Noise in public - Gimmie a ruling

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

So there have been two situations of late where I have been accused of my lovely fiancé of being a crusty old fart. So I appeal to the court of crusty old farts.

 

The overall message here is, I feel, if you are in a public place, you have an obligation to take reasonable steps not to be an obnoxious doosh.

 

Here are the two fact patterns.

 

1. On public transit, a bus, a subway, an airplane, I am of the opinion that if you watch a movie or listen to music without headphones, you are a dooshbag and should reasonably expect to get blasted in the face. This is surprisingly very common in china. I have talked sh!t to people for this numerous times.

 

2. Our building has maybe 20 apartments per floor. Each apartment has a thick wooden outer door. When you enter, you are in the kitchen, which then has a glass wall with a sliding door leading to the rest of the apartment.

 

The building also has a garden area with a pool and playgorund equipment. Taking the elevator down there is just too much of a bother for the b!tch at the end of the hall however. She prefers to put her two kids on little plastic rolling toy cars, and drag them up and down the hallway, past the doors of all her neighbors, as they scream and squeal.

 

She and I have had many shouting matches over this.

 

So? Whos the doosh in these scenarios? Shes Asian, and seems to think we white folk have an unreasonable expectation of quiet.

[cyclone24 1,814]

I will always side with those who advocate for less noise.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

I will always side with those who advocate for less noise.

I may or may not have sat outside her door at night with my Bluetooth speaker blasting gangster rap as retaliation.

 

Were moving in a month anyway. But it just makes me seethe when people act like that.

[cyclone24 1,814]

I may or may not have sat outside her door at night with my Bluetooth speaker blasting gangster rap as retaliation.

 

Were moving in a month anyway. But it just makes me seethe when people act like that.

Agreed. People are inconsiderate... almost to comical levels.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Agreed. People are inconsiderate... almost to comical levels.

I seem to lack the ability to just roll over and go back to sleep and let it go. It enrages me and I feel the need to do something about it.

 

I kind of look at it as a respect thing.

[BunnysBastatrds 1,914]

Get her a Quyiet Riot CD with Come On Bring The Noise.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Get her a Quyiet Riot CD with Come On Bring The Noise.

Where she is from, its common for people to sit around blasting a stereo outside all day. I told her where I come from, we call that a porch monkey and its only tolerated in certain parts of town.

 

Thats one thing I miss from home. My parents house is so quiet. Its almost creepy after a year or more of being here, in the land of constant noise. I mean obviously, one cant live in one of the most population dense places on earth and expect the same quiet as a well built house on four acres out in the sticks.

 

But there are just some differences that suck.

 

1. I dont know what it is, but chinks talk loud. They did a test where they went all over the world and measured speaking volume. China was the highest. May be because of the population density. I think part of it is Chinese is hard to enunciate at low volume. But whatever. It exists.

 

2. Car horns. In America, they are rarely used. They basically mean fock you in America. Here... constantly.

 

3. Sh!tty construction. I shouldnt be able to hear a car horn 27 floors down and 300 yards away, if the building was built properly. They arent though, so I can.

[cyclone24 1,814]

I seem to lack the ability to just roll over and go back to sleep and let it go. It enrages me and I feel the need to do something about it.

 

I kind of look at it as a respect thing.

Same way...late at night or too early..I can't ignore it. Drives me nuts.

 

We have Asian neighbors that last summer would mow at like 7 am on weekends...we had to check that shiit. He mowed today at 3pm. Got two texts from neighbors chuckling. But Christ...7am?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Same way...late at night or too early..I can't ignore it. Drives me nuts.

 

We have Asian neighbors that last summer would mow at like 7 am on weekends...we had to check that shiit. He mowed today at 3pm. Got two texts from neighbors chuckling. But Christ...7am?

I used to mow at seven am, because it wasnt ungodly hot yet.

 

Of course, at that time I was working at Waffle House, and my days off were usually weekdays, so all my neighbors were off to work anyway. Would never do that on a weekend.

