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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'd probably seethe quietly then say something either to the woman herself or to staff, I might even feel I had to leave. I think it's really rude to inflict your noise on others, it's not like headphones or ear buds are novelty items, don't phones come with them? For me this sort of inconsiderate behaviour is why I'm far far less likely to go anywhere.

    I think it should be automatic that drivers dont' get charged when people are so focussed on thier phones that they don't looke where they're going and walk out into the road. It's Darwinism in action.

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  • I'd probably seethe quietly then say something either to the woman herself or to staff, I might even feel I had to leave. I think it's really rude to inflict your noise on others, it's not like headphones or ear buds are novelty items, don't phones come with them? For me this sort of inconsiderate behaviour is why I'm far far less likely to go anywhere.

    I think it should be automatic that drivers dont' get charged when people are so focussed on thier phones that they don't looke where they're going and walk out into the road. It's Darwinism in action.

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