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[Eggyman]

Th^t's what I'm talking about.

 

[mrvlknight21]

Stop making fun of me. Don't you see I'm already in a bad mood?

I should ban you just to try.

Yes, you should ban the Bamfer.

That is all.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

A to do/dont list

Do:

• Step away from your headphones, see how loud they are.
• Have them at a safe volume, they are after all earbuds.
• Be curtious to people, he did as nicely
• barrell roll

Dont:

• Treat him like ****
• Complain about it
• Make a big scene
• Let it get to you
• Vent about it.

 

[Sloth7d]

Play them as loudly or low as you want. What's he going to do? Complain to the manager about a little noise in a cafe (though I suppose it depends on the etiquette of the establishment as well.)? But if it's as moderately noisy as any of the places I frequent, then you had no inclination to oblige.

 

[Wylie Times]

I don't see what the big deal was. I mean, the whole idea of headphones is that you can play your music to yourself without others hearing it. If you're playing it loud enough that others can hear it, they are within their rights to ask you to turn it down. He wasn't even rude or anything.

Yeah sounds like LS was just being cranky.......and probably needs to invest in some better headphones.

 

[NotAHenchwench]

Maybe you should invest in some Bose noise cancelling headphones, LS.

On one hand, I agree with the guy. If they were bothering him, and he did ask politely to turn them down, I don't see a problem with turning them down.

On the other, you were in a cafe. If they bothered him that much he could have moved his seat. But either way, it's just another example of just having to exist with other people in public.

 

[Fry's Girl!!]

I have a terrible fear of annoying people so sometimes I have the volume down so low I don't even know what I'm listening to or I can hear the music from other peoples headphones over my own, so if you can, turn it up as loud as you want, its just a bit of music after all.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

So, about an hour ago I was chilling at this coffee cafe joint around the way (a little knock-off of Starbucks) where people kinda hang out. Some are obviously business people like myself and we use it as a non-alcholic watering hole when we get off work. Others are college students and general consumers. There is free Wi-Fi available so there are a lot of folks that set up their lap tops and do their thing on-line while sipping on their favorite cup of java-flavored cancer.

And that's exactly what I was doing today: I had my laptop out to do some research. I had my youtube playlist running and obviously I had earphones in my head. So as I doing my thing, I get a tap on the shoulder from this middle eastern-looking dude with long hair who is reading a book nearby. Our seats were kinda back-to-back with eachother, about 2 or 3 feet apart. "Would you mind turning your sound down?", he said, smiling ever so toothily.

I was like, "Excuse me?"

He said, "Your volume. Would you mind turning it down?"

I replied, "Dude I have headphones on." I was actually kinda shocked that someone would tell me to turn down what was in my head--in a public place of all things.

"I know, he said, still smiling, "but I can still hear it."

My initial mental reaction: So the f*** what? You mean nothing to me." But I just looked at him like he had lost his mind. But he kept smiling at me and nodding his head like he was trying to cast a Jedi Mind-Trick on my ass. At a loss for words, all I could say was, "Okay," and I know I rolled my eyes because I was totally "Who the f*** does this cat think he is?--this is not the goddamn LIBRARY QUIET ZONE."

I checked my volume. It was well below the half-way mark on the guage, so it wasn't loud at all. At the most he might have heard some slight sounds but certainly nothing audible to point of hearing words or making out the tunes themselves. Since the volume was already on the low end, it became drowned out by chit-chatting and other music playing around me. So now I couldn't really enjoy my music at all.

Dude turned around and went back to reading his boring ass book. And I resumed my work so annoyed that I couldn't quite concentrate for a while. I felt irritated because I had already taken pains to not be distracting. I could've just let the Youtube video playlist ring lound and f***ing clear through the laptop's speakers. The cafe had music playing overhead. So to have someone try to check me about the volume of the goddamn earphones was pretty f***ing annoying considering he could've packed his ass up and moved or just...I dunno...READ HARDER.

Although I turned my sound down initially, as soon as the next song on my playlist started I turned my volume back up to where it was. I was like "Screw this."

Am I totally off my rocker here? Have any of you ever been told to turn your earphone volume down in a non-library place like a restaurant, while riding public transportation, or lounging in a bookstore or coffee shop? If so, how did you handle it?

