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Other people's noise

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I am presently sitting in a hospital waiting room and am having to listen to a woman playing her phone out loud.

I have moved to the furthest away seat which is around a corner and I can still hear it!

As noise in the form of a TV or radio is often in waiting rooms anyway I am hesitant to ask her to turn it down or off.

It's talking rather than music.

I am super sensitive to noise so perhaps the problem lies with me.

What do you think?

What would you do in these circumstances? 

What is a reasonable response? 

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  • I hate this, phones are personal so they should stay that way. In public spaces the options should be mute or headphones. 

    I would dearly love them to turn it down/off, but would probably just suffer in the non-silence. 

    If I was with my children and it bothered them, I would be more inclined to ask. I can say things for others I can't ask for myself.

    More proactively, I would ask if the surgery could put a sign up requesting all phones on silent. At least it might help for next time. I keep earplugs on my keys now too.

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  • I hate this, phones are personal so they should stay that way. In public spaces the options should be mute or headphones. 

    I would dearly love them to turn it down/off, but would probably just suffer in the non-silence. 

    If I was with my children and it bothered them, I would be more inclined to ask. I can say things for others I can't ask for myself.

    More proactively, I would ask if the surgery could put a sign up requesting all phones on silent. At least it might help for next time. I keep earplugs on my keys now too.

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