AQ

row-z.bsky.social

I’m not one to glorify mid 20th century America, but people in general had much better manners in public places

Z

Zigzaggreen🇨🇦

zigzaggreen.bsky.social

No, only rude, disrespectful Americans

AQ

sometimesising.bsky.social

…or in the waiting area at the doctor’s office, or in the store, or in a restaurant, or anywhere where there are other people around. Either get headphones or hold that phone up to your ear. No one else wants to hear your conversation, your music, or whatever YouTube video you have come across! 🙄

TJ

Tom Joad

tomjoad-og-antifa.bsky.social

My condolences

SD

Simon Delagrave, PhD

delagrave.bsky.social

I blame the increasing CO2 in the atmosphere

MM

Mel MCXIV ♿️🏴‍☠️🇺🇸😈✊️🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺

melmcxiv.bsky.social

It's for the same people who need warning labels not to use a toaster in water while plugged in. . .

AQ

karagesi.bsky.social

Yup

P

Pelican

pelicanmerchant.bsky.social

If only the fucking Visigoths would get off their phones...

AQ

xorgeo5.bsky.social

There are 2 types of distractions: self & others. This is a classic distraction created by someone else. To remove this distraction, someone either has to be removed or self correct. When you distract yourself, you either will get removed or learn not to repeat the distraction. Both are bad.

A

Axillent

axillent.bsky.social

It should be: "DON'T USE SPEAKER PHONE IN PUBLIC!" But normal curtesy doesn't seem to apply anymore.

AQ

aoisorabks.bsky.social

Please don't use phones in the Library.

F

Fatbobslim

bobdonelan.bsky.social

Literally the worse thing ever invented. I’m amazed how many people have calls over speakerphone in bars, pubs, public transport. Selfish bastards.

ML

Mark Lindsay

markelindsay.bsky.social

Need that sign on the Lowell line too

P

🌻 PlentyNuff 🌻

plentynuff.bsky.social

When I first moved to London, I noticed all these "Don't verbally abuse our staff" signs on public transport and simultaneously thought, "well, that's good of course" but also "we... need signs to tell people that?"

DS

Digital Soundbath

badamn.bsky.social

Where did the phones come from Mike?

AQ

dudlyboy.bsky.social

Or as the world calls it, America.

AQ

cantankerous55.bsky.social

Ours has fallen quite far and will fall farther until Trump is gone...maybe even then. Inertia is a bitch.

ED

Elisa Davis

elisa515.bsky.social

That sign should have its equivalent on trains, planes, subways, buses, and waiting rooms.

AQ

opheliasway.bsky.social

My mother puts every call she gets on speaker including ones that the recipient would not want broadcasted. The whole time my uncle was dying she would do this, to show how 'important' she was in the process , whilst ignoring everything my uncle was actually saying. It's a narcissistic trait.

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Uta

gaia-guardian.bsky.social

We were all laughing when they needed to tell people coffee may be hot or that dishwasher pods are poisonous, the signs at crossing to look both ways. Seems nothing can be overlooked as common sense anymore

K

KJ 🇺🇦🇺🇦

kerjal.bsky.social

Or anywhere else in public!!!!

SH

Steven H. Maines™

stevenmaines.bsky.social

"But, but....ever space I occupy is ALL about me."

J

Janeway

katejaneway35.bsky.social

I like that a library offers the resources (headphones) you need to be able to abide by rules.

D

DrKPhD

kincheloe.bsky.social

NO one should use that ANYWHERE - I swear, the next b**** (it's always some Lululemon chick) I hear yelling into her phone at my grocery store I'm gonna yell at her to Shut the F UP. And I am so conflict avoidant it isn't funny.

MA

Moth2aflame

captconvolvuli.bsky.social

"...or in any Restaurant, or Cafe, or next to me on the bus or the train..." At least watch the volume and 'read the room' first.

AQ

akmike.bsky.social

Or how about in public? Ill resist naming the main offenders I see, just rude to have loud cell on speaker conversation. I really don’t care about your business and damn near everyone has a cell phone so you’re not impressing anyone that you too also have a cell phone.

DN

Demora (NB/ ACE) All pronouns accepted

demoraraccoon.bsky.social

Can we get another sign for the bathrooms? Nobody wants to hear your conversation in there.

S

SparrowFlyBy

sparrowflybynight.bsky.social

And then there is this.

KT

Köttmassa

kottmassa.bsky.social

I raise you:

T

Teri

daisydo333.bsky.social

So annoying! I've had 2 people in my life that did this. They are no longer in my life.

M

MaryNutcracker

marynutcracker.bsky.social

Take it from a librarian...good luck with that!

