Please tell my partner that. She gets so upset when, having called my name three of four times without response, I still have no idea she even wants to talk to me.
Man. A classmate of mine always tries to have conversations with me when I have my headphones on and trying to watch something. Do people like him not care if I care about what they're saying?
i always wear headphones in public when I go out, it makes me feel safe, but I realise now that people dont want to talk to me because they think I cant hear them haha
So true...people somehow never understand this. If you try to talk to me, and I don't lower my headphones, I'm not in the mood. (Though sometimes, I'm just not able to talk...)
Life tip, don't have them in when I'm calling you down for dinner, to get your laundry from the dryer, or that you're supposed to take the dog for a walk.
Significant exception: When my beloved 💖requests my attention, the headphones/earbuds come off and are silenced. Immediately. (There would doubtless be others if I got out and about more, but at this juncture...)
I have made loud, unsolicited additions to people’s public/private FaceTime/speaker phone calls over the years. This has not enhanced my social standing but it has, I am certain, annoyed the talker at least as much as they were annoying everyone around them.
Exactly. Nothing is more annoying than trying to tune out the world and have somebody waving their hand in your face to take your earphones off so they can blah blah blah.
Everyone has experienced the fear of that one co-worker who always comes up to their cube with that big grin, miming for them to take their earbuds out.
the only problem I have with this statement is people like me who always have music on no matter what. Because now I have the opposite problem, people assume I either can't hear them or don't want to talk because I have headphones on :(
Ok for the record whether I have headphones on has no bearing on anything other then the immediate need to hear something by my lonely self. Converse away
iPods and earbuds… The best invention ever for travelers. Or people who just wanna navigate through a grocery store without hearing all the external noise.
Interesting. Not everyone falls in your category. I need my headset because I hear better. And, I can do other things while talking. Mostly, hearing is balanced.
And always when you get to a favorite song you've been dying to listen to and someone will always want to choose that exact moment strike up a conversation with you.
Absolutely annoying when they interrupt you in the middle of shopping and listening to tunes... That happened to me a few times and the feeling never changes
I wear headphones in public because I like to listen to music or novels or podcasts while I’m grocery shopping or running errands that won’t generally involve talking to anyone else.
Sometimes it's a stimulation thing. Plus, I see people wearing earbuds in public all the time. Better than those people that blast their music and conversations
But while indoors shopping too? It feels anti-social to this grey haired old lady who likes to chat with strangers and engage with fellow citizens. Who knows who might become a friend?
I have actually been making an effort to remember to take them off any time I'm idle (standing in line, etc). But I think people who leave them on probably are purposefully anti-social and that's their choice
Not wanting to listen to Christmas music is the best answer. My store is a block from my apartment. My neighbors shop there so I feel like making friends. And the owners are a local family so they feel like friends. Suburbs are different from cities and small towns.
Well I do wonder what the need for them is except I grew up in a musical household. If you wanted to listen to something electronic while someone else was playing music you needed headphones. We had 2 pianos in one room, violin, sax, TV, stereo so headphones were a bit helpful.
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I wish more people would understand this
The amount of times I've wanted to hit people with the MEANEST right hook of their life for talking to me while I have music going is overwhelming
I’m an engineer. I wear headphones for the explicit purpose of blocking out the world so I can work. It never fails to amaze when someone walks right up to me…can see the earphones…and just starts talking to me.
I absolutely HATE looking up while I have headphones in while working to see someone staring at me and trying to talk to me
Especially when you ask them to repeat and they do it in an annoyed tone
When I worked in construction and a coworker I needed to talk to had noise canceling headphones on, I'd wave to get their attention and wait for them to remove them instead of just blabbing in a normal tone and expecting them to hear me. And they're right, I was not the norm there
I work in IT, when I was still in office, people would see me with headphones on and eating lunch and still try to talk to me. I don't understand how people don't understand
A. Obviously I'm not working, I'm eating lunch
B. I have my headphones on so I probably can't hear
C. Put in a ticket
...and better yet when you talk to someone with wireless earbuds in and they pull them out to hear you, don't get butt hurt about having to repeat yourself. They weren't expecting a conversation now were they.
Ugh. Almost every place I've worked those who use the lunchroom seem to think that my reading or using headphones means that I want to chat. And acting offended and saying that I'm being antisocial. Lol, no dumbasses, i was being asocial. Now, when telling you off I'm approaching being antisocial
I worry about people that walk down the streets with headphones on.
If they can't hear me say "Hello", they likely can't hear something that might harm them.
I discovered a year ago in order to counter this situation is you grab a large stick and quickly wave it around in front of them. However this only works if you’re 20 feet away and it’s night.
I truly wish they would understand this 🤦♀️ at one point I had headphones in AND was reading a book, and they still insisted on trying to strike up a conversation. I pointed out I would like to read, and they looked pissed at me for not wanting to talk 🤷♀️
Yes this please! Mindfulness and awareness. That would be a great class. I am so sick too of people in public places talking on their cell phones like walkie talkies 😠 or blaring their music and such at airports.
