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People taking calls on public transport

  • 24-11-2017 11:52PM
    #1
    0gac3yjefb5sv7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,945 ✭✭✭


    Especially business calls. Anyone else hate this?


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  • #2
    Grayditch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,347 ✭✭✭✭Grayditch


    Depends on the volume and the hack of their voice.


  • #3
    me_irl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭me_irl


    Sorry, I can't hear you over my noise cancelling earphones.


  • #4
    EPAndlee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,170 ✭✭✭EPAndlee


    Are they not entitled to answer their phones ?


  • #5
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,372 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I tend to ignore them


  • #6
    Deank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,238 ✭✭✭Deank


    :(
    Pheonix10 wrote: »
    Especially business calls. Anyone else hate this?

    Anyone who has a full on conversation (regardless of it being business or personal, personal is normally worse) using the loudest voice they can project while on public transport at 7:30am deserves a good shoeing.

    I hear the gobsh!tes every day


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  • #7
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Provided they aren't shouting all over the bus/train/tram then no problem.


  • #8
    AnneFrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭AnneFrank


    I hate it op, especially when they talk sh#t, I hate people waffling on phones In the bookies too, tis usually common folk


  • #9
    mikeysmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭mikeysmith


    Pheonix10 wrote: »
    Especially business calls. Anyone else hate this?

    what do you do if the phone rings?


  • #10
    lonewolf1961
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 701 ✭✭✭lonewolf1961


    If someone does phone me on any public transport i will answer the phone and just say sorry i cant talk now will phone you back asap and hang up . simple as .:):):)


  • #11
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Public transport is for peasants.


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  • #12
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    Sorry, I'm just about to go through a tun


  • #13
    Billy86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,495 ✭✭✭✭Billy86


    Grayditch wrote: »
    Depends on the volume and the hack of their voice.

    Yeah it's usually grand but few things are more annoying that being in public transport in sh*te weather after a long day and having "that person" who feels they need to speak louder than the rest of people on the bus/train/etc combined, or the person on the other end won't be able to hear them.

    It always amazes me when I see someone who does that because the above is genuinely the only reason I can think as to why they do it, which as close to a "the cows in here are very small, but the cows out there are far away" situation as you could get.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    EPAndlee wrote: »
    Are they not entitled to answer their phones ?

    I know. This ranks really low on the things to get upset or outraged about scale.


  • #15
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Bluetooth earphones, probably one of my better investments, I can yak away and I just look like I'm talking away to myself :p


  • #16
    server down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭server down


    Omackeral wrote: »
    I know. This ranks really low on the things to get upset or outraged about scale.

    Not at all. Civilised countries have quiet carriages precisely to avoid this kind of crap. Wouldn’t work here.


  • #17
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    I don't really notice. Rush hour public transport isn't exactly quiet so I don't feel like they're breaking any wonderful peace and quiet


  • #18
    LadyMacBeth_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭LadyMacBeth_


    I save my rage for people playing music or watching shows without headphones on public transport.


  • #19
    Father Hernandez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,487 ✭✭✭✭Father Hernandez


    Bus%2Bwankers.jpg


  • #20
    server down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭server down


    We need to ban embedded images on AH.


  • #21
    Don Kiddick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭Don Kiddick


    AnneFrank wrote: »
    I hate it op, especially when they talk sh#t, I hate people waffling on phones In the bookies too, tis usually common folk

    Do any other type frequent bookies ?!


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  • #22
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    Don Kiddick wrote: »
    Do any other type frequent bookies ?!

    Horsey folk and the unemployed.


  • #23
    Don Kiddick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭Don Kiddick


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    Horsey folk and the unemployed.

    As he said, common folk?


  • #24
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    server down wrote: »
    Not at all. Civilised countries have quiet carriages precisely to avoid this kind of crap. Wouldn’t work here.

    Plenty of “Phone-Free” train carriages this summer when I was going about south east England.
    They’re very obedient though. You’d still have ignoramuses here blethering away from Kildare to Limerick Junction.


  • #25
    server down
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,611 ✭✭✭server down


    splinter65 wrote: »
    Plenty of “Phone-Free” train carriages this summer when I was going about south east England.
    They’re very obedient though. You’d still have ignoramuses here blethering away from Kildare to Limerick Junction.

    Yeh.

    It has to be self policed and there are problems with that in Ireland.


  • #26
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    server down wrote: »
    Yeh.

    It has to be self policed and there are problems with that in Ireland.

    A lot of Irish train users would see that phone free sign as a challenge to their “rights” the same as some see the “seat reserved for Mary O’Brien sign” as a challenge. Won’t work.


  • #27
    lilblackdress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 195 ✭✭lilblackdress


    My new thing is wanting to kill people watching absolute muck on Snapchat with no headphones whilst on the bus... or video calls 😠 do they not realise it's firstly on loud speaker and secondly they are looking at me sitting behind you and at that makes me uncomfortable 😂


  • #28
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    I lock eyes with them, and then laugh.

    Whilst listening to my metal.

    It's fun :pac:


  • #29
    EndaHonesty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭EndaHonesty


    Imagine having a personal communication device... and using it for it's intended purpose.!?!


  • #30
    flaneur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 955 ✭✭✭flaneur


    Some people are annoyed by everything!


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  • #31
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Mena


    Doesn’t bother me but what I see more an more is FaceTime calls in public, so both sides of the conversation are bared to the public. Doesn’t bother me either, just weird. Not something I’d do.


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