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noisy and self-important people — Brooklynian

noisy and self-important people

lemlar
lemlar
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
please, please, can someone explain to me why: (1) so many people seem to feel compelled to blast their ipods or equivalent on the subway (or even worse just play music from the cell phones aloud) with no regard for anyone else, and (2) why people insist on standing in the doorways of subway trains. is it truly just a "screw you" culture? do people not realize the effects on others or just not care?? man, i'm getting sick of this behavior in this neighborhood, on my local trains, etc.
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  • micheleisabel
    micheleisabel
    www.peoplewhodeserveit.com
  • bigguy
    bigguy
    Yea it's annoying. Hearing doctors and hearing aid manufacturers are gonna make a bunch of money someday.
  • raw
    raw

    Subject: Re: noisy and self-important people

    lemlar wrote: please, please, can someone explain to me why: (1) so many people seem to feel compelled to blast their ipods or equivalent on the subway (or even worse just play music from the cell phones aloud) with no regard for anyone else, and (2) why people insist on standing in the doorways of subway trains. is it truly just a "screw you" culture? do people not realize the effects on others or just not care?? man, i'm getting sick of this behavior in this neighborhood, on my local trains, etc.
    I definitely noticed that standing-in-front-of-the-subway-doors-and-not-moving-out-of-the -way-crap in Manhattan the other day and thought, "we're becoming a low-class mass of jerks." If we continue to drop manners, we'll soon be biting each other like dogs.
  • toadette
    toadette
    I think a lot of people don't realize how crappy those earbuds that ship with the iPod are and how anyone within 10 feet of them can hear their tunes. But yes, there is also likely the contingent who also know and don't give a crap.
  • antigone
    antigone
    It is annoying, but it's still a vast improvement over the boombox era.
  • chlover
    chlover
    when somebody does that standing in front of the doorway bit, I put on my most innocent "I'm just trying to get through face" and try to jab an elbow into their back or something on the way past.
  • armchair_warrior
    armchair_warrior
    i thought this post is about folks on the net and message boards particularly :p.


    /runs
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    the ipod noise is mainly because earbuds are horrible and you have to turn it up extremely loud to be able to hear the music over the sound of the train.
    If people were not too cheap to buy decent headphones it would not be a problem.
    What annoys me more than the ipods is people playing music through the speaker of their cell phone. WTF is up with that?

    One day I am just going to snap the neck of someone standing in the doorway who refuses to move when I am trying to get on. I think it will start a trend.

    Overall I think us normal and considerate people need to start calling the inconsiderate jerks out more often. timidity in the face of idiocy leads to anarchy.
  • bigguy
    bigguy
    antigone wrote: It is annoying, but it's still a vast improvement over the boombox era.
    Very good point.
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    I stand in the doors but I ALWAYS ALWAYS move OFF the train at crowded stations and then get right back on, and I always move aside if even 1 person gets on or off.
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    Can someone please explain to me the phenomenon of wearing one ear bud in your ear and letting the other dangle down on your chest/stomach?
  • arches
    arches
    Anastasia Beaverhausen wrote: Can someone please explain to me the phenomenon of wearing one ear bud in your ear and letting the other dangle down on your chest/stomach?
    Baby loves Beethoven?


    Any time I hear encounter one of those people playing crappy music through their cell phone speaker, I'm always tempted to turn my ringer up super-loud, stand right next to them, and play my phones cheesiest ring tone (eg Jingle Bells) over and over until they get the message and stop. But I never have the nerve to actually do it.
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    For the 3 minutes my train is above ground I'm always tempted to pull out my phone and say "HI! I'm on the TRAIN!!! What? Oh, nothing. Everyone else is on their phone and I want to be part of the group, too!!!"
  • boygabriel
    boygabriel
    A woman today was playing a PSP with the volume on full. I was going to get in her face and start critiquing her game.

    "JUMP JUMP! PUNCH! OH YOU MESSED UP!"
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    I'm guilty - but I only blast it drown out the preaching, panhandling, bullshit chatter I don't want to hear.
  • opossumqueen
    opossumqueen
    Anastasia Beaverhausen wrote: Can someone please explain to me the phenomenon of wearing one ear bud in your ear and letting the other dangle down on your chest/stomach?
    To hear announcements? I do this sometimes with my earbuds which are NOT the apple ones that everyone but me can hear. You can pretty much only hear anything from them if they are in your ear. If I'm on a train where things are going wrong I might take one out to make sure I don't miss announcements while listening to podcasts, etc.