[SUXBNME 1,328]

The worst that I deal with is the fockin Harleys.

Jeebus fuckinchristonadick, but do those bikes need to be so damn loud?

 

Joke -

What's the difference between a Harley and a Hoover?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The position of the dirtbag

[BunnysBastatrds 1,914]

Where she is from, its common for people to sit around blasting a stereo outside all day. I told her where I come from, we call that a porch monkey and its only tolerated in certain parts of town.

 

Thats one thing I miss from home. My parents house is so quiet. Its almost creepy after a year or more of being here, in the land of constant noise. I mean obviously, one cant live in one of the most population dense places on earth and expect the same quiet as a well built house on four acres out in the sticks.

 

But there are just some differences that suck.

 

1. I dont know what it is, but chinks talk loud. They did a test where they went all over the world and measured speaking volume. China was the highest. May be because of the population density. I think part of it is Chinese is hard to enunciate at low volume. But whatever. It exists.

 

2. Car horns. In America, they are rarely used. They basically mean fock you ###### in America. Here... constantly.

 

3. Sh!tty construction. I shouldnt be able to hear a car horn 27 floors down and 300 yards away, if the building was built properly. They arent though, so I can.

Bowie said it best. "Oh baby, just you shut your mouth!"

[penultimatestraw 473]

Where she is from, its common for people to sit around blasting a stereo outside all day. I told her where I come from, we call that a porch monkey and its only tolerated in certain parts of town.

 

Thats one thing I miss from home. My parents house is so quiet. Its almost creepy after a year or more of being here, in the land of constant noise. I mean obviously, one cant live in one of the most population dense places on earth and expect the same quiet as a well built house on four acres out in the sticks.

 

But there are just some differences that suck.

 

1. I dont know what it is, but chinks talk loud. They did a test where they went all over the world and measured speaking volume. China was the highest. May be because of the population density. I think part of it is Chinese is hard to enunciate at low volume. But whatever. It exists.

 

2. Car horns. In America, they are rarely used. They basically mean fock you ###### in America. Here... constantly.

 

3. Sh!tty construction. I shouldnt be able to hear a car horn 27 floors down and 300 yards away, if the building was built properly. They arent though, so I can.

How are Chinese ear plugs?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

How are Chinese ear plugs?

I dunno. I just bought a pair of over the ear can headphones. I wear them whenever I leave the house pretty much. Music or white noise, block their babble out.

 

At home I often pipe white noise through the Bluetooth speaker at night. That cuts down on a lot of the noise.

[wiffleball 4,639]

Older I get, the less tolerant.

 

Could list many.

 

But, Lo frequency like Harleys and those idiots who put loud mufflers on little rice burner cars. God that annoys the hell out of me.

 

One of many reasons why I hate most Harley Riders.

 

Also think the world would be better off if we just got rid of car horns entirely. Nobody listens to them.

 

While we are at it, when was the last time you raced it to the window to see which particular bad guy was stealing a car whose alarm was going off in the middle of the night? Any deterIment that they used to have has long since faded.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Older I get, the less tolerant.

 

Could list many.

 

But, Lo frequency like Harleys and those idiots who put loud mufflers on little rice burner cars. God that annoys the hell out of me.

 

One of many reasons why I hate most Harley Riders.

 

Also think the world would be better off if we just got rid of car horns entirely. Nobody listens to them.

 

While we are at it, when was the last time you raced it to the window to see which particular bad guy was stealing a car whose alarm was going off in the middle of the night? Any determined by you that they used to have has long since faded.

God yes. Car, and here, electric bike, alarms are useless and annoying as all fock.

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

Where she is from, its common for people to sit around blasting a stereo outside all day. I told her where I come from, we call that a porch monkey and its only tolerated in certain parts of town.

 

Thats one thing I miss from home. My parents house is so quiet. Its almost creepy after a year or more of being here, in the land of constant noise. I mean obviously, one cant live in one of the most population dense places on earth and expect the same quiet as a well built house on four acres out in the sticks.

 

But there are just some differences that suck.

