People who play music on public transport

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How about the conspiracy theorist folk & the people who literally go "It was on the Internet! Of course it's true!"

[Limity (BLM)]

May 30, 2017 12:17:32 GMT -5 "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse said:

May 30, 2017 10:22:10 GMT -5 @personman01 said:

I ride the subway everyday to and from work. Oakland to SF.

During the commuter hours (but especially in the morning) almost all the cars are pin-drop quiet. People just want to get to work and are reading something on their phone or a book - whatever.

Invariably there is always at least two people talking to each other VERY LOUDLY so that the whole car can hear them and it's always either about stupid work stuff or the most mundane "omg, did you see the new placemats I bought" chatter. Literally everyone else completely silent except for these two people blathering on at a volume well-beyond reasonable.

There aren't any official rules against talking loudly during these commuter hours on the train, but I just don't understand how people can't read the room and/or abide by the social contract of the moment.

These people are the subway equivalent of elevator farters.

This sounds like an excellent example of alienation in action, wherein the people who are engaged in the most social of activities, like communication, are deemed to be disruptions to the regular, mute functionality of the commuter experience.

Pretty sure it's how they are communicating that is the issue, not that they are communicating at all. Sounds like they're in violation of a majority held social more.

[MAGGLE]

I dont care if those people are in a big group and turning up, but if you sit there alone at 2pm and play that music with a serious face? No thats bad

[Annette]

I hate it too, it's rude to force people to listen to your probably crapty musical selections.

[The Spelunker!]

Clearly none of you have ever heard a song so good you've had to share with everyone around you.