Comments on: The Kind of Girl Who … gives you the stinkeye if you so much as sneeze in a quiet train car

By: littlemsblogger

littlemsblogger — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:47:48 +0000

Apple makes sucky headphones. I have ones from another manufacturer.

However, if you could hear her music, she’ll be deaf in about 5 years.

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:52:18 +0000

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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:13:08 +0000

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By: The Ex

The Ex — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:54:20 +0000

I think the sign is twisting your fingers, as if turning the volume knob on a radio.

Unless they misinterpret it as a “turn it up!” sign, or, confusingly, as a “listen to another station!” sign.

By: Paula

Paula — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:30:11 +0000

I’m also a sound nazi. Although the main things I have a problem with are excessive loud coughing and whistling. The latter of which creeps the fuck out of me.

Just proves though that trying to get these people to turn down their music is a futile mission. Oh well… You tried.

By: Muscles

Muscles — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:37:57 +0000

Oh man,

I hate this problem – my brother is a serious offender, and he listens to the WORST music! I think this story has encouraged me to politely use the “turn the music down” signal when I’m next to an offender on the train. After all, 100% of the offenders in the story were assholes, which makes me feel better about asking them to quiet down.

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:02 +0000

There is a universal turn-the-volume-down sign?!?!?!?

Seriously?! Because whenever I’m confronted with this problem, I try to think of a good pantomime other than passive-aggressively covering my ears, and always fail miserably! Please let me know what gesture you find successful!

(Hm, also, it becomes increasingly obvious to me that my life in public is basically an increasingly frustrating round of why-are-you-so-rude charades. Yikes.)

By: Elliott

Elliott — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:51:51 +0000

I routinely walk up to a cow-worker and make the universal ‘turn-the-volume-down’ sign. Then when she takes the headphones out, I mouth my question without actually speaking.

“Just don’t listen, then.” Great. Was this girl 13? Because that was the last time I had to ask my daughters to turn their music down.

By: Tara

Tara — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:57:00 +0000

Good for you. I hate it when people have their music up that loud. Anywhere I wear my IPOD (which is usually just at the gym), I try to make sure it is not too loud. It annoys me to no end to have to hear other people’s music from their headphones, especially if it’s crappy music.

She sounded pretty dense though. “I’m wearing headphones.” Yeah great, that doesn’t mean that other people can’t hear your music. Glad she got off soon and you didn’t have to deal with her music and rudeness much longer.

By: That Kind of Girl

That Kind of Girl — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:54:55 +0000

haha, is it weird that I’m less embarrassed for my music to be loud if it’s embarrassing? ’cause I figure at least I might be affording some ironic enjoyment to the people next to me…

Volume is tough, though. I usually figure to myself that if I can hear the sound of the train moving, then my music isn’t too loud. But one of these days I’m going to have to put on my earbuds and play my music at different volumes around my sister and have her let me know when it starts being audible to the outside world. The more you know, etc.