 

1. I dont know what it is, but chinks talk loud. They did a test where they went all over the world and measured speaking volume. China was the highest. May be because of the population density. I think part of it is Chinese is hard to enunciate at low volume. But whatever. It exists.

 

2. Car horns. In America, they are rarely used. They basically mean fock you ###### in America. Here... constantly.

 

3. Sh!tty construction. I shouldnt be able to hear a car horn 27 floors down and 300 yards away, if the building was built properly. They arent though, so I can.

Shes from the barrio?

[Cloaca du jour 2,064]

Actually... when I hear them coming down the hall... i would get a scary costume and jump out and make her kids cry bu scaring the piss out of them. They will be too afraid to come down your end of the hallway...

 

Problem solved...

 

Get video!!

[the s is ilent 69]

Actually... when I hear them coming down the hall... i would get a scary costume and jump out and make her kids cry bu scaring the piss out of them. They will be too afraid to come down your end of the hallway...

 

Problem solved...

 

Get video!!

He may make himself into Titan fried rice.

[dain11279 927]

I will always side with those who advocate for less noise.

 

This

[NorthernVike 2,080]

You're an American ass hole in China. You figure it out.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

I dunno. I just bought a pair of over the ear can headphones. I wear them whenever I leave the house pretty much. Music or white noise, block their babble out.

 

You are quite an ambassador over there.

 

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

It's just the way a lot of people from other countries act. Most people are ignorant, so they act ignorant right back creating a cycle. I hate how rude foreigners can be. But then I wonder if we are in a foreign land how rude we can come off?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

It's just the way a lot of people from other countries act. Most people are ignorant, so they act ignorant right back creating a cycle. I hate how rude foreigners can be. But then I wonder if we are in a foreign land how rude we can come off?

In most cases, its just a matter of different things considered rude by deferent cultures. Its difficult to train yourself not to get annoyed when things like bumping and shoving occur, that are not a big deal to them.

 

I think we come off as odd more than rude usually. There are a number of factors at play.

 

For one thing, here anyway, social situations seem much less formal. Work situations, on the other hand, tend to be far more formal than we are accustomed to. Here, the boss is daddy. You obey. End of story. He, in turn, is supposed to care for you. The foreigners tend to become kind of a mercenary side group that doesnt interact with the other much. Many foreigners get in trouble at work complaining all the time and being kind of diva ish. For example, it is common that you will be expected to empty the trash in your office, and sweep and mop the office. The janitor does not do that. Many people balk.

 

I tend to take a get along approach at work. I generally agree with whatever they say, as I have learned that arguing, or even disagreeing respectfully, does no good, and gets you put in the troublemaker category. They never really supervise anyway, so you end up doing whatever you want anyhow. From time to time you are summoned to put on a tie and be a dancing monkey for some boring ceremony. Thats about it.

 

They also think we are very cool and glamorous, so they generally overlook any faux pas we commit. The ones who have it the worst are the foreign Asians. They dont get the same consideration, and are expected to be one of the hive more or less.

 

You used to hear of the ugly American while traveling. You dont hear much of that anymore. Now its the Chinese tourists that everyone hates to be around. They travel in huge groups, and generally act like barbarians.

 

But bottom line, American manners will more or less get you through wherever you go, with minor alterations. Things like taking shoes off, etc.

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

You are quite an ambassador over there.

 

 

 

Yeah, I dont ask chicks to play with my wiener anymore. Otherwise pretty dead on.

[MDC 5,890]

So there have been two situations of late where I have been accused of my lovely fiancé of being a crusty old fart. So I appeal to the court of crusty old farts.

 

The overall message here is, I feel, if you are in a public place, you have an obligation to take reasonable steps not to be an obnoxious doosh.

 

Here are the two fact patterns.

 

1. On public transit, a bus, a subway, an airplane, I am of the opinion that if you watch a movie or listen to music without headphones, you are a dooshbag and should reasonably expect to get blasted in the face. This is surprisingly very common in china. I have talked sh!t to people for this numerous times.