This 100% I used to go read at coffee shops and I’d have music on. So many people bothered me. I stopped going. If I see someone with headphones of any size I just leave them be.
I've changed gym times specifically because people do not understand this.
If I have to show up at 5 AM to avoid unwanted small talk, don't think I won't.
Recently, over the ear noise canceling headphones w/hoodie over that w/mask on. Clearly a do not disturb vibe & the person on the plane next to me kept trying to talk to me & to tell me masks don’t work. 🤬
In a sane world this message would be completely unnecessary, and in a mostly sane world the people who need to adjust their behavior would listen to it. Alas, it's just one more challenge for sorry ass "pickup artists"
I feel like I’m the one exception. I’m always listening to music and I love to socialize but I have no clue how to talk to strangers so I’d appreciate it ngl
This is why I wear giant pink over the head and ear earphones. And yet, people still want to converse. One lady asked if she could have my table because she was meeting a friend and it was by a nice window. I’d been there for 5 minutes.
This has nothing to do with engineering you tweet deck piece of shit scumbag. I didn’t follow you for your milquetoast takes on society. I followed to learn the science behind the Byford Dolphin tragedy.
Sorry to disagree, but since Air Pods Pro 2 are now working hearing aids, I have mine in almost all the time just so that I can hear what you are saying.
Life Tip: don't wear your headphones while at your job. Nothing says "i hate you and want nothing to do with you" more than coming to work and freezing out your coworkers.
The only acknowledgment I want when I’m out walking with headphones in AND sunglasses on is a thumbs up and a nod, to let me know that I do, in fact, look pretty cool. I’ll also accept 👌.
Louder please for the former neighbor who decided to tell me his entire life story while I was using the hip adductor machine at the gym with AirPods in. (“Oh you had COVID 3 times and almost died but won’t let your kids get vaccinated? Cool cool.”)
Extroverts have a hard time understanding the beautiful worlds they are destroying when they inject their (admittedly often fascinating) thoughts into the brain of an introvert uninvited.
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I always feel like a good joke can break just about any rule. But you always have to ask yourself “is it worth it” genuinely. It might be to you, but it might not be to the other person.
Speaking from almost always being the person who thinks is worth it, often to someone who thinks it isn’t lol
I too am always that person if u couldn't tell lol
I had learned better at one point but then covid happened and shit and ppl were even less receptive to me breaking into their home just to pull off their headphones and whisper my incredibly well-worded oneliners
Dunno, I just like listening to my music, but I don't necessarily mind switching that out for a conversation, given I'm not in a hurry or working on something else
I am so glad that people mind their business here (or I just look unapproachable)
Only time someone interrupted me was to try to get me to sign their scam
Depends on the heaphones though ... mine has a button that I can press to switch between "noise cancelling" and "ambient aware" where the microphone is open and I can hear everything going on around me. Sometimes fun to "listen" to conversations of the couple at the next table at the restaurant 😂
I wear ridiculous cat ear headphones. I welcome people to come up and ask me about them. It happens a lot and puts smiles on faces young and old alike.
Ugghhhh I wish I could tell my hackers this. For some reason whenever I go to YouTube to listen to some music, they think it’s the perfect time to tell me how much they dislike me.
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if the headphone user ignores you and you tap again, they have every right to be annoyed
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I tend to get irritated as I try to avoid listening to their conversations.
I did blow up when a tourist doing just that stood over me to show the view to their FaceTime friend.
I wondered why the woman chose to have the caller on speaker phone while sharing personal information in public.
The best was the hold music cranking through.
It reminded me why I need to walk not take transit when possible.
That sounded like a fun little tune if I'm being honest.
Handheld gaming consoles, too. Kind of in a boss fight, go the hell away before you get me killed and that triggers me killing you, IRL. x,]
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The amount of times I've wanted to hit people with the MEANEST right hook of their life for talking to me while I have music going is overwhelming
Especially when you ask them to repeat and they do it in an annoyed tone
A. Obviously I'm not working, I'm eating lunch
B. I have my headphones on so I probably can't hear
C. Put in a ticket
If they can't hear me say "Hello", they likely can't hear something that might harm them.
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Though, idk what good they will do us now or did in the past bc ... well; we are here.
If I have to show up at 5 AM to avoid unwanted small talk, don't think I won't.
Alt post: hearing aids today look a lot like wireless buds…..
BUT if I have both sides of my headphones in I don't want to talk
Speaking from almost always being the person who thinks is worth it, often to someone who thinks it isn’t lol
I had learned better at one point but then covid happened and shit and ppl were even less receptive to me breaking into their home just to pull off their headphones and whisper my incredibly well-worded oneliners
Only time someone interrupted me was to try to get me to sign their scam