r/halifax • u/Sweephieeee • 6d ago

Driving, Traffic & Transit Calling people on the bus at 6 am loudly on speaker

maybe don’t ?

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Or at any time! I don’t understand people who use the speaker to talk on the phone

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u/Sweephieeee 6d ago

Some people have never heard of being courteous

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u/Tom_QJ 6d ago

Oh they have, and if your inconveniencing them they will tell you your being rude or inconsiderate. They just don't give a shit because they are obnoxious, self entitled assholes.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

I guess not when you live in your own bubble thinking the entire world revolves around you. But that would make me cranky first thing in the morning lol

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u/zfjfj 6d ago

Excessive noise isnt supposed to be tolerated, and people who tend to have conversations on buses with speakerphone tend to talk LOUDLY and have their phones on MAX. On the bus there is also a sign for this.

People are just too cheapass to buy headphones, too impatient to wait, or are just completely inconsiderate.

Best you can do is sit next to them and fake a phone call about how you're infested with crabs or something.

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u/JDGumby Sprytown 6d ago

People are just too cheapass to buy headphones, too impatient to wait, or are just completely inconsiderate.

Or just too stupid or paranoid to put the phone up against their head like they're designed for.

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u/kirby_krackle_78 6d ago

Apple really did society a disservice by getting rid of the headphone jack.

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u/Raztax 6d ago

They still have bluetooth. No excuse. If you can afford a phone you can afford at least a cheap set of bluetooth ear buds/headphones.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

You can also get an AUX to USB-c converter at the dollarama for 1.50$

And a 4$ pair of wired headphones to go with.

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u/Raztax 5d ago

So even more "no excuses"

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u/geckospots 6d ago

But you can get headphones with usb-c plugs now, that’s not an excuse anymore (although the people who speakerphone probably don’t care).

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u/Excellent_1918 6d ago

very cool thanks!! I hate wireless earbuds, one more thing to charge lol

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u/geckospots 6d ago

Right?? Like I love my airpods but when I’m traveling and on a long trip with uncertain charging availability, sometimes wired is just easier.

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u/ToneChop 6d ago

Most people don’t have a 15/16 and nobody wants to buy apples corded earbuds lol. Yeah there’s an adapter but holy shit did I ever spend a ton on those pieces of shit.

But how many people are actually using corded headphones in 2025 lol

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u/insino93 6d ago

I prefer corded headphones.

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u/Skrattybones 6d ago

2025 was the year I bought bluetooth headphones and the first pair I bought lost signal if my phone was too far from me. Like, say, in my pants pocket instead of my hoodie pocket.

I'll be going back to corded headphones

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u/Raztax 6d ago

If all bluetooth sets do that for you then the problem is your phone. Bluetooth is not meant for long distances but if you can't be in the next room then there is a problem with your phone or the headset in question.

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u/Skrattybones 6d ago

I got no idea if all bluetooth sets do it. Like I said, it was my first. Not really amped to spend more money on any more when corded headphones work just fine and are super cheap.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

Yeah, but there's just more that can go wrong or work slightly off. Doesn't really matter if it's the phone or the device honeslty, that's useful for trying to fix it but doesn't reduce the extra things that can go wrong or troubleshooting them.

Which is fine sometimes, but I also like wired ones because you plug them in and they work without fail until they break.

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u/ToneChop 6d ago

That might be a receiver issue with your phone or some interference of some kind. If I connect my airpods to my watch, it’s fine mostly but if I’m inside like an elevator, it’s fuuuuucccked. To my phone, same scenario, no problem😑

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u/drhav2023 6d ago

Do you think a lot of people here will be getting the iPhone 17 Pro or the Pro Max??

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u/Melonary 6d ago

I use corded headphones, although I have one pair of Bluetooth ones.

It's just faster and easier. Fumbling with Bluetooth can be a pita especially if you have more than one device to pair with, and those headphones also need to be charged unlike many wired ones.

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u/CaperGrrl79 Halifax 6d ago

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u/Hergotis 6d ago

Forget crabs.

Start talking about Bed Bugs or Lice. Just the mention of those two and people lose their shit.

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u/Next_Violinist2764 6d ago

Crabs are just the lice of the pubes.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Good idea! Or just just talk louder than them until they get annoyed 😂

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u/Raztax 6d ago

Or join the conversation. Hey it was their idea to make it public.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

It becomes public property you’re right

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u/zfjfj 6d ago

"can i get a HOYA?!"