 

2. Our building has maybe 20 apartments per floor. Each apartment has a thick wooden outer door. When you enter, you are in the kitchen, which then has a glass wall with a sliding door leading to the rest of the apartment.

 

The building also has a garden area with a pool and playgorund equipment. Taking the elevator down there is just too much of a bother for the b!tch at the end of the hall however. She prefers to put her two kids on little plastic rolling toy cars, and drag them up and down the hallway, past the doors of all her neighbors, as they scream and squeal.

 

She and I have had many shouting matches over this.

 

So? Whos the doosh in these scenarios? Shes Asian, and seems to think we white folk have an unreasonable expectation of quiet.

1. I am in total agreement with you.

 

2. If they are just passing your door its no big deal, just ignore it.

[NorthernVike 2,080]

They're kids, let them have fun. Ass hole.

[nzoner 936]

Some friends of mine were just b!tching yesterday about people in their neighborhoods shooting off fireworks(since the 4th is coming up) on days other than the 4th.Maybe it's because I sell fireworks but had to chuckle and told them they really were getting old as it only lasts a week or two.

[vuduchile 1,941]

The worst that I deal with is the fockin Harleys.

Jeebus fuckinchristonadick, but do those bikes need to be so damn loud?

 

Joke -

What's the difference between a Harley and a Hoover?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The position of the dirtbag

How much does this bike cost with the optional colossal dooshbag package?

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

They're kids, let them have fun. Ass hole.

There is a specially designated area for them to have all the fun they want if their lazy fock parents cared to spend thirty seconds in a focking elevator to go there.

[frank 2,144]

There is a specially designated area for them to have all the fun they want if their lazy fock parents cared to spend thirty seconds in a focking elevator to go there.

How do they get there without using the elevator? Is she dragging them up and down the stairs?

[kutulu 1,545]

Some friends of mine were just b!tching yesterday about people in their neighborhoods shooting off fireworks(since the 4th is coming up) on days other than the 4th.Maybe it's because I sell fireworks but had to chuckle and told them they really were getting old as it only lasts a week or two.

can't wait for the 4th of May... Easily the best holiday

[lickin_starfish 1,480]

I would gladly trade cell phone noise and kids in the hall noise for what I have to hear every day.

 

The woman whose desk is next to mine makes tooth-sucking noises after each meal, sneezes about 500 times per day, chews with her mouth open, and talks so loudly that it's almost yelling. Not only that, but she talks in baby talk 75% of the time, thinking it's cute.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

The woman whose desk is next to mine makes tooth-sucking noises after each meal, sneezes about 500 times per day, chews with her mouth open, and talks so loudly that it's almost yelling. Not only that, but she talks in baby talk 75% of the time, thinking it's cute.

Old guy in my office = teeth sucking every 6 seconds and every other imaginable audible emanation for 8 hours.

[tanatastic 2,061]

Always less noise, less ear rape of those around you. This all falls under the basic common sense and decency umbrella.

[nzoner 936]

can't wait for the 4th of May... Easily the best holiday

[MTSkiBum 1,594]

I may or may not have sat outside her door at night with my Bluetooth speaker blasting gangster rap as retaliation.

 

Were moving in a month anyway. But it just makes me seethe when people act like that.

 

So you are doubling up the punishment on the other 18 apartments that is on your floor or am i missing something?

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

I would gladly trade cell phone noise and kids in the hall noise for what I have to hear every day.

 

The woman whose desk is next to mine makes tooth-sucking noises after each meal, sneezes about 500 times per day, chews with her mouth open, and talks so loudly that it's almost yelling. Not only that, but she talks in baby talk 75% of the time, thinking it's cute.

Is this for real, or are you referencing a movie? If it is for real, how the fock do you deal with that? Tell her she is an annoying bltch, and her baby talk is about as cute as the warts you had removed from your c0ck shaft

[Frozenbeernuts 1,652]

When you want to get ignorant with some Chinese dude, what are the chances he knows some martial art that will fock you up?