You should have told him off.

 

[SWAT]

Public place with headphones... You did nothing wrong. Me thinks.

 

[Manic]

I'd give my opinion on this matter, but I don't want to get banned for siding with the dude who asked you to turn the volume down.


Seriously, get some better headphones.

 

[Metamorpho1977]

you should have told him to read softer, his reading was distracting your listening.

 

[Prison Mike]

I don't see what was so wrong with him asking politely though. He wasn't being an ass and forcing you to lower it. From your description of him, he was pretty nice about it. It does get annoying when people play loud music even if they have head phones on.

 

[cronosred]

I think when you go to a public place you have to expect there is going to be noise, if you want a quite place to read stay home. I can't imagine music from headphones could be anymore distracting than the people coming in and out of the place, giving and taking orders, talking to each other or talking on the phone.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

I see people with headphones on here at school, and I can hear them down the hall. I'd go tell them they're to loud, but if they have the volume up that loud they most likely wouldn't be able to hear me anyway. People with loud headphones are so rude. Don't give a damn about anyone around them.

I don't see how people who listen to their headphones loud are rude.

Headphones are personalized speakers, but they are still speakers, they still create sound, and yes sometimes the noise can be heard by others.

Frankly, I do get annoyed by other people who seem to have this mentality that they should never have to hear any sound, ever. A former room mate of mine was like that - I would watch my TV late at night because I don't go to sleep at normal hours, but because others were sleeping, I would literally turn down my TV to the lowest possible setting it could go without it being muted. Yet, she would still always complain about how "loud" I would keep my TV at night. Even her boyfriend finally had to step in and say that I was doing everything I possibly could to not be a distraction, and that I should be given a break.

I listen to my headphones loud, I like loud music. But at the same time, if I am going to be in a place where I feel it might distract someone, then sure I will turn them down. So I dunno, like someone else said, Caliph didn't exactly do anything wrong, but the other guy did ask politely, and I don't think did anything that should have made Caliph mad.

 

[Paroxysm]

You were being an ass. Just because you have headphones on doesn't mean the sound can't be heard by others. I've come across many people who blast their music and it can be heard by others. My roommate last year played his incredibly loud; would have been the same if he didn't have headphones. Most importantly, he asked politely and wasn't being rude at all.

This.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I don't see how people who listen to their headphones loud are rude.

Headphones are personalized speakers, but they are still speakers, they still create sound, and yes sometimes the noise can be heard by others.

Which defeats the purpose of having headphones.

Headphones are intended for you and ONLY you to hear the music. Not you and everyone in a 10 foot radius.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

I don't see how people who listen to their headphones loud are rude.

Headphones are personalized speakers, but they are still speakers, they still create sound, and yes sometimes the noise can be heard by others.

Frankly, I do get annoyed by other people who seem to have this mentality that they should never have to hear any sound, ever. A former room mate of mine was like that - I would watch my TV late at night because I don't go to sleep at normal hours, but because others were sleeping, I would literally turn down my TV to the lowest possible setting it could go without it being muted. Yet, she would still always complain about how "loud" I would keep my TV at night. Even her boyfriend finally had to step in and say that I was doing everything I possibly could to not be a distraction, and that I should be given a break.

Exactly.

If the room was a "quiet room" where everyone was silently reading and I'm up in the joint with headphones on, I could totally see his irritation. But it wasn't a quiet room: Folks were standing around, guffawing it up, drinking their coffee and eating their scones, and having a good time. And again: THERE. WAS. OVERHEAD MUSIC. PLAYING TOO.

I think that probably pissed me off more than anything else. It wasn't like he wasn't already hearing music--and much louder/clearer music at that.

So I dunno, like someone else said, Caliph didn't exactly do anything wrong, but the other guy did ask politely, and I don't think did anything that should have made Caliph mad.

I became angry because I felt he was singling me out because I sitting closest to him. If you're not going to police EVERYONE (including cafe management) to shut up their noise don't f***ing come after me about some music in my ears for Christ's sake.

I found it petty. I don't give a damn how nice he was about it. He was out of line.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

Which defeats the purpose of having headphones.

