The Other Customer

I say 'customer', but really, it could be the other customer in a restaurant, the other passenger on the train/plane/bus, the other spectator at an event. With the close, sometimes quiet environment, what have other people done that you saw as absolutely rude and inconsiderate, given the situation?

During lunch with a friend today, a family was sitting at the next table over. The kids were very well behaved, but during the entire meal, the older one left his PSP running with the volume on high, so everyone around them was forced to listen to the looping video game sounds. Thankfully, a manager stopped by and requested it be turned down.

Something I find rude in almost any close-space situation, be it a restaurant or a train or bus ride, are those cell phones that play MP3s, and the people who dont bother with headphones before blasting it. Regardless of the song, it always leaves me wondering 'what makes you think the people around you want to listen to your music?'.

Loud cellphone conversations? Tapping their feet, or kicking your seat? What do the other customers and passengers do that leave you gritting your teeth?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There you go Zerg, Pang, and shorty, derailing my thread.

I was going to just say Pang, but that wouldnt be fair discipline of all the children, now would it? Start a 'spanking children' thread in the sewers, because we know that thats where it would end up.

Now, Pang, tell us about the time you smacked some adult in the face for doing something stupid and rude. <3

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by KrelEN

The fucks who go into independent coffee shops and order a Venti Dolce Pianissimo Machiatto Starfucksia Deliciosso With Double Seven-Shot Diet Skinniness.

Krel, why do you consider this rude? Maybe a little obnoxious because it seems so haughty... but I guess I'm missing how that's rude to you as a fellow customer.

Also, I went to the diner with a friend tonight, and sure enough someone had their freakin' MP3 phone blasting at the table next to ours. It was a group of middle aged people, which surprised me, and it was classical music they were blasting. But as I said in my first post, it left me thinking, 'What makes you think I want to listen to your music?'

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.