KS

Kelsey she/her

kelseym-bell.bsky.social

I am Italian. Um

IB

ih8bills2399

cronch33bu11.bsky.social

Our society is a chalk outline on the pavement.

D

DjangoBop

djangobop.bsky.social

Oh hon, yes this sucks, but this is the least of America's problems.

A

AutumnBaum🟣🏳️‍⚧️🟣

autumnbomb357.bsky.social

We need signs like this on public transit! I feel that the library should be common sense, but I thought the bus would be as well.

K

Kevin

kmichaelwilson.bsky.social

ANYWHERE. Please don't use speakerphone ANYWHERE. It should be ILLEGAL for phones to even HAVE SPEAKERS.

E

EtherealSpirit

etherialspirit.bsky.social

Or in a doctor's office or where people are waiting together for a service. I don't want to hear people's personal business, especially when I must stay around them. I was at a doctor's appointment recently and a man was listening to a baseball game LOUDLY on his phone, without earphones! Grrrrr!

DJ

Destiny Jones

destinyjones.bsky.social

Same for public transport!

BW

Bill Wierenga 🖕🍊🤡 he/him

bwierenga.bsky.social

It should say please refrain from phone use.

B

Bill

twoandseven.bsky.social

A former coworker in the cube next to mine thought the speakerphone feature on his first smart phone was the greatest thing ever invented. It was apparently also handy to check for new messages every 15 minutes. The new message notification was nowhere near as good.

DF

Dirt Flower 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌻🐦‍🔥♾️ 🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🇯🇵🇸🇪🇵🇸

sendtheenvoy.bsky.social

it needs to say "please read in the library"

T

TomCat

tomcatjones.bsky.social

Real estate agent: And this house comes with bars on the windows for your safety

GV

Gretchen Van Ness

gvlaw.bsky.social

Bring back the headphone jack!

DN

David Nice

davidnice.bsky.social

Need it for trains too.

AQ

grumpystiltskin.bsky.social

You would never see a sign like that in Japan. Because no one would even think of doing such a thing.

AQ

zippy123456.bsky.social

Sometimes you gotta fail to rise back new and better.

F

Fizzicyst

fizzicyst.bsky.social

I think there should be a taser behind glass on public transit with 'Break in Case of Emergency', as in, when they're not using headphones to listen to music...

TO

The One True Josh

theonetruejosh.bsky.social

could have stopped 3 words earlier

AQ

rds-level-10.bsky.social

Sign on a pizza box; DO NOT EAT BOX

TF

The fake Michael Bertrand

fruvous73.bsky.social

This is the kind of thing that makes me want to smack people on the back of the head and say "What the FUCK is wrong with you?" like I'm a mob boss. Even worse is if I see someone litter. INSTANT OUTRAGE. THIS. IS. CANADA!

AR

@Aoretta_RN (Judge Webster’s Glasses 😎)

aoretta.bsky.social

Man that is so true

AQ

samia2187.bsky.social

I was in the fiction room of our main library when someone started talking loudly on his phone. The librarian (clearly old-school) came up behind him and hissed, "Are you out of your mind? This is a LIBRARY!"

NJ

Norma Jane 🇨🇦

normajane.bsky.social

Right?

AQ

scrambledbrainz.bsky.social

It’s like my owners manual for my car says do not drink water in battery. Really? Really? Are we regressing as human beings? I think we are on the downward slide to extinction.

PK

punished kaija "rhino ket" osmote

osmote.mngirls.online

nobody has ever been loud in a library!!!

V

Vexed.

queenattolia13.bsky.social

One time a man was yelling into his phone in the children's section of our local library. I went up to him & hissed "STOP USING YOUR PHONE NOW" while pointing at the "No cell phone use allowed" sign *next to his head.* He mumbled "Sorry" & scuttled out. It's good to be a tall scary Latina sometimes

E

Eva 🗽🌊

rokkineve.bsky.social

As someone who works on a support desk, I always find it amusing when a caller is on speakerphone and they tell me they can't hear me. Especially when they have their TV on in the background too. 🤣

AQ

martin43.bsky.social

What do they expect when all society is taught that individual freedom to do as you please is the pinnacle of existence: except for money that is.

IS

Inara Serra

inaraserra.bsky.social

This is the sign, this shows me where bottom is..

M

majic

majic223.bsky.social

everyday

D

Dezemberschnee

dezemberschnee.bsky.social

I once saw a sign in a bird park telling people they should not throw stones at the birds or pluck feathers. Fallen indeed.

CM

Coastal Manatee

coastalmanatee.bsky.social

Manatees don’t use speakerphone in public. Be more like manatees.