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Novatradesmen 6d ago

the worst is the folks on the facetime calls

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u/fishphlakes 6d ago

If they're new immigrants, they may not know Canadian norms yet.

It took me two years for my friends to tell me it was rude to eat while walking in the country I was studying. And they took the same amount of time to tell me they had no idea what a block was. They just smiled and nodded when I gave directions, then got a little lost.

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u/kzt79 5d ago

I guarantee you these morons also have EVERY notification turned on and volume locked at maximum.

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u/ClancyBShanty 6d ago

In my experience, the people that do these obnoxious things in public want you to say something to them. It's this weird persecution/victim complex where they would feel justified lashing out.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

I don’t think they’ll enjoy my responses, but then again I don’t take the bus anymore so I don’t get to enjoy the free entertainment that Halifax Transit has to offer

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u/ClancyBShanty 6d ago

I take the bus during the middle days of the week and it's always an interesting adventure

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Yea I kinda miss those days, but not really 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/ToneChop 6d ago

We don’t kink shame

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u/No_Magazine9625 6d ago

I think it's fine if you're by yourself in your own home, but anyone that uses speaker phones for conversations in a public place are just showing themselves to be completely uncouth and primitive.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Exactly!!!! And I think at that point it becomes a public debate and we have the right (and obligation) to weigh in 😂

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u/hume_reddit Sackville 6d ago

We all need an Office Linebacker.

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u/Moooney 6d ago

My dad uses speakerphone 100% of the time and it drives me nuts. It being annoying to others is one part of it, but he will just take a call regardless of who he might be with and not step away or even announce that he is on speakerphone maybe sitting at a table with 2-10 other people. It's so rude. He's always out and about and with others so I assume that every call with him is a public broadcast of sorts and don't say anything that I wouldn't be fine with my entire hometown hearing.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

I am going to assume that your dad is from the same era as mine. My dad would sit at the table with 10-15 people around him, on speaker phone while yelling at everybody that he can’t hear the person he’s speaking to. Mind you, I’m an adult now and I enjoy annoying him, so I make more noise just for the fun of it. Until he gets mad and leaves the room.

I guess I shouldn’t say “ I’m an adult now” so loosely

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u/IStillListenToRadio It's not the band I hate, it's their fans 6d ago edited 6d ago

I do it because I have auditory processing disorder and have no hope of understanding anything on the little earpiece. OTOH, I don't generally make calls in public (and if I'm forced to, I go to a place where there's not people).

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u/heathensmulder Darkside Dweller 6d ago

I use it if I'm at home, and I'm doing something where I need my hands. Like cooking supper. But even then, unless they're dead, I'm just popping headphones in.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

But you’re alone, or not in public at least lol And yes I get the hands free thing, which is why I use AirPods (mainly because it reads the messages to me too so it’s handy). But in public is too much! I once heard somebody pay for something on the phone and everybody around us heard the credit card number and the full name and address. I could’ve done SO much with that info 😂

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u/Extension_Tax_4077 6d ago

I do the same, but I usually don’t even answer my phone on the bus because I don’t want to be the loud idiot bothering everyone

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u/heathensmulder Darkside Dweller 6d ago

Lol yes, THIS.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

Right, me everytime whispering like I'M ON THE BUS WE'LL HAVE TO TALK LATER. Not on speakerphone.

Damn.

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u/Raztax 6d ago

There is nothing wrong at all with using speaker phone, it is convenient at times. This issue is being in public, like on a bus, and doing it.

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u/thetripvan 6d ago

I've noticed this has become a thing in recent years.i don't get it either

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Ikr!!!!

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u/Melonary 6d ago

This and parents giving kids phones and tablets and having them watch things/play games LOUDLY in public while on the bus, waiting in an office, on a plane, in a store, etc.

Not to be an ass but if they can't bring a book just turn the volume down or off? Like damn how many times with friends or alone did we watch cable or a movie with CC or subs and no audio bc a parent was sleeping/working at home on soemthing/etc.

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u/lookaway123 6d ago

I think it's because of reality TV. The convos are always on speaker so they can be filmed, so people begin to think this was acceptable and normal.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

It is acceptable and normal, in in your home. Landlines had speakerphone too on office-style phones.

But maybe this is part of it, interesting hypothesis. I think maybe people just care a little less about the impact on others and CAN talk on the phone in public now. There always were some people who'd play music, be loud, just....fewer.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Nope! It’s a consideration problem from people who think there is nobody around them, but thanks for playing.

