Dopes listening to music on their phones in public places.

sheepers

Particularly on public transport. Public transport is bad enough without this s***.

I'm not just talking about teenagers who are probably too young and stupid to realise how annoying they're being. I'm talking about grown-assed adults who should know better. I love music but would feel like an obnoxious jerk forcing strangers to listen to what I'm into. Clearly these people are aware of headphones so it's a deliberate act.

Surely it's time bus Eireann and Irish rail took some action on these idiots?

Edit: I mean through the phones speakers, not headphones!

Damien360

Add those that walk with the phone horizontal up to their mouth during a phone call, talking into the base of the phone and have it on speaker for all to hear the full conversation. Then you get a look from them like you are listening to a private conversation and how dare you ! Fcuk off.

PsychoPete

I've never come across this but then again I'm not a peasant that uses public transport

sheepers

My head is wrecked. Its times like this I ask myself what would Larry David do?

ShooterSF

I've only experienced this once on a bus but what I have experienced, and they were told where to go, were people in a bar after the half hour drink up time when the music is cut and the lights go up as a hint to f off, pull out a bluetooth speaker and start playing their own music! Humanity is mostly full of decent humans OP but it only takes one prick.

Arghus

Yep, these people are idiots.

lawred2

Only cheap headphones of the past can be heard these days.. most sets project sound inwards..

Used to be problem but can't see I hear it much these days and I'm on the dart every day

lawred2

Oh hang on, you mean on the phone's loudspeaker?

Yeah those people are cnuts

But it's more of a bus problem.. never hear it on the dart

sheepers

lawred2 wrote: »

Only cheap headphones of the past can be heard these days.. most sets project sound inwards..

Used to be problem but can't see I hear it much these days and I'm on the dart every day

I mean people literally playing music through their phones speaker, loudly, no headphones. Grown men and women. Maybe I'm extremely unlucky but I've experienced this several times on public transport recently.

Hangdogroad

Even worse are people playing stupid youtube videos with the sound up. Things like traveller call out videos etc.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

there was a bird walking with a bloke at hook head the other day playing some rhianna type **** fest out her phone ,
like she was in some kind of movie scene .

i was praying the movie would turn out to be Jaws

Some people like to impose themselves on those around them..

swarlb

sheepers wrote: »

Particularly on public transport. Public transport is bad enough without this s***.

I'm not just talking about teenagers who are probably too young and stupid to realise how annoying they're being. I'm talking about grown-assed adults who should know better. I love music but would feel like an obnoxious jerk forcing strangers to listen to what I'm into. Clearly these people are aware of headphones so it's a deliberate act.

Surely it's time bus Eireann and Irish rail took some action on these idiots?

You must be very young.... this was happening in the 1980's with walkmans (leakage)... obviously their parents passed it on....

Realt Dearg Sec

I don't think it's a coincidence that it's ALWAYS **** music. Horrible musical taste seems to go hand in hand with being an obnoxious flute.

TwoMonthsOff

Deserve a painful death

BDI

I was doing a small plumbing job in somebodies house the other day and they had a teenager in the kitchen blaring stuff on her phone. I just asked if she could turn it off so I could hear the water in the pipes.
People who listen to music on a phone speaker may as well be listening to it on one of them flashy light up spinny toys a holes bring back from Santa Ponsa for your kids.

Have a bit of respect for the artist that made it. Give them the decency of a bit of sound quality when you impose their crappy music on the rest of us.

sheepers

swarlb wrote: »

You must be very young.... this was happening in the 1980's with walkmans (leakage)... obviously their parents passed it on....

I mean without headphones, through the speaker, loudly for maximum allowance. They must have some purpose for not using headphones, which I don't understand. Perhaps they think the rest of us will think their auto-tuned horse**** is cool, and by extension they're extremely cool too?

swarlb

swarlb wrote: »

You must be very young.... this was happening in the 1980's with walkmans (leakage)... obviously their parents passed it on....

They’re not talking about leakage, they’re talking about absolute cretins listening to music through their phone speaker with no headphones. A lot louder than Walkman headphone leakage.

Nigel Fairservice

I've seen a grown man do it on an Aer Lingus flight. Blaring his noise pollution for all to hear. He got loads of looks off people. He seemed completely oblivious to the annoyance he was causing to those around him. The air hostess eventually told him to turn it off.

elperello

sheepers wrote: »

My head is wrecked. Its times like this I ask myself what would Larry David do?

Take a cab and deliver a monologue from the back seat?

Balmed Out

Damien360 wrote: »

Add those that walk with the phone horizontal up to their mouth during a phone call, talking into the base of the phone and have it on speaker for all to hear the full conversation. Then you get a look from them like you are listening to a private conversation and how dare you ! Fcuk off.

Some countries that's the norm

Balmed Out

Balmed Out wrote: »

Some countries that's the norm

People who have watched too much reality television.

JohnnyFlash

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I've seen a grown man do it on an Aer Lingus flight. Blaring his noise pollution for all to hear. He got loads of looks off people. He seemed completely oblivious to the annoyance he was causing to those around him. The air hostess eventually told him to turn it off.

Was he playing Creedence Clearwater Revival?

Heebie

It's safer for the individual not to wear headphones in public, especially the noise cancelling sort that are so popular today.
If you can't hear what's going on around you, your "situational awareness" is significantly diminished, and you're a lot more likely to get caught in situations you'd normally avoid easily be if you could hear those things that are not in your field of vision.

Heebie

Heebie wrote: »

It's safer for the individual not to wear headphones in public, especially the noise cancelling sort that are so popular today.
If you can't hear what's going on around you, your "situational awareness" is significantly diminished, and you're a lot more likely to get caught in situations you'd normally avoid easily be if you could hear those things that are not in your field of vision.

That’s fine, be safe. Just turn off the bloody music then and act like a member of the human race.

blackbox

People used to listen to radios, which were louder.

When I was a kid you couldn't enjoy a quiet summer Sunday on the beach because of people listening to matches.

...not to mention boom boxes.

BDI

blackbox wrote: »

People used to listen to radios, which were louder.

When I was a kid you couldn't enjoy a quiet summer Sunday on the beach because of people listening to matches.

...not to mention boom boxes.

Yeah but they were speakers built to be listened to not last resort phone speakers

Deebles McBeebles

Was unfortunate enough to be on a bus recently and had 2 teenage girls listening to some absolute sh*te that some young lad had "composed" on his laptop whilst talking like they were from inner city London. F*ck off, girls.

Jenneke87

Where I live this behaviour is rife! I wish I would have the guts to say something but afraid It will turn nasty...

Kumejima

Here's a simple strategy that avoids a straight up confrontation: next time someone is inflicting their god awful taste in music on the rest of humanity, just start playing "Come out ye black and tans" by the Wolfe tones on full volume through your speakers, followed by the most irritating diddley-eye stuff you can find until they get the message

beggars_bush

Was up at the top of the Empire State building in New York a few years ago, at sunset and I was so looking forward to the experience. Anyway there was this couple playing Alicia Keys 'New York' on full volume on their phone or Bluetooth speaker. And singing along.

Never wanted to punch someone so much in my life

Millicently

It's usually a certain type of guy or a group of young girls. The only way to survive public transport is to put on headphones/earphones and try to block out the rest of the noise.

endacl

The only way to survive public transport is to drive your own car.