Restaurant Dilemma: What would you do?
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Being an old twice divorced guy who lives alone, does not date, and the only things I can cook are late breakfast and frozen TV dinners, I usually eat dinner alone, at reasonably priced restaurants.
Whether at "The Golden Arches", Burger King, Boston Pizza, Swiss Chalet, The Cheesecake Factory, or The Lone Star Texas Grill, etc. etc.
To entertain myself I always bring a magazine to read. It's my best time for reading my New Yorker magazines, to which I subscribe, and from which I learn interesting information at the same time, not to mention enjoying the very witty cartoons.
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You did the right thing. I would have done exactly the same. Just apologize a dozen times, and that's that.
Don't stand up for yourself when you don't know what you're up against, you might run into bunch of crazies, like that Asian dude that got stabbed to death by those "teenage girls". In public, most important thing is self-preservation.
lol.Wow! WTF? Why so angry?
Was that your Mom punking me out in the restaurant?
Seriously tho, listening to stuff on your phone at a level where others can hear it is extremely annoying and rude tho, that’s why so angry. Just because everyone does it these days, doesn’t mean it isn’t incredibly rude.
Please put out the cigars#movie #shorts
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Or this…reminded me of thisPlease put out the cigars#movie #shorts
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There's nothing more annoying than the sound of tiny speakerphones around you. In public, you should wear earphones or not listen to videos at all, and especially not have conversation on speaker or by Facetime.
This is my biggest pet peeve these days. People scrolling on Tik tok are the worst. You don't want to watch most of the videos, yet I have to hear most of the videos that you don't want to watch and that I don't want to hear, and through the annoying quality of your phone speakers.
It's noise. Just noise. Stop the noise in public.
In public, put your earphones on to scroll your videos or to have a conversation on Facetime.
This is my biggest pet peeve these days. People scrolling on Tik tok are the worst. You don't want to watch most of the videos, yet I have to hear most of the videos that you don't want to watch and that I don't want to hear, and through the annoying quality of your phone speakers.
It's noise. Just noise. Stop the noise in public.
In public, put your earphones on to scroll your videos or to have a conversation on Facetime.
It sounds like noise really upsets you. Maybe invest in some noise cancelling headphones of your own to wear in public…it might make things a bit more manageable for you?
You say that like I am the problem. No, the sound of your cellphone doesn't only annoy me, but many people at the same time around you. I am just the one vocal about it. People who want to watch their Tik Tok so bad or have a conversation on Facetime should be the one with the headphones.It sounds like noise really upsets you. Maybe invest in some noise cancelling headphones of your own to wear in public…it might make things a bit more manageable for you?
I find people doing what you did extremely annoying. In most Asian cities, this is considered very rude.
People are going out to enjoy a meal with friends or loved ones shouldn't have to put up with this annoyance.
You seem to be a person who only cares about themselves and is oblivious to the people around you. Unfortunately so many in our society are like you.
People are going out to enjoy a meal with friends or loved ones shouldn't have to put up with this annoyance.
You seem to be a person who only cares about themselves and is oblivious to the people around you. Unfortunately so many in our society are like you.
But tbh you kinda are the problem if hearing someone else’s tik tok is causing you this much distress. I can understand how it may be mildly annoying to others and perhaps I need to break down and buy some ear buds…but you claim that there is literally “nothing more annoying” than this sound and that people who do it are “the worst” which seems like an awfully strong reaction.
Thus, I get the impression that you may have a sensitivity to certain sounds…perhaps you are on the autism spectrum? Regardless, it sounds like it happens rather often in your life to the point that it has become your “biggest pet peeve.”
From what you describe, it seems like there are thousands of people out there in the world listening to their tik toks without ear buds- I’ve never noticed them because it doesn’t bother me but you clearly have. Sadly, unlike me, I doubt any of these people care about your feelings and they are going to keep doing what they do.
So at some point it becomes a choice: you can go around crashing out every time the world doesn’t align with how you think it should be or you can invest in a good pair of noise cancelling headphones…and if you keep choosing to crash out over it then I think at some point it’s fair to question whether you are the problem.
I presume you don't take public transportation, and don't spend a lot of time by yourself surrounded by people who has nothing better to do than looking at their phone.
And no, I won't wear noise-cancelling earbuds when I am with someone at a restaurant having a good time, when the table behind us decide to watch their useless Tik Tok, sound on, for half an hour.
I think you may be straying awfully close to becoming a Karen…and I’m guessing this is probably not the first time this has been pointed out to you.
You are the first, indeed.
Saying to people, respectfully, when they are being a nuisance in public is not being a Karen.
I would have stayed and waited until the ladies were done and tell the waitress who served them to give me the bills for the other 5 ladies and I would have paid them leaving a nice tip for the waitress. I would have waited until the Karen realized that she was the only one who didn't get a free lunch!!
LOL this level of petty is unmatched.
I was thinking more of trying to stiff the bitch for my bill.