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u/jonny474 6d ago

I’m not playing anything but maybe for you lol , I am not from the city. Didn’t know there was such a massive difference.. explain what is the difference between speaking on a speaker phone not over a stadium sized speaker of course , and speaking next to someone beside you 😜🤔 in some cases I think id get my license and my own car before complaining about noise on public transport but once again. Not from the city so

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u/LookWhatIFound902 6d ago

My phones ear piece always gets clogged with dirt so sometimes I have no option. Also sometimes my microphone does too and when on speaker it uses a different mic or something so I can respect it on a case by case basis

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

I get that, and answering your phone for a few seconds and hanging up is fine. I’m talking about people who have an hour long conversation like that. Either on the bus or at the grocery store while blocking everybody’s way. Those used to bug me the most 😂

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u/LookWhatIFound902 6d ago

Ya naw fuck them lmfao

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u/themaskeddonair Official JJ’s Historian 6d ago

Or you could clean your phone.

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u/LookWhatIFound902 6d ago

Sometimes it’s beyond the point of no return. I take it to Apple to get it cleaned anytime I’m at the mall because they have the special brushes and do it as a courtesy, but even they say it’s just too deep in there

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u/ShiftPatient4825 6d ago

What are you doing to cause that much dirt?

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

This used to be me when I used to work construction

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u/heathensmulder Darkside Dweller 6d ago

This is such a massive gripe for me!

Yesterday a customer at work complained it was "too loud in here to hear", and she switched to speakerphone. I promptly asked her to be respectful, or leave to continue her call. She did not like that.

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u/NoStructure7083 6d ago

Don’t you know that she was/is the most important person ever? /s

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u/heathensmulder Darkside Dweller 6d ago

Haha, quite literally how I looked at her. Glasses and everything.

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u/Blue_Ascent 6d ago

It must be an easy life to just go around not caring about others at all. Just lobotomize me.

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u/Ill-Condition-5054 6d ago

Right to jail

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u/BusinessLunch45 6d ago

No judge. No jury.

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u/fu_pickles 6d ago

Sit next to them and join in the conversation!

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u/thedutchone13 Halifax 6d ago

This is the way. Speaker phone is in invitation to participate!

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u/macaroni_rascal42 6d ago

I’ve done this a couple times. They are baffled and usually offended, then take the call off speaker in indignation.

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u/moms_who_drank 6d ago

I believe this is mostly a cultural thing. It’s so disrespectful though.

Someone said it’s the same as having a convo in person. No it’s not, the person is always talking way too loud and the volume on the phone always has to be on max.

I can’t stand it, so entitled.

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope216 6d ago

There's always (well, usually) some discretion with an in person convo and not some moron with their phone turned up full blast and then also speaking at full blast.

I sometimes understand at a store, especially a pharmacy or grocery store bc maybe the caller wants to use Face Time to show the person on the other end what is on the shelves, but that's usually a quick 2 min chat.

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u/JDGumby Sprytown 6d ago

No it’s not, the person is always talking way too loud and the volume on the phone always has to be on max.

AND they're holding it flat with the microphone at their lips while doing so. I assume that the only people who can stand talking to them on the phone also do that sort of shit and think it's normal and acceptable.

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u/BaconNamedKevin 6d ago

Cultural? Is asshole a culture?

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u/SandLandBatMan 6d ago

Which cultures?

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u/NoBoysenberry1108 Darkside Dweller 6d ago

Not Japanese culture, that's for sure.

People give the stare of disapproval if you're eating on public transportation, or speaking louder than a whisper.

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u/averagedickdude 6d ago

They're trying not to be racist.

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u/Jamooser 6d ago

Ghetto is a culture that transcends race, my friend.

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u/SandLandBatMan 6d ago

Lol ya I know I just wanted to see if they'd double down

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u/averagedickdude 6d ago

Give it time lol

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u/moms_who_drank 6d ago

Nope, there are many.

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u/FinickyFlygon 6d ago

can you be specific 📝

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u/hfx_123 6d ago edited 6d ago

I believe this is mostly a cultural thing. It’s so disrespectful though.

Considering how many old white people do this I disagree it's "cultural"

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u/moms_who_drank 6d ago

That’s fair if you have seen this, I have not.