Headphones are intended for you and ONLY you to hear the music. Not you and everyone in a 10 foot radius.

Bullspit. You're the guy that I'm talking about from teh cafe aren't you?

No one could hear my stuff--I could barely hear it my damn self...the coffee shop was that noisy. He probably heard some light scratching in the air, apparently didn't like the sound of it, and decided to whine.

Lame.

I think when you go to a public place you have to expect there is going to be noise, if you want a quite place to read stay home. I can't imagine music from headphones could be anymore distracting than the people coming in and out of the place, giving and taking orders, talking to each other or talking on the phone.

I couldn't have said it better. We were not in a library or hospital...we were in a social gathering spot full of pedestrians winding down on a Friday after work.

 

[deathshead2]

I don't see how people who listen to their headphones loud are rude.

Headphones are personalized speakers, but they are still speakers, they still create sound, and yes sometimes the noise can be heard by others.

Frankly, I do get annoyed by other people who seem to have this mentality that they should never have to hear any sound, ever. A former room mate of mine was like that - I would watch my TV late at night because I don't go to sleep at normal hours, but because others were sleeping, I would literally turn down my TV to the lowest possible setting it could go without it being muted. Yet, she would still always complain about how "loud" I would keep my TV at night. Even her boyfriend finally had to step in and say that I was doing everything I possibly could to not be a distraction, and that I should be given a break.

I listen to my headphones loud, I like loud music. But at the same time, if I am going to be in a place where I feel it might distract someone, then sure I will turn them down. So I dunno, like someone else said, Caliph didn't exactly do anything wrong, but the other guy did ask politely, and I don't think did anything that should have made Caliph mad.

Yeah, but headphones were made so only you have to hear it. Not everyone else.

I'm sure my roommate gets angry at me when I tell him to turn his headphones down. But I'm one of those people who can't do anything with loud music going on around me. Also can't sleep with the tv on, or any light of any kind. Need pitch black darkness for me to get sleep at all.

 

[Beanjuice]

Dude, I would have been like "Okay? I can hear your annoying voice but Im not telling you to lower your volume. You dont own the place and my volume is below half so you can BELOW me'

 

[The Squirrel]

Um, maybe I'm crazy. But I believe headphones are so you can enjoy your music while not disturbing others. So if someone kindly asks you to turn it down, then just turn it down. So, yes. I think you went completely off your rocker.

 

[Lightning Strykez!]

you should have told him to read softer, his reading was distracting your listening.

You dont own the place and my volume is below half so you can BELOW me'

Nice.

Yeah sounds like LS was just being cranky.......and probably needs to invest in some better headphones.

My headphones are fine and are of highest quality. Come on now, you guys know I don't buy cheap s***. I honestly don't see how dude heard anything at all...I wasn't the only person with headphones in the vicinity anyway. And like him, I was also reading/doing paperwork.

O, Mr Strykez. I think you should've stood your ground and told the beatnik f***er to go and jump! I was very happy when I read on and found that you did turn it back up again because he singled you out. Did he tell the two girls talking about their sex lives to be quiet? Did he tell the fat dude waffling into his mobile to shut up? Did he tell the old woman complaining about her anal haemorrhage to stop putting him off his brew? I guess not. He put down his copy of 'How to F*** with Coffeehouse Guys' and singled you out, man! If he finds it distracting reading in public places then I would advise that he should go home and be happy in his own company. If I sound worked up by this it's because I really am. I can see both sides; I read and yet I have an ipod - I'm a real life cross-pollinated SOB! I'll read if I can, but if I can't then that's my problem. Simples.

LAWL @ "cross-pollinated". Can I use that?

 

[Wylie Times]

My headphones are fine and are of highest quality. Come on now, you guys know I don't buy cheap s***. I honestly don't see how dude heard anything at all...I wasn't the only person with headphones in the vicinity anyway. And like him, I was also reading/doing paperwork.

Maybe he had superhuman hearing

What were you listening to anyway?

 

[NotAHenchwench]

*giggles* You used 'Guffaw'. :heart:

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I love you Caliph, but, the guy did ask politely. If he had stormed up, ripped the earphones out, stomped on them and yelled ''TURN THE **** DOWN", your reaction would've been justified, but he didn't.