    And the abandoned poop bag thing baffles me too. I could imagine someone dropping one and not noticing while wearing gloves.
  • bleibtreu
    bleibtreu
    arches wrote: Any time I hear encounter one of those people playing crappy music through their cell phone speaker, I'm always tempted to turn my ringer up super-loud, stand right next to them, and play my phones cheesiest ring tone (eg Jingle Bells) over and over until they get the message and stop. But I never have the nerve to actually do it.
    I've done it. Not just the cheesiest ring tone, but pretended to be trying to choose a new one by playing them all one after another to my friend sitting next to me.
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    And the abandoned poop bag thing baffles me too. I could imagine someone dropping one and not noticing while wearing gloves.
    Abandoned poop bag?
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I always hate the people who just got a new phone and need to check every fucking ringtone on their way home.
  • obamanut
    obamanut

    Subject: Re: noisy and self-important people

    lemlar wrote: man, i'm getting sick of this behavior in this neighborhood, on my local trains, etc.
    May I ask what neighborhood you are referring to?
  • bbc
    bbc
    the thing that drives me crazy on the subway now is when you get to the station, and people are standing directly in front of the door, waiting for it to open so they can IMMEDIATELY rush in despite the fact that there are people inside waiting to get off.

    i don't understand why people don't see that the fewer people ON the train, the easier it is for YOU to get on. Let 'em off first!
  • vidro3
    vidro3
    bbc wrote: the thing that drives me crazy on the subway now is when you get to the station, and people are standing directly in front of the door, waiting for it to open so they can IMMEDIATELY rush in despite the fact that there are people inside waiting to get off.

    i don't understand why people don't see that the fewer people ON the train, the easier it is for YOU to get on. Let 'em off first!
    but i'm trying to get on first so i can steal a seat from an old lady.
  • carmen
    carmen
    Additional pet peeve similar to the subway thing- When you are walking with someone else and another couple/group approaches you and they refuse to move even an inch to let everyone have room on the sidewalk. I think I must have "hyper passive" written on my forehead...I always end up walking behind whoever I'm walking with to let the oncoming group get by, or I step off the sidewalk on to the street. And I cannot tell you how many times I've been hit with purses (HELLO- IF A GROUP IS COMING AND YOU HAVE A LARGE BAG [like myself] PULL THE BAG TO THE FRONT OF YOUR BODY AS TO NOT CHECK THE ONCOMING INDIVIDUAL!!!) Just because you are larger than me doesn't mean you have the right to physically push me aside.
  • mougar
    mougar
    ^^^^Yep
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Carmen wrote: Additional pet peeve similar to the subway thing- When you are walking with someone else and another couple/group approaches you and they refuse to move even an inch to let everyone have room on the sidewalk. I think I must have "hyper passive" written on my forehead...I always end up walking behind whoever I'm walking with to let the oncoming group get by, or I step off the sidewalk on to the street. And I cannot tell you how many times I've been hit with purses (HELLO- IF A GROUP IS COMING AND YOU HAVE A LARGE BAG [like myself] PULL THE BAG TO THE FRONT OF YOUR BODY AS TO NOT CHECK THE ONCOMING INDIVIDUAL!!!) Just because you are larger than me doesn't mean you have the right to physically push me aside.
    That's what elbows are for. :twisted:
  • mougar
    mougar
    Carnivore wrote: That's what elbows are for. :twisted:
    Or, wait for it . . . The Urban Cow Catcher!

    It would be a granny cart with a wedge bolted on to the front for pushing people to either side. For when you just don't have time to say get the hell out of my way.
  • booklaw
    booklaw
    That's going to be de rigeur on the most expensive double strollers next year!!
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I like the wedge idea
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2098247705_afd45cc9de.jpg?v=0

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/70/209793951_59eff655ba.jpg?v=0

    maybe you should also make a version with razors instead of a wedge, for those punk rocker mama's.
  • antigone
    antigone
    Carnivore wrote:
    That's what elbows are for. :twisted:
    Another thing that works when you're passing people who don't want to make room for you is not to make eye contact but to look over their heads and keep on walking. I read this tip years ago in Michael Korda's book "Power" (it was the 80's, what can I say) and I've found it to be surprisingly effective. Most of the time, they will move aside to let you pass. Caveat: this may not work for extremely short people. Also, it won't work on days when you are invisible. Does anybody else have those days? It happens to me once or twice a year. Sales clerks ignore me, cars try to run me over and pedestrians run me off the sidewalk.

    The elbow thing is probably more fun, though. I admit I have upon occasion given an "accidental" shove to people who block subway doors.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    antigone wrote: [quote=Carnivore]
    That's what elbows are for. :twisted:
    Another thing that works when you're passing people who don't want to make room for you is not to make eye contact but to look over their heads and keep on walking. I read this tip years ago in Michael Korda's book "Power" (it was the 80's, what can I say) and I've found it to be surprisingly effective. Most of the time, they will move aside to let you pass. Caveat: this may not work for extremely short people.

    you know what does work for short people?

    steeling yourself for impact and walking right into the asshole who's looking over your head. for best results, tip your chin slightly down, so the top of your head hits the sternum.

    SO sick of the treatment in the above quotation. used to happen to me at least several times a week in chicago crosswalks, which are not as crowded as here, so there's no excuse.
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