Transport for London asks 'nuisance' mobile users to wear headphones
Transport for London (TfL) is targeting the "disruptive behaviour" of passengers who play music and make calls using mobile phone loudspeakers.
TfL said most bus and Tube travellers considered such behaviour "a nuisance" and that some even found the additional noise very stressful.
The new campaign follows TfL research that found 70% of 1,000 passengers surveyed said they found films, music and calls being played on loudspeakers to be a nuisance.
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Finally!
The worst are the dinks who play their music loud and are trying to rap along to it. It’s cringe as fuck, they look like fools
It’s a dominance display. They know that you don’t know whether they’re carrying a knife and thus won’t ask them to shut up.
Dinks?
I live in Canada, maybe only we call people Dinks when they’re being morons
It used to mean something different in the US in the 1980s. But based on context I can tell that is not the meaning here.
Double Income, No Kids. Those fuckers who could afford headphones.
Pretty much everyone should be able to get ahold of earbuds.
https://www.amazon.com/Headphones-Earphones-Earbuds-Control-Cancelling/dp/B0FCB8TS6V
You can get USB-C earbuds for something like $3. They won't have all the blingy active noise cancellation stuff, but nobody had ANC on their portable music players up until pretty recently. And they're probably gonna be clearer than trying to hear a cell phone speaker on mass transit.
I can't even get a large soda around here for $3.
It was a joke, OP explained themselves. Your point is still very valid. Those people ar just inconsiderate assholes.
Dude I get your point but no, use a better example. Cheap headphones reduce the nuisance only, music still leaks out and now the noise sounds like someone is beating a tin can instead of resembling music.
I always knew Dink as "Double Income, No Kids".
I don't think it means the same here however.
How is there 30% support? That’s way higher than I was expecting.
They're the fucks who play music
Sounds more like 30% don't give a fuck
Same happened in Berlin 2 weeks ago or so. Have seen less people being annoying in public transport. But still saw a few blasting tik tok off the speaker.
Honestly, fuck those people. I wish them a very unpleasant day.
It’s stupid that some people have to be told to please be considerate of others. One would assume that people would be more willing to respect people around them without being reminded that they shouldn’t behave like giant twats.
“pretend it’s a city…”
If it’s regulated you can fine them, and if they don’t pay the fines you can send them to court.
I feel like this rarely happens anymore. And usually people will turn it off if you actually say something to them.
If that works, just stand next to them and play your own music. Let's see how they like their music when it's mixed with some k-pop or a classic Disney song.
From my experience, only 50% will stop without an argument.
I once tried what the second paragraph suggests, after an argument that ended with me being ignored. They told me I should turn it off, so I asked "Am I bothering you with the sound that comes from my speaker?" They still refused to understand.
It's hard to find a strategy that works.
What I haven't tried yet is blocking their view to the screen in case they watch videos and are ignoring me.
Well, even if they don't understand at least they are now also having a bad time. Mutually assured annoyance.
I went to a courthouse a few weeks back to pay a fix-it ticket, and there was this dufus blasting hip hop on his phone while waiting in line for the clerk. I figured if this guy is dumb enough to be playing music in the court area and no one is saying anything, including the security cop, it probably isn't worth the hassle.
Yeah they do, most people are actually pretty nice. And I literally use it everyday.
What kind of shithole are you living in?
I'd have to agree with GP here. The type of guy that will play music using speakers on public transport is an antisocial cunt that will 90% of the time just try to start something if called out.
They are also most often teenagers so by all means, let them start something.
And at least all the modern trams have video surveillance so starting something there is a pretty fast way to get into actual legal trouble.
Where do you live that cops will give a shit about a teenager punching someone on the tram? Even if they catch them by some miracle they'll be out on bail the same day.
Where do you live that they don't?
Punching someone is assault. If you file charges for assault and have video evidence they literally have to do something.
Also shouldn't really be hard to catch them since they are most likely going to school so you just have to take the picture around the nearby schools.
I'm not sure what you mean by "get out in bail". Are you American? You don't go to jail over punching someone in the first place.
I currently live in Australia, but the same applies in pretty much any European country.
That's cool.
They do come across very punchable don't they?
“Why is everyone around me an asshole?!”