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People watching mobile phone videos in public

Roy

I just find it totally unacceptable, I can be sitting somewhere quietly and all of a sudden, someone is watching a video on their phone with the sound on very loud. They seem totally oblivious to their surroundings or just don’t care.

Most of the time it’s just inane influencers selling tat or one video after another with loud background music. I had an incident recently where someone had finished watching the video and left the phone playing away on their table.  
I just find it totally overwhelming and makes it impossible to concentrate on anything. 
I occasionally listen to YouTube, I wear headphones, it’s quite easy.

Is it just me and I’m being overly sensitive?

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  • I occasionally encounter people in the park across the road from me who have their phones on loudspeaker, watching or listening to something and being totally oblivious to their surroundings. At least in that scenario, I am walking and will soon be away from them. But it doesn't surprise me at all that phone thefts are on the rise. Mine stays in my pocket, and only comes out if I want to use the Merlin app to identify some birdsong, or the Seek app to identify a plant or fungus, then goes back.

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  • I occasionally encounter people in the park across the road from me who have their phones on loudspeaker, watching or listening to something and being totally oblivious to their surroundings. At least in that scenario, I am walking and will soon be away from them. But it doesn't surprise me at all that phone thefts are on the rise. Mine stays in my pocket, and only comes out if I want to use the Merlin app to identify some birdsong, or the Seek app to identify a plant or fungus, then goes back.

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