This guy on the train asked me to turn my headphones down

[organic ketchup]

So I'm listening to my iRiver on the train today and I feel someone tap on my shoulder, I take out one earbud and ask the man 'what's up?' and he's like, 'could you please turn your music down, i can hear it." WTF?

There weren't that many people on so I don't know if it was quiet or what, but the train makes a lot of noise anyway. I'm very timid so I didn't say anything back, but then 2 other people started arguing with the man, and this rockabilly chick told me, 'dude, dont turn your music down." I appreciated that shit.

So knowing I had some backup in the joint, I finally asked the man if it was because he simply disliked my taste in music (I was listening to some early Genesis) or if it was just the noise, and he told me that it was the music. I said screw that and went back to enjoying my choons at the initial volume. We even got off at the same stop and I thought he was going to beat my ass. This guy looked like Greg Kinnear if you need a visual.

How would you have handled this situation?

[jeanunit]

nice to see that some people still use devices other than ipods

[edmond]

beat the hell out of the guy

[Liberation1945]

i wouldve most definetly tried to fuck the rockabilly chick. that's great man a rockabilly chick in 08.

[m1sterko]

i woulda just turned it down a notch jsut to be courteous to others.

if im on a public transportation i dont really start stuff wiht others. people could be having bad days.. no need to make it worse for them.

[DüM]

before anyone else has to

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[dino might]

i agree with the dude on not liking the music, genesis? and it prolly would annoy me too if it was blatantly noticeable, though id never say anything to a stranger to come off as an ass.

i do however appreciate your cavalier attitude in dealing with the situation

[Guest]

Man you should turn that shit down, you're killing hell of cilia. If you're listening to compressed files like mp3's or AAC's, which cut out low frequencies and enhance their harmonics, you're just pumping potentally dangerous high-frequencies into your ears, centimeters away from delicate and un-repairable structures. If that dude could ear your earbuds, you're gonna go deaf.

[whitney]

You should have just turned your music down you selfish fuck... I hate hearing music through other peoples head phones, you are as bad as chav kids on UK transport listening to their music on mobile phone speakers, it's personal audio so keep it personal...

that happens here in the US too. I just want to knock them on their head like wtf why are you subjecting me to that horrid sound?!

But they're almost always bigger and meaner looking then me so I just glare at them with hate and move onto another cart.

[Liberation1945]

^ why you frontin ma, you dont mean to say bigger and meaner you mean to say BLACK.

CLOSET RACIST.

(5.6)

[geekbonchic]

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Only an acceptable solution if you are a six foot tall drag queen.

[onemancult]

strike one, early genesis. okay, bateman.

strike two, did not fuck rockabilly girl.

strike three, early genesis. okay, bateman.

EDIT: i edited my post so lib's would flow right. word to my dude.

[geekbonchic]

What annoys me is people pumping music so loud from their cars that I can feel it in mine. I'm proud of you that you're able to make your own conscious decision to listen to some musical recording. Problem is, I don't give a fuck what you chose.

[whitney]

^ why you frontin ma, you dont mean to say bigger and meaner you mean to say BLACK.

CLOSET RACIST.

(5.6)

She wasn't black.. just twice my size with garlic breath.

I afraid.

:|

WHAT IF SHE SITS ON ME??

[Liberation1945]

omc, you know what it is. i think you and me would give each other the nod if we were in a room filled with white folk. word.

genesis...hmm...i dont know man, it's kinda sketchy...if you said phil collins i'd be like GOD DAMN YOU BLASTIN PHIL COLLINS.

yo rockabilly chicks big in 09? new thread? post nsfw rockabilly chicks?

[Lab]

omc, you know what it is. i think you and me would give each other the nod if we were in a room filled with white folk. word.

oh my god, livin' in the south with +++CWG on every lemonade-stand-decorated-corner, my smh level can climb higher than the challenger and it bout damn near hits that explosion pot'l.

[m1sterko]

omc, you know what it is. i think you and me would give each other the nod if we were in a room filled with white folk. word.

genesis...hmm...i dont know man, it's kinda sketchy...if you said phil collins i'd be like GOD DAMN YOU BLASTIN PHIL COLLINS.

yo rockabilly chicks big in 09? new thread? post nsfw rockabilly chicks?

hmm.

[Servo2000]

strike one, early genesis. okay, bateman.

strike two, did not fuck rockabilly girl.

strike three, early genesis. okay, bateman.

I will take any excuse to post this image I can.

[Pandemonium]

if it were me i'd put the volume down and then start talking loudly and obnoxiously to my friend on my phone with the excuse that he's a deaf mute and therefore can't actually hear me. which then i'd proceed to sms him and say every single letter out and then read the shit out loud and in the advent of finishing the message, read it aloud again for thoroughness.

[kunk75]

you should have turned it down low and then sang at ear-bleed volume while making seductive, front-man moves, gyrations and faces toward the guy who asked you to turn it down. then, ask the rockabilly chick to pole dance if the train had one.

or simply asked him if he preferred phil collins genesis.

[Charlie Delta]

yo rockabilly chicks big in 09? new thread? post nsfw rockabilly chicks?

hmm.

This idea gets my thumbs up!

[denimdestroyedmylife]

it wasn't but a month ago that this Suge Knight looking gentleman on my train was blasting Phil Collins on his walkman

no one said shit

[jonathanschley]

i would have just said, "oh, of course i will sir." patronizing kindness is the best insult.

[darkanimal]

Put the player away... made friends with the man and the rockabiliy chick, make your train ride more pleasant. Don't be a dick and don't be reactive.

[requiem]

You should have just turned your music down you selfish fuck... I hate hearing music through other peoples head phones, you are as bad as chav kids on UK transport listening to their music on mobile phone speakers, it's personal audio so keep it personal...

this is the bain of my life.

[jonathanschley]

this is the bain of my life.

you mean bane, 'bain' is bath.

[m1sterko]

This idea gets my thumbs up!

Rockabilly still has a following in the UK, not as big as it was in '05 mind you. Though what surprised me most, is that it made it to Norwich...

i never knew what rockabilly dressed like so i had to google it. upon first thoughts i thought rockabilly would be like tranny rockers. at my school there was this black chick who dressed very rockabilly.

cept she wore pretty much tight tapered jeans and a denim jacket like everyday. her hair was rockabilly though.

[midnight]

you should have just taken out your earbuds without looking at him, then slowly turn your head, looked at him in the eyes for about 30 seconds, and proceed to say no. You should have then put the earbuds back in and kept staring into his eyes. Serial killer looks always work.

[onemancult]

omc, you know what it is. i think you and me would give each other the nod if we were in a room filled with white folk. word.

i'm kind of surprised this hasn't happened already.

[Wesley Pipes]

omc, you know what it is. i think you and me would give each other the nod if we were in a room filled with white folk. word.

genesis...hmm...i dont know man, it's kinda sketchy...if you said phil collins i'd be like GOD DAMN YOU BLASTIN PHIL COLLINS.

yo rockabilly chicks big in 09? new thread? post nsfw rockabilly chicks?

All I know is Phil Collins x Bone Thugs killed it with Take me Home.

Lab I know exactly what you mean.

And you should have hit that dude up with the peoples elbow to let him know who runs shit.