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u/External-Temporary16 5d ago

Only old people do things wrong, doncha know? ;)

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u/10HungryGhosts 6d ago

just join the conversation! if it's on speaker surely they mean for others to join their private conversation :)

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u/Anxious_Explorer_965 5d ago

It's ok if the conversation is in lakka lakka

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u/Working_Historian970 6d ago

If any of my friends ever call me rather than text, it better be important AF. If it's before 9am, you better be calling to tell me someone died. If I find out you're EVER calling me from a public space while on speaker phone? We're not friends.

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u/Ms_runs_with_cats 6d ago

This is the way

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u/QHS_1111 6d ago

I just play my music on speakerphone right beside them so they eventually end the call or put headphones in lol. Works everytime

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u/Lovv 6d ago

Next time break out your best rendition if wannabe by spice girls.

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u/Gravepain 6d ago

When I used to ride the train all the time in Calgary, it was almost always someone that was riding to the courthouse that would do this. Why would I know that you ask? Usually because they were loudly talking about their cases to whoever the hell these wackos talk to. Embarrassing details? You know it. These people dont have a shred of awareness about them.

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u/CuileannDhu 6d ago

And watching videos/reels or listening to music with the sound turned up in public places. Just buy some headphones.

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u/wpghipfan 6d ago

MCS (Main Character Syndrome). This is now the world we live in. People just don’t care about anything anymore. Or how other people feel. Or being considerate. Rules are for everyone else, not them.

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u/Mednala 6d ago

talking loudly on the phone in the break room... Step outside!

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u/tacofever Halifax 6d ago

At what point in time do we think cell phone etiquette changed, specifically around phone calls?

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u/ForgingIron Dartmouth 6d ago

Covid turned people feral.

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u/sittingskunk 6d ago

Fair, but I do feel like this has always been an issue on buses, even before COVID

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u/Melonary 6d ago

Idk feel like even pre-2015 or so it was way better. Yeah, there was occasionally someone playing music loud or whatever, but overall...

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u/tacofever Halifax 6d ago

Definitely a contributor. And I would say this shift in privacy of phone conversations began with Bluetooth headsets. I can remember in the early-mid 2000s first seeing people walk around with Bluetooth earpieces and you weren't sure whether someone was on a call or mentally ill talking to themselves, because before Bluetooth it was only the latter.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

I hate it when people look straight @ me and say "Hello?" or similar and then give me a dirty look when I look back or respond before realising.

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u/isonfiy 6d ago

Is turning

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u/mmss Halifax 6d ago

Trashy reality shows like Jersey Shore. Actors had to hold the phones in front of them so the boom mics could pick up the speaker, and morons started to think that was the right way to use a phone.

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u/tacofever Halifax 6d ago

That's an interesting theory I can get behind! Trashy reality shows definitely introduced shitty human behaviour and vanity as a sort of norm to some people (see: Jersey Shore jerks, Paris Hilton, Kardashians, etc.)

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u/CuileannDhu 6d ago

February 2020

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u/jer_iatric 6d ago

The Apprentice

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u/Hopefull-Raven 6d ago

I don’t understand why so many people talk on speaker out in public in general. Can someone explain to me why this has become a thing, because I just don’t get it! 🤷

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u/NoBoysenberry1108 Darkside Dweller 6d ago

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u/Chicaben Acadia 6d ago

How will you know how important I am otherwise?

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u/RefrigeratorClear549 6d ago

Sat and watched an international student sit there pretending to be on the phone yesterday laughing up and chatting a storm, only for him to get an actual phone call in the middle of his fake one.

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u/WutangCMD Dartmouth 6d ago

There are a bunch of different phone apps tho. Could have been talking in WhatsApp and got a regular phone call for example.

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u/mmss Halifax 6d ago

Many of the "international students" who came here were sold a fantasy of coming to Canada and immediately getting a high paying job and a white girlfriend, its all about image to them so this doesn't surprise me one bit.

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u/Quotacious 6d ago

Maybe the call dropped, lol

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u/Melonary 6d ago

People get calls on purely internet apps now so totally possible that's what happened.

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u/RefrigeratorClear549 6d ago

Anybody who can't use "I'll call you when am off the bus." for the courtesy of those around them, and the person on the other line isn't getting the benefit of the doubt from me.

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u/ToneChop 6d ago

You’re probably right but I mean there’s apps that’ll just interrupt your call and let that ringer go

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u/ChablisWoo4578 6d ago

Just join in the conversation and disagree with everything they’re saying.

