Do you turn off the tv when visitors call

lulu1

When we visit a friend the tv is always on at full volume. it makes no difference what is on should it be cartoons or the news, our host sits glued to it. He is normally very chatty when there is no tv around.
When he comes to us the tv is turned off

garbo speaks

Whenever visitors call to my house, I turn on Babestation and pull down my pants. The usually leave pretty quickly after that.

sjb25

No I turn it up

Atlantic Dawn

Do you tell them beforehand you are arriving or just arrive without notice? If you are arriving without notifying them first maybe they are just trying to tell you to pfo.

Seve OB

friend you say......

maybe they would rather watch tv than entertain you?

Defunkd

Yeah...unless they're coming to watch a game or dvd.

Noveight

Yeah, at mealtimes as well. Don't like having the telly as a distraction when a bit of a chat is much nicer.

OldMrBrennan83

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Franz Von Peppercorn

I’m watching the TV Kate, is generally my reaction.

lulu1

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Do tell them beforehand you are arriving or just arrive without notice? If you are arriving without notifying them first maybe they are just trying to tell you to pfo.

That thought did cross my mind but I know them to well They always invite us we would not call unannounced

Day Lewin

Yes. People having TV on when you're trying to talk to them is maddening and rude. They should give their full attention to the real people in their company. I show the same courtesy to my guests.

If I left the TV on while guests in the room it would be a very clear and deliberate statement of "I'm not interested in you and you should go away as soon as possible"

That is, not counting house-guests who may wish to watch TV!

_Brian

Tv is very rarely on but yes, if it were on it would go off.

Pinn Hedde

When people call of course the telly should be turned off ...after all if it is not it is like going out to dinner with friends and spending the time with your face stuck in your phone !

All really bad manners in this posters book !

Roadtoad

No TV in this house, so that's easy.
If we visit, it depends. Late Late toy show and we bring a feast, or Grand Slam Saturday and I bring some wine, it's fairly obvious. If hosts are watching something, join in or stay in the kitchen, or leave and come back some other time. It's their house, leave or join in.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Usually turn it off. If the Six Nations rugby was on I'd mute it.

kfallon

I don't accept visitors!

SeaFields

I've two young kids. People are afraid to call to my house.

Sunny Disposition

Really, really hated it when people would call to see my parents when I was a kid and the TV had to be turned off. Hated it! Years later when I was a student I remember someone calling to a friends house and them being frustrated that the TV wasn't turned off. I smirked and thought 'fair faking play'.
But nowadays with simple options to pause and record, surely it is no longer a sacrifice to turn it off?

Jim Bob Scratcher

I put on the nudey channel's to prevent them from hanging around too long.

The Backwards Man

When we were kids we stole the local holy Joe's remote and used to stick on the German channels from outside the window when he and his wife were sitting in.

Great fun.

seanrambo87

I generally turn it off, however there is one 'guest' who usually calls unannounced. At first we turned it off out of manners but our guest would bore ya to tears so now we just leave it on. Problem solved? Not a fcukin hope they just tend to waffle on while we're trying to watch something.

Rock (us) hardplace

Graces7

No TV so no problem.. no visitors either Life is very simple

Super-Rush

No I lock the door, close the curtains and turn up the volume.

jobbridge4life

lulu1 wrote: »

When we visit a friend the tv is always on at full volume. it makes no difference what is on should it be cartoons or the news, our host sits glued to it. He is normally very chatty when there is no tv around.
When he comes to us the tv is turned off

In general I would turn it off, unless I had something on Youtube that I wanted to show them etc. or if there was something we both intended to watch.

I don't mind when you visit someone and they stay watching something important to them, for instance a sports match that is live.

I hate it though when you visit someone and they just leave the TV on in the background even though no one is watching it. I'm a little hard of hearing sometimes so it can really affect my ability to participate in conversation, and it is just so irritating to have this stupid background chatter when no one is paying attention to it.

lulu1

Super-Rush wrote: »

No I lock the door, close the curtains and turn up the volume.

And when do you let the visitors out

Super-Rush

lulu1 wrote: »

And when do you let the visitors out

When I've had enough :pac:

Rubberchikken

Yes but then its hardly ever on, in a different room, spend most time in kitchen and no telly there. Radio though but turned down. Sonething different about radio.

EPAndlee

I just turn up the volume and pretend I can't see them waving through the window

jobbridge4life

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Yes but then its hardly ever on, in a different room, spend most time in kitchen and no telly there. Radio though but turned down. Sonething different about radio.

If you turn it down, why not turn it off? I have a hearing difficulty in that I can barely hear what is in my direct earshot if background nose is present.

No, always leave it on especially if I'm following a sporting event etc. I wouldn't have it up really loud or anything though but enough to hear it. Tv is on pretty much from the minute we get in from work until going to bed around 12. Weekends is on from when I get up until when I go to bed (if I'm in the house all day). Usually with one match after another on, so no way am turning it off just because someone calls.

In fact I'd find it quite awkward sitting ther with people and nothing on in the background etc.

Agricola

Yes always turn if off. If they don't see the flickering light on the curtain and can't hear it, they assume I'm out and go away. Win win!

Hector Bellend

Egypt Numerous Zeppelin wrote: »

Usually turn it off. If the Six Nations rugby was on I'd mute it.

If six nations rugby was on my TV, I'd kill the TV and anyone in the room at the time.

I hate rugby and visitors

garbo speaks

garbo speaks wrote: »

Whenever visitors call to my house, I turn on Babestation and pull down my pants. The usually leave pretty quickly after that.

If you’d want to freak them out you’d put on Alison Spittle

Franz Von Peppercorn

I’ll turn it off only if they take their shoes off.

#threadmeshup

WoollyRedHat

Im friends with a tv inspector so I usually have to throw a blanket over it and get out the pictionary to throw them off.

retro:electro

Tv always on. Otherwise what will distract from the awkward silences

Katgurl

Yes definitely switch it off.

The tv in my mother's house is always on and it's an open plan living and kitchen room. It was only when I got some distance and came back I realised how weird it was to subject visitors to soap opera marathons or whatever. She refused to admit her hearing is going so has the volume up full blast. It doesn't matter if it's family, our friends or her friends visiting, she doesn't switch it off.

I appreciate it's her house, her rules but she loves having visitors and doesn't seem to realise how uninviting it is to have people sitting there with deafening tv.

lulu1

WoollyRedHat wrote: »

Im friends with a tv inspector so I usually have to throw a blanket over it and get out the pictionary to throw them off.

Oh god they would never tell it's a tv under the blanket. Good thinking:D

WoollyRedHat

lulu1 wrote: »

Oh god they would never tell it's a tv under the blanket. Good thinking:D

You could say... it`s thinking outside the box.

Graces7

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Yes but then its hardly ever on, in a different room, spend most time in kitchen and no telly there. Radio though but turned down. Sonething different about radio.

Many folk are scared of or made uneasy by silence. Seem to need that background human noise .. used to drive me crazy at street markets etc.

Optimalprimerib

I would be so casual with the people that visit me or I visit, we would have the TV on in the background. My friends usually pop up to make themselves tea as well.