Comment on Too bad we can't all act like this
GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Dude people on the phone when they shouldn’t is one of my pet peeves, I hate it so much. Especially because it makes me feel racist sometimes, since apparently the threshold of shame is a lot lower to just video call on speaker in public when people assume their surroundings don’t understand the conversation.
So many non white germans not giving a fuck about these things, makes me want to learn all these languages so I can embarrass the people by understanding their private talks. Honestly I think that’s the root cause, I can’t imagine that being customary in their places of origin.
As for the people who use their phone at the cinema, I have to seriously fight the urge to throw my 20 bucks concession stand coke at them.
Mickey7@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What I can never understand is who is so important that they just have to be on the phone in a public place. If it was personal I would quickly say I’ll call you back. If it was business I would leave the public place and have the conversation somewhere private. I am always amazed going to a supermarket and observing people on their cell phone having a conversation from the time they come in till they exit.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I can understand if you are trying to multitask and have the conversation while you are doing your shopping. But you should put the phone to your ear or wear headphones, not use speaker.
And then there are people who just play their music on speaker, because obviously everyone wants to hear your music too.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
People talk with each other in person while shopping too though. There’s not really anything different from being on a phone in public and talking to someone next to you in public. If people are being super loud that’s annoying sure but that happens without a phone too