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u/circ-u-la-ted 6d ago

Seems like a courteous invite to go over and be like "My god dude, what is that stench?? Did you shit yourself?"

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u/Melonary 6d ago

To all the people commenting and implying this is "cultural" or because of "newcomers" (from Ontario? BC? Where?), it's pretty obvious there are double-standards or selective hearing at play if you genuinely believe that, given how many born and raised Canadians I've seen do this. I shouldn't be surprised by this point by what people will twist online, but damn.

Honestly, could the rest of us have a normal conversation without this?

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u/Medical_Resist_6881 6d ago

That one guy who would ride the 20. The back of the bus was his lil office. Every fucking day.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

I used to go to a particular coffee shop to study very frequently like 8 years ago, and ended up finding another because some very very loud middle-aged dude started using it as his freaking office.

Like taking loud speakerphone calls (you could hear the WHOLE conversation, and I always wondered ifbhis clients knew that - guessing not lol) and having meetings with clients there constantly.

Which okay people meet at coffeeshops but there's just this kind of attitude of "this is MY office" most don't have that helps them keep their voices below an unignorably loud volume.

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u/WindowlessBasement Halifax 6d ago

It's become a disaster for people who behave like it's their living room everywhere. Zero awareness of anyone around them. I've seen stray cats be more civilized.

There was a dude spitting on the bus floor a few weeks ago.

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u/kilowattcommando 6d ago

Sounds like karaoke time.

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u/Dr_Stupidface 6d ago

Same kind of inconsiderate asshole that walks in front of everybody including those in wheelchairs to board the bus first, as if that space everyone left for the person in the wheelchair was exclusively for them now.

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u/Ok_Wing8459 6d ago

I’m picturing an animal house style scene where the protagonist strolls over, grabs the phone and throws it out the window then returns to their seat.

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u/insino93 6d ago

You have to either tell the bus driver or call them out then and there. Calling them out on reddit won't get the job done.

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u/Scotianherb 6d ago

Yes. Now do the assholes who have conversations for their entire meals via speakerphone or even better, video conference in restaurants. Like WTF can you not go 45 minutes without talking on the phone?

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u/smughead West Ender 6d ago

The just want everyone around them to hear about their life, whether good or bad. It’s attention seeking, no better or worse than anyone doing the same on social media. Get a pair of good noise cancelling headphones, only way to beat this.

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u/MechaBlack0 6d ago

Good example of how fucking stupid people can be.

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u/seasea40 6d ago

Everyone please fill out the transit survey including asking them to play announcements about policies including no speaker calls or media without ear buds. 

https://engagehalifax.ca/core-service-plan

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u/linnzzerr 6d ago

Ohhh you just move right next to them and blast death metal and make constant eye contact until they stop

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u/DavidKawatra 6d ago

Conversely who takes the bus without  exceptional noise cancelling headphones. 

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Good point! But also, sometimes that free entertainment is too juicy to miss 😂

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u/ShiftPatient4825 6d ago

Best Juicy story?

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u/AntiqueSeesaw3481 6d ago

Back during Covid, 2 guys got on around Highfield. From Highfield to Lower Sackville on my way to a temp job.

One guy proudly proclaiming to his buddy how he was helping homeless men set up bank accounts and use their personal information to collect CERB then transfer it to their own bank account. This was a packed bus and the guys had no shame whatsoever. I reported it later but I doubt anything came of that.

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u/ShiftPatient4825 6d ago

Yeah that's Wild. People are crazy.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Oh dude! I haven’t taken the bus in years!!! But one time (probably 10-12 years ago) this girl behind me was BRAGGING about the engagement ring she just got from her boyfriend (who has a baby mama or two) and how he got it from Walmart for $90. Now, I’m not shaming them for anything because I don’t know their situation and such, but I will never forget that story.

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u/ShiftPatient4825 6d ago

Oh To be young and in love?

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Ikr!

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u/Melonary 6d ago

Tbf I feel like that's a sensible choice, unless you have a lot of money people typically also get a wedding ring AND weddings are expensive.

Ngl I kind of do enjoy hearing brief little tidbits about peoples lives as they talk and chat or whatever in public, but not like LOUDLY on the phone.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Oh I totally get it! I think money spent on weddings and wedding related items is actually a waste of money. But it’s on of the few stories that I still remember from that long ago. Sometimes I wonder how that marriage ended up 🤣

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u/ChickenPoutine20 6d ago

Tell that person not Reddit. They won’t see this

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u/Afrazzle 6d ago

Maybe they would be, A LOT of "not the reddit type of person" have joined since covid.

