Do you make phone calls on speakerphone on public transport or listen to music without headphones?

[The_DADDY]

On 15/07/2024 at 17:28, Delbow said:

If so, may I ask WTF  is wrong with you? Why would you do this, instead of keeping your conversation or music or YouTube video to yourself, on the basis that no-one else has any interest in hearing it?

I don't mind it. If someone wants to listen to a bit of music on the bus or tram then I honestly don't mind. Same with making calls using the speakerphone. 

[hackey lad]

1 hour ago, butlers said:

And as to that set of people who hold the phone HORIZONTALLY  6 inches in front of themselves, I would be risking an SF ban saying my thoughts on.them

Say it and see how many agree with you  

[butlers]

Polite verison " you look a mite foolish"

[sheffbag]

12 hours ago, butlers said:

And as to that set of people who hold the phone HORIZONTALLY  6 inches in front of themselves, I would be risking an SF ban saying my thoughts on.them

just a little flick on the hand underneath as you walk past pretending to be getting something out of your pocket "allegedly" works well.

 

[Guest]

14 hours ago, The_DADDY said:

I don't mind it. If someone wants to listen to a bit of music on the bus or tram then I honestly don't mind. Same with making calls using the speakerphone. 

I just turn my hearing aids of

[Al Bundy]

Incredibly annoying and I would assume it's folk who are a bit thick.

[RollingJ]

6 minutes ago, Al Bundy said:

Incredibly annoying and I would assume it's folk who are a bit thick.

Or just plain ignorant.

[Draggletail]

19 hours ago, butlers said:

And as to that set of people who hold the phone HORIZONTALLY  6 inches in front of themselves, I would be risking an SF ban saying my thoughts on.them

Yes, I don't get that holding of the phone horizontally inches in front of the mouth. I always assumed it came from the fear of getting brain cancer that was bandied about in the press shortly after mobile phones first came out. If I think about it, I was probably wrong, the horizontal thing is far more recent than the advent of mobile phones.

[cressida]

I was on a bus and a guy was listening to loud music,  all the little lady pensioners were too scared to object,  I asked him to turn it down, he did then gradually turned it loud again,  so I told the driver and he said 'either turn it down or get off the bus'  he turned it down & then called his friend  and 

moaned to him about me.

After I'd done my shopping in Lymm I was at the bus stop waiting to go home & he offered me a lift - you can guess what my answer was!

[RollingJ]

3 minutes ago, cressida said:

I was on a bus and a guy was listening to loud music,  all the little lady pensioners were too scared to object,  I asked him to turn it down, he did then gradually turned it loud again,  so I told the driver and he said 'either turn it down or get off the bus'  he turned it down & then called his friend  and 

moaned to him about me.

After I'd done my shopping in Lymm I was at the bus stop waiting to go home & he offered me a lift - you can guess what my answer was!

@cressida - if he was on a bus, how could he offer you a lift, or am I missing something?