Ever feel embarrassed about, but couldn't help listening to someone's conversation.

Rossonero

was sitting behind a middle-aged man on the bus on Sunday. He was talking in a fairly loud voice to his wife.
I tried to ignore the conversation, but I don't have selective hearing.

He was talking to his wife who had left him a few months beforehand;
"I'm not going to be begging you all the time, but you have to make up your mind. Do you want me? I'm getting sick of your ****ing family and friends interfiering. They're putting things in your mind. I'm ****ing sick of it!" and it went on for around 15 minutes!

I had to try hard to stop myself from giggling!

steppen

how is that in any way interesting/funny?

The_B_Man

lol he got dumped!

steppen

The_B_Man wrote:

lol he got dumped!

right, i missed the whole "wife had left him a few months before" line,

koneko

Yeah, it's like rubbernecking. You feel guilty listening, but you're on the bus, it's quiet, and someone's having a conversation, it's hard to miss what they're saying.

quarryman

so how'd it end?

i wouldn't be embarrassed at all, he was on a bus ffs.

The_B_Man

the worst is when they watch u! i dont mind the listenin in but i was wit this girl down the back of the 66 before and there was me mate in front and a bloke beside us on back seat. me mate was sayin ur man was watchin us eat the face off each other all the way there. backstards!

simu

Nah, I don't get embarassed/guilty about it. It's up to the talkers to make sure no one else can hear them if they want privacy.

Most overheard conversations are very dull although you get the odd jewel.

JackKelly

The luas in the morning is pretty bad regarding silence. 90% of the people don't say a thing.They just watch....and listen.Like hawks

crazy angel

yea i hate that ^^^^

projectmayhem

that's why you get a walkman, discman or mp3 player

Commissar

The_B_Man wrote:

the worst is when they watch u! i dont mind the listenin in but i was wit this girl down the back of the 66 before and there was me mate in front and a bloke beside us on back seat. me mate was sayin ur man was watchin us eat the face off each other all the way there. backstards!

This may come as a shock but not everyone actually wants to see this. Tbh I find it embarrassing whenever someone is shoving it in my face

angeldelight

The_B_Man wrote:

the worst is when they watch u! i dont mind the listenin in but i was wit this girl down the back of the 66 before and there was me mate in front and a bloke beside us on back seat. me mate was sayin ur man was watchin us eat the face off each other all the way there. backstards!

Your poor friend! I'm sure he felt comfortable for that journey!!

I couldn't help laughing at a conversation I heard today on the bus. This guy got on the bus and started talking to someone he knew who was already on it saying "I'm sick of these f**king buses, that b*****d brophy (local judge) banned me from driving again", and his friend says "oh drinking again and driving were you?" "yeah" "over christmas?" "yeah, the b*****d, has he nothing better to do"
Glad I didn't wander into his path over Christmas. He also said he drove his car part of the way in then got bus the rest cos they only check in the city centre apparently (stupid b*****ds etc). I'd love him to get caught, esp as he was smoking the whole time he was telling the story

Caesar_Bojangle

If I meet someone I know on the bus and I know some other passenger is listening attentively to the conversation I'll say something unexpected and watch them in the corner of my eye struggle to hold back their laughter.

joejoem

angeldelight wrote:

Your poor friend! I'm sure he felt comfortable for that journey!!

I couldn't help laughing at a conversation I heard today on the bus. This guy got on the bus and started talking to someone he knew who was already on it saying "I'm sick of these f**king buses, that b*****d brophy (local judge) banned me from driving again", and his friend says "oh drinking again and driving were you?" "yeah" "over christmas?" "yeah, the b*****d, has he nothing better to do"
Glad I didn't wander into his path over Christmas. He also said he drove his car part of the way in then got bus the rest cos they only check in the city centre apparently (stupid b*****ds etc). I'd love him to get caught, esp as he was smoking the whole time he was telling the story

That guy sounds like such a culchie thug, no offence to culchies, but when I lived in New York the Irish areas were full of them. Everyone in Ireland was sick of there shít so sent them to america to work. Dum fluckers that were raised in barns. I hope he gets jailed before he kills someone

ionapaul

Are you joking? He sounds like a typical Dub skanger - knows the local judge and how the Guards ('big dumb culchies, huh huh huh') enforce the law. I imagine a skinny idiot with a shaved head and a hitler-style 'tashe, straight outta Compton...ah, make that Finglas! Possibly responds to Anto, Deco, Miko, Johnno, etc...

PurpleFistMixer

Eavesdropping is one of the pleasures of taking public transport. In fact, I think people who talk on mobiles on the bus should put it on speaker phone. That way, everyone is still subjected to having to listen, but they can at least get both ends of the story and it isn't a completely wasted exercise.

impr0v

My brother overheard a conversation between two howya's about two years ago. One was telling the other about her new labia piercing, paid for by her 40 year old, already married, boyfriend and then went on to describe in intimate detail how it felt and also the various stages of infection it went through, with verbal illustrations.

Miguel_Sanchez

Have to say that I have been guilty of discreetly turning off my discman but keeping in the headphones so I can listen to conversations without seeming to be eavesdropping.

Great stuff sometimes.

And being on the other end can be great too. Deliberately throwing in things that will catch eavesdroppers off guard and make them move away from you on the bus is great fun.