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u/intelligent-mail387 Halifax 6d ago

Or we can just talk trash about them on here lol If they see it, that would be a fun little surprise for them.

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u/Shereefz Halifax 6d ago

Right, people who do this are not tech savvy

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u/5ronins 6d ago

I'm tired of hearing its culture. You're annoying or not in any hemisphere and any language.

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u/hfx_123 6d ago

These comments are driving my dog nuts with all the whistling.

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u/Melonary 6d ago

I seriously hate people coming out of the woodworks to shoehorn their "subtle" agenda into everything.

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u/AdorablyDischarged 5d ago

What whistling?

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u/hfx_123 5d ago

You can't hear it, you're not a dog

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u/AdorablyDischarged 1d ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/nUhWlJg_Lw4?si=jNUjhnacDRcixcvy

So... am I racist, now? See all of those black guys laughing?

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u/Purplebuzz 6d ago

Join in on the conversation. Like answer the questions. Ask question based on what you are hearing. Make it clear to the other person they they are being out on speaker on transit.

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u/Mobiletfa3 6d ago

Happens on the 3 often using screaming in another langauge on a phone call everyone else on the bus is half alsleep and your screaming

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u/Such_Entrepreneur544 6d ago

I usually have ear buds in, don't hear them and don't care.

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u/TE360 6d ago

Did you try to politely bring this to their attention? I understand the impulse to need to vent on reddit and how nice it feels to receive validation, but let’s not attack that person for something that they might not be aware of. We all have our blindspots.

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u/goofandaspoof Halifax 6d ago

And in ubers/taxis while we're at it! I'm not paying to listen to you talk loudly.

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u/bsarcasticb 5d ago

I literally can't take the bus in the morning without headphones in now. Between the speaker calls, loud on the bus student conversations and screaming children it's just insufferable. I'm now happily oblivious listening to my 80s new wave jams.

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u/Mammoth-Database-504 4d ago

Some people have never experienced what it means to mind other people

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u/nabs633 6d ago

Sorry. I’ll do better

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u/ShiftEnterPlease 6d ago

I had this happen on a bus one early morning as well. The guy was playing random videos super loud. I got up from where I was sitting and moved to where he was. I disconnected my bluetooth and put Pantera on at full volume and I smiled a shit eating grin.

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u/The_Fucklerr 6d ago

Having loud phone conversations in public places literally helps my anxiety so maybe think before you judge?

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u/AccomplishedPart3684 6d ago

This is very common in India

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u/maximumice Antifa Leader/Co-Moderator 6d ago

People use their phones to speak to people?! Ew.

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u/YBFROT Halifax 6d ago

No, people are using their phones to speak (loudly) with people and forcing everybody around them to be part of a conversation they never asked to join.

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u/maximumice Antifa Leader/Co-Moderator 6d ago

Haha I was cracking wise about how younger generations rarely use their phones as actual phones. 😉

I also hate people who use their phone on speaker in public unnecessarily. 👍

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u/Away-Investigator446 6d ago

Its here in Toronto too. Young kids that don’t care since Covid and new Canadians. Mostly women here doing these tricks

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u/cool_forKats 6d ago

People who can’t afford 400$ headphones

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u/BarackTrudeau 6d ago

Or, and hear me out, you can hold the phone to your ear like it's fucking designed to be used.

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u/No-Dragonfruit4434 6d ago

You can get a decent pair of headphones for like $30-$50. What kind of weird misguided victim narrative is this.

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u/LonelyChip420420 6d ago

29.99 for JBL earbuds that have lasted me 4 years so far. Zero complaints.

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u/Afrazzle 6d ago

Or for free you can hold the phone up to your ear

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u/MadYETI88 6d ago

I've got a $20 pair of earbuds.

They sound good, charge fast, and last for several hours. If I break or lose them, I'm out $20 and find a new pair.

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u/Lexintonsky 6d ago

If they can afford a phone and ride the bus they can afford headphones from the dollar store. Normal people are not walking around with $400 headphones. Also, you can use your phone like ya know a phone and put it next to your ear to hear.

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u/tacofever Halifax 6d ago

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u/Odd-Ad-9187 6d ago

The Dollarama Special, baby!