Have you ever tried to sleep while the person next to you watches a movie at full volume?
furyofantares 9 minutes ago [-]
Yeah, it sucks. I agree with you, they should be brutally murdered.
nxpnsv 2 minutes ago [-]
That's too harsh, a regular murder would suffice.
chisel192 18 minutes ago [-]
> During flights? Sounds a bit harsh.
Sounds harsh to you.
Let the market decide.
Vote with your wallet and fly a different airline.
saint11 13 minutes ago [-]
But kicking someone off mid-flight at high altitude is still a bit harsh. I hope they give them parachutes at least.
HPsquared 3 minutes ago [-]
Only if they paid extra at check-in.
gumby271 12 minutes ago [-]
Bet it won't happen twice though.
integralid 12 minutes ago [-]
Either you missed the joke or I missed your sarcasm. I read GP as a joke: being literally kicked out of a flight in air is a death sentence, which is a bit harsh penalty indeed.
throwaway894345 12 minutes ago [-]
Seems like this flew right over a few heads.
widowlark 8 minutes ago [-]
and yet the joke fell right into our laps
sebastiennight 5 minutes ago [-]
United says we should tone down the sarcasm
quietsegfault 22 minutes ago [-]
NO TICKET
pjmlp 8 minutes ago [-]
Is this really a thing?!? Blasting the others with unwanted noise.
I never been in a flight, or train across Europe where passengers showed just lack of respect for the others.
The only ones pumping anything loud, on trains or busses, usually get quickly pointed down by other passengers, personal or security.
Ah, and then there are the rebellious kids or gangs, as the other exception, which usually don't take flights anyway.
mikkupikku 6 minutes ago [-]
In America, a small number of people derive pleasure from being disruptive to everybody, and blasting music on public transit with captive audiences is a very "traditional" way of fucking with people and expressing your broad contempt for their society. I'd estimate that maybe one in five times you get on a city bus in America, you'll encounter somebody like this.
Very rarely does anybody call them out or otherwise try to reign it in, because you're as likely as not to be physically attacked and in America, the odds of bystanders coming to your rescue are... Not zero, but not great.
LaurensBER 3 minutes ago [-]
20%? That's a bit insane. This does happen in Europe but is heavily looked down up on and usually quickly corrected.
On the other hand I did get a chewing out from an older guy for having a conversation with friends on a train once, so some people take it perhaps a bit too serious.
JumpCrisscross 4 minutes ago [-]
I’ve absolutely seen this nonsense in the UK.
mikkupikku 46 seconds ago [-]
Doesn't surprise me, but I'm only speaking from my experience in America.
gspr 4 minutes ago [-]
I've definitely experienced this on public transit in cities in several different countries here in Europe. It's not an everyday experience, but it definitely happens.
ashwinnair99 3 minutes ago [-]
Airlines have been quietly expanding what they can remove you for. This isn't really about headphones. It's about how much discretion crew have now and how little recourse you have at 35,000 feet.
keiferski 20 minutes ago [-]
I first interpreted the title as meaning you must use the cheapo free headphones and aren’t allowed to use your own.
temporallobe 19 minutes ago [-]
Good.
mikkupikku 14 minutes ago [-]
At cruising altitude, I hope.
raggi 11 minutes ago [-]
Ok, but how about kicking sick people off of flights, particularly trans continental?
JumpCrisscross 10 minutes ago [-]
> how about kicking sick people off of flights
Difficult for the airline to do given the myriad of health privacy adjacents.
sebastiennight 4 minutes ago [-]
What if we asked the President to give us a quick rundown of each passenger's health?
SilverElfin 26 minutes ago [-]
We need to also ban people taking calls on speaker in public places like cafes or trains.
lagniappe 24 minutes ago [-]
Join the conversation, works every time.
lokar 15 minutes ago [-]
You should be able to report them to apple and google, lifetime smart phone ban.
irishcoffee 22 minutes ago [-]
I don’t think United airlines has the authority to do that.
That is to say, do you really want a federal law passed about this? I vote we go with social shaming. Worked for cigarettes.
bigstrat2003 4 minutes ago [-]
I don't really want that. But I do sometimes fantasize about revoking some people's ability to use speakerphone or reply-all.
mikkupikku 13 minutes ago [-]
It didn't really work well with cigs until govs started banning smoking in restaurants, bars, etc. That said, the shaming was important for setting the social stage for such legal bans.
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SilverElfin 18 minutes ago [-]
Shaming doesn’t always work. I’ve asked politely and been threatened in return by people that look dangerous. That made me want to avoid confrontation in the future.
dmitrygr 22 minutes ago [-]
Yes! Now do the same on beaches, busses, streets. Same punishment: banishment from the area.
JumpCrisscross 9 minutes ago [-]
> beaches, busses, streets
Bus, sure. On beaches and streets you have the option of moving away.
SilverElfin 17 minutes ago [-]
I often see younger people in parks near me blasting loud music on speakers. It’s so disrespectful to those looking for a peaceful place. Especially when they’re playing explicit rap music with everyone’s families and children around.
JumpCrisscross 7 minutes ago [-]
> It’s so disrespectful to those looking for a peaceful place
Idk, they’re not looking for “a peaceful place” and are using a public space without damaging it. Nobody is forced to use the park at the same time as them. This seems like a difference in preferences which is fine.
wolvoleo 11 minutes ago [-]
Yeah or people on bikes with a boombox. They do it because it's illegal to cycle with earphones in in these parts. But it creates its own problem of course.
mikkupikku 9 minutes ago [-]
I wonder if shoulder mounted speakers that aren't touching the users ears could help resolve this to everybody's reasonable satisfaction. (That is, everybody who's not deliberately trying to broadcast their music to everybody else.)
izzydata 8 minutes ago [-]
I was recently in Hawaii in the middle of the forest and this group nearby on the trail were blasting music from a bluetooth speaker. Whether it is compelte lack of self awareness or utter disregard for other people it is just disturbing behavior.
nexxuz 11 minutes ago [-]
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Sounds harsh to you.
Let the market decide.
Vote with your wallet and fly a different airline.
I never been in a flight, or train across Europe where passengers showed just lack of respect for the others.
The only ones pumping anything loud, on trains or busses, usually get quickly pointed down by other passengers, personal or security.
Ah, and then there are the rebellious kids or gangs, as the other exception, which usually don't take flights anyway.
Very rarely does anybody call them out or otherwise try to reign it in, because you're as likely as not to be physically attacked and in America, the odds of bystanders coming to your rescue are... Not zero, but not great.
On the other hand I did get a chewing out from an older guy for having a conversation with friends on a train once, so some people take it perhaps a bit too serious.
Difficult for the airline to do given the myriad of health privacy adjacents.
That is to say, do you really want a federal law passed about this? I vote we go with social shaming. Worked for cigarettes.
Bus, sure. On beaches and streets you have the option of moving away.
Idk, they’re not looking for “a peaceful place” and are using a public space without damaging it. Nobody is forced to use the park at the same time as them. This seems like a difference in preferences which is fine.