"Yeah went to the doctor again this morning. It's spread alright - and he reckons it's pretty contagious too." - A personal favourite.

Romo

A while back I was in a Chinese restaurant in Cork; it’s the one near Brown Thomas. It was during the summer and it was pretty quiet. Three gay guys got a table across from me, they started talking about all the married male politicians (household names) who were in the closet and who they had sex with. Has to be one of the most surreal experiences of my life.

On the bus awile back I was talking on my phone to a friend when I became aware that the woman sitting across from me was listening to every word I said. I tell my friend that ill ring him back in a few minutes and hang up. I turn to the woman and smile as I redial the number and say, "I'll put it on speaker phone this time in so you can both sides". The look on her face was priceless. She spent the rest of the journey telling the woman beside her how I had no manners. Havent laughed so as much in ages.

lizbeth

I always love it when people get into very private conversations out in the middle of crowds of people. I mean, who doesn't want to hear about your deepest, darkest, most private issues?!

http://www.coudal.com/shhh.php

I saw this on TV one day and I think I laughed for half an hour. Had to print it out and if I were more brave, I'd actually hand them out!

TerrorFirmer

My friend purposely says crazy things when he knows people are listening in. He'd be on the bus and he'd say "God that guy was amazing in bed last night...", He'd be walking past a group of tourists and he'd be like "So anyway, I had this guy swinging his balls in my mouth last night....."

And much, much worse stuff. He does it quite a bit. It sounds very immature, and it is, but it's still pretty funny!

Trojan

Deleted User wrote:

On the bus awile back I was talking on my phone to a friend when I became aware that the woman sitting across from me was listening to every word I said. I tell my friend that ill ring him back in a few minutes and hang up. I turn to the woman and smile as I redial the number and say, "I'll put it on speaker phone this time in so you can both sides". The look on her face was priceless. She spent the rest of the journey telling the woman beside her how I had no manners. Havent laughed so as much in ages.

I think she was dead right. It's very irritating when people have full length converstations on public transport.

MobileInfantry

MobileInfantry wrote:

My friend purposely says crazy things when he knows people are listening in. He'd be on the bus and he'd say "God that guy was amazing in bed last night...", He'd be walking past a group of tourists and he'd be like "So anyway, I had this guy swinging his balls in my mouth last night....."

And much, much worse stuff. He does it quite a bit. It sounds very immature, and it is, but it's still pretty funny!

A certain red headed guy is currently sitting beside me chowing down on a full swiss roll and reading that. He says it reminds him of someone he knows. Wonder who that could be?

Tha Gopher

Anyone from Blanchardstown (or any scumbaggerish region of Dublin) will know and laugh at the young muckbirds who sit down the back of the top deck. I always make a point of sitting down near here,as
gthe convo is always priceless(mind you,if i sat up the top i could still hear them)

From last Friday
"Aw jaysus,me and me sisters were all smokin up in Antos shed,and two of deh westie lads came up to get Anto. Hed been mindin 10 bars of hash for dem but some bleedin kunt stole it,and now dere after Anto and Deco,he said therell be a bullet for deh pairofem if it doesnt turn up soon. Id be bleedin ****tin,id be on deh boat to england ya know?"

At 3 year old boy
"WOUYLDA YA SHUT THE **** UP YA LITTLE BOLLIX OR ILL KICK THE BLEEDIN SHOYTE OUTTA YA!"

Referring to pictures on a phone of the newborn niece of one of them
Skang1"Aw jaysus,shes bleedin gorgeous isnt she? Whos her da?"
Skang2"I dunno,she wont ****in tell us. I think it could be Steo,cos shes kinda dark lookin loike him,and I think me sister rode him a while back"

Phone conversation, heard by everyone within 3 miles
"Yo Tracey? Whats the story? Ya headin down da pub tonight? We`re just on our way into town now,Ill be back in about 3 hours. Ya fancy headin up to me gaff for a bit of sniff before we head?"


Ive got nothing at all against drug use,hiding drugs for criminal gangs in return for payment, and getting your hole. Its just that when i talk about it i try not to let the rest of the bus hear it


Then yesterday i was on the bus and overheard some bird,sounded UCD-ish type,talking about how she was too afraid to spend time looking after some 3 year old ginger relative of hers,cos he was ginger,he looked evil,and she has a phobia of ginger kids

EKRIUQ

I was coming home from Holidays in Spain and at the airport and queing up at the airport check in Skanger1 and the Mot were behind me and talking to there friends skanger2 and Mot2 2.

SK1- Fuken rapid buzz man, rapid, rapid, How ye get on the hols did ye have a good buzz.

Mot1- We had fukin deadly buzz, rapid it was, hired a car deadly buzz.
SK1- ya feckin heap a ****te, old as hills, did me best to trash it, signed me name with the key in the roof deadly buzz.

Mot1- Our bleedin appartments in a awful state, place is recked, I don't feckin care I'm going home, they can fix the sink themselfs fukin spics could'ent even speak english in our appartments rapid,rapid,rapid.

Sk1- appartments were full of Mulla's fukin big thick culichie Mulla's, fuked bottle in through one of their windows on the way home the other night deadly buzz it was!

Glad I wasn't staying in the same appartments as them!