Mobile phone use?
Marcel | January 23, 2009
As I am using Dublin Bus quite often, I noticed the growing number of kids wearing hoodies and sitting in the last rows of the top level, playing their mobiles at maximum volume. Without headphones. I am aware of the fact that this is a know phenomenon in most European cities, but there is seemingly a law of nature that prevents those kids from playing good music on their phones. I mean, I wouldn’t mind some Beethoven or Massive Attack when sitting in rush hour traffic and reading a book, but Dublin adolescents mostly listen to crappy Gangsta Rap or, even worse, to German Euro-Techno like Scooter and consorts. Dentist’s visit, anyone? And the fatal thing about this is that most of the time I just crank up the volume on my own mp3-player to blank out the noise pollution from the rows behind me. Maybe I should play Slayer at maximum volume too – to fire back and to annoy fellow commuters so much that finally everyone would agree to have all mobiles on buses switched off. Rant ends here.
On that subject: Sccoter are visiting Ireland in February. Just to let you know.
Agreed. The Akon generation deserve a smack.
Oh yeah, we got those here in Austria as well. And here the style of music they play is exactly the same, although it’s often German Hip-Hop which is even worse, believe me.
By the way, last year the city of Graz imposed a ban on mobile phones on trams and busses. I don’t know if that is still in place but many people don’t really care anyway…
FYI, playing loud music on the bus is actually PROHIBITED. I was reading a Dublin Bus leaflet a few months ago and they can’t do that (yeah right). Along with talking too loud on the phone or basically doing anything that annoys the other commuters. But now, go tell the driver and see if he/she does something or if the scumbags care… I would stick their cigarettes and mobile phones where the sun doesn’t shine
If you think it is irritating ask them to turn the music down don’t come on a website moaning about it. GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND BOTHER YOUR HOLE DOING SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF!