear the caller and just speak into the wrong end of the phone

HensVassal

Isaac Microscopic Armband wrote: »

I was on the bus this morning and a girl sitting behind me was having a very loud phone conversation which was going on and on and on. The woman sitting beside me eventually turned around and snapped at her to either keep her voice down or end the call. The girl didn't reply, but started talking in a quieter voice.

Part of me was relieved as the girl's voice was really starting to get on my nerves, but part of me was a bit shocked at the woman's behaviour.

Just wondering what other people think?

Fair fucks to the woman. I hate bastards on the phone in the bus or train.

I yearn for the days when it cost a fortune to make a call from a mobile so conversations were quick and only when necessary. People never "chatted" on mobiles.

Now that calls are basically free you've got fucking empty-headed **** just yammering incessantly and saying fuck-all, just quacking like ducks down the line in every manner of public space. It's usually females too. Instead of tying up the landline at home for hours talking absolute bollocks to their friends, they are now unleashed on the general public thanks to cheap phone plans.

Where are the smoking ban zealots when you need them, eh? Can we get phone bans on public transport and in pubs, cafes, etc? If I have to stand outside to have a smoke then so should the idiot who needs to have her phone glued to her ear half the live long day?

Also on public transport phone calls should be prohibited except for emergencies. You need to convey some important but non-life threatening information? Send a fucking text message or use a chat app.....that's if you can read and write you thick bollocks!!!!


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c68zapdsm5i1ru

What always surprises me is how people are prepared to shout quite private stuff all over the bus.
If my phone rings when I'm on a bus I usually don't answer it, unless I think it might be important.

foggy_lad

when I hear some youngish girl or lad start a conversation(usually a self centred me me me type tirade) I just imagine the person on the other end of the line and imagine them cursing the caller and hoping the bus crashes off a cliff or bursts into flames.

I don't mind short phone calls when on public transport, I wouldn't mind people having phone sex either. Idle nattering at the top of their voice is annoying though.

PaddyWilliams

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qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I've more issues with people on buses who don't wash themselves or their clothes. This morning, this lady got on the bus and she smelled so bad that the only smelly thing I had in my handbag was my face moisturiser. I squeezed some out and plastered it across my nostrils, so the nasty BO assaulting my senses was at least masked somewhat by a delicate jasmine scent. The older lady sitting across from me looked like she was going to get sick.

I would take a noisey phone call over that.

Though I'm on the train a lot and old people love to discuss their medical problems on very loud phone calls. Sometimes it'll be a drunk man harassing a woman or a gossip bitching about someone. The only time I'm really annoyed is when people make constant loud calls. The serial chatter. They'll tell their medical story to one person, hang up, call someone else and have the same chat. Ffs.

conorhal

foggy_lad wrote: »

Afaik that is a Muslim/Islamic(and possibly other sects and religions) thing where the young people are thought that such modern things as mobile phones are somehow dangerous and unsafe and not to be trusted and not to be held close to the head or other main body organs or they will cause madness, impotence, cancer, etc

Personally I blame every wan*ker on that show The Apprentice who all seem to hold out phones in front of them on speakerphone so as to roar inane shoite at each other.....

cowboyBuilder

HensVassal wrote: »

Fair fucks to the woman. I hate bastards on the phone in the bus or train.

I yearn for the days when it cost a fortune to make a call from a mobile so conversations were quick and only when necessary. People never "chatted" on mobiles.

Now that calls are basically free you've got fucking empty-headed **** just yammering incessantly and saying fuck-all, just quacking like ducks down the line in every manner of public space. It's usually females too. Instead of tying up the landline at home for hours talking absolute bollocks to their friends, they are now unleashed on the general public thanks to cheap phone plans.

Where are the smoking ban zealots when you need them, eh? Can we get phone bans on public transport and in pubs, cafes, etc? If I have to stand outside to have a smoke then so should the idiot who needs to have her phone glued to her ear half the live long day?

Also on public transport phone calls should be prohibited except for emergencies. You need to convey some important but non-life threatening information? Send a fucking text message or use a chat app.....that's if you can read and write you thick bollocks!!!!


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c68zapdsm5i1ru

I was on a bus once and the woman beside me spent the entire journey talking to someone on her phone. Then when it got to her stop she said goodbye to the person, adding '"I'll see you in a couple of minutes".

cowboyBuilder

I was back in Dublin a few weeks ago and went into town with my Mam on the bus - she's not the best with technology and she tends to just shout at her mobile with her glasses at the end of her nose.

So we are on the bus and she takes out her mobile and says "I must call Mrs xxx" (an elderly neighbour). (Think of Mrs Doyle and her friend in that Fr. Ted episode for the conversation)

Now this is a packed bus and I knew what was about to happen - "You'll do no such thing" I said - "call her later!!"

She does this a lot apparently ..:mad:

Skill Magill

Why in the name of fúck would you take a bus, listen to that shít and not give them your finishing move?
Mine is a withering glare, but as they are rarely in front of me they don't notice my murderous looks.

Sam Kade

DellyBelly wrote: »

Funnily enough I find that African people really shout when they use the phone on the bus. Sometimes I does be thinking the person on the other end of the line doesn't need to hear them via the phone as they could hear them from the bus. Also they must be on great plans because they seem to stay on the phone for the entire journey...

Eamon, they are loud without being on the phone

groucho marx

Another reason to avoid public transport, ignorant people yuck

Skill Magill

Skill Magill wrote: »

Why in the name of fúck would you take a bus, listen to that shít and not give them your finishing move?
Mine is a withering glare, but as they are rarely in front of me they don't notice my murderous looks.

I tuck my chin into my throat, tilt my face around, and scowl passive-aggressively.

Most people just think I'm having a stroke.

wally1990

Personally don't mind people on the phone but keep it bloody down , talk low . Nobody give a Damn about what he/she said or what your wearing tonight :P

Spanish Eyes

I once plucked up the courage to say the following to a woman who was on her phone for half an hour at full volume on the train.....

Once she finished and said bye,bye,bye,bye,bye,bye, I leaned over (we were on the outside seats opposite each other), and said in quite a loud voice...

"Well thank you SO much for sharing all that shyte with us on our journey today, you made a show of yourself Missus",

A few people around me said "well done" and I was a bit embarrassed. Yer woman said nothing but went bright red. I don't think people realise that no one is interested in your stupid inane convos.

Whew.

B.A._Baracus

People naturally develop the whole bus talk thing. It's where if you're on the phone or chatting to a friend beside you, you don't talk too loud.

It's common sense. If you just blare your mouth off you're obnoxious.