IA

I am Sofa King

jimaccostya.bsky.social

Rollin up on the reading room like

AQ

zalinn.bsky.social

Fallen society or not, the sign saves people from a lot of disturbance. Some people think “well, I won’t be in long,” or “it’s an important call,” or some other weak excuse. The sign needs to be here in the library and on mass transit.

I

Iryna

irynaov.bsky.social

Pretty much, no speaker phone use ANYWHERE… no one wants to hear your shit.

OW

Oz Wiltshire.

ozwiltshire.bsky.social

Don't use speaker phone whilst on public transport, do not hold your phone in front of your face while on public transport. It's called being considerate

NB

negativeevbum.bsky.social

negativeevbum.bsky.social

Yeah I was trying to go to a branch of DPL and it’s a chatting session. It’s supposed to be quiet. Go to a bar.

A

Aoi

bluebunaoi.bsky.social

at least we still have libraries. For now.

SB

Silke Brandt

silkebrandt.bsky.social

Finland would need this also, desperately. Also kid-free zones, it seems the library is the new place to dump them so they don't run around screaming at home.

H

Hasmanian

hasmanian.bsky.social

I visited a museum house this week: a 100+ year old home converted to a museum of what life was like back then. Every bathroom had a sign telling people in multiple languages not to use the toilet. I nearly wept that such signs were necessary.

DO

Dr. Ohm (Unit of Resistance)

dr-ohm.bsky.social

Or Dom Joli

L

Lauren

grobielauren.bsky.social

I'd rather hear the speakerphone at the library than on mass transit. I don't want or need to hear graphic details about medical appointments on mass transit.

AR

Alexander Rooksmoor

arcrooksmoor.bsky.social

I think we should go back to no phones allowed on in libraries but I know that people would feel that one of their limbs had been cut off. In my day you were not allowed to even talk to people in a library, except the library staff and then in hushed voices.

AQ

buck1966.bsky.social

A fuckin men

F

felipe

dias.dev.br

if there are signs, there's a story

AQ

agarn8362.bsky.social

Oldie but goodie...

A

✌️AnthroGurl✌️

anthrogurl.bsky.social

These are all examples of why my syllabus is now 4 pages long. Because students do a lotta dumb shyte. Just shut it down before it starts. 📚🌏✌️

GG

Guido Guinizelli

guidoguinizelli.bsky.social

How about airports and restaurants?

PI

Pamela in CA

pamica.bsky.social

We are more rude by the day.

B

Beth

bamboodles.bsky.social

*or in any other public space with other people there

AQ

jessiedoesky.bsky.social

Common sense needs to be taught like math now.

AQ

bluebotany.bsky.social

Morons

AQ

spoonsy.bsky.social

Why are people walking around with speaker phones?

AQ

netanyahuforeskin.bsky.social

I wonder who uses speaker phone constantly? 🤔

GO

Gary, Our Duty Is To Resist

docpsych.bsky.social

So true.

D

Dwark

dwarkmke.bsky.social

Or in the elevator

AQ

woodcollier.bsky.social

Affordable little EMP guns we can all just clip to our bags for such occasions?

MO

Mike Oxbigg

mikeoxbigg.bsky.social

In my local library, no one would use a speaker phone. Not because they're considerate, but because they are calling to make drug deals or manage their child-trafficking operation.

S

StuartStories

stuartstories.bsky.social

We need this sign on planes. And in restaurants. And… I guess we've fallen.

RB

RFV Broncos Fan

rfvnative.bsky.social

It’s so bizarre that airlines had to make rules about this. People are so selfish and act like savages

D

DEK

pugdude56.bsky.social

Or anywhere in public!

AQ

hummingbirdhill.bsky.social

I saw a sign on a baby stroller that says, "Yes, I'm cute, but don't touch me or kiss me."

A

AlyceMiller

alycemiller.bsky.social

Waiting for the “please don’t urinate on movie theater seats” sign.

PV

Philip von Oppen

philvonoppen.bsky.social

Canary Wharf, London. Every 3 metres or so, too.

J

Joey

joeychu.bsky.social

eh, assholes have always existed, the way of being an asshole has just changed ☺️... it used to be littering, smoking etc... remember all the infomercials about 'hey buddy, please dont dump your trash out of your car'... we have the same 'duh' reaction now, but thats how assholes assholed at the time

MA

Ms. Alex

xelamercedes.bsky.social

Now, now....even the majority of folks with eyes glued to their screens don't "need" this reminder though I wish they'd post one on public transportation.

RO

Raindrops_on_Roses

kateraindrops.bsky.social

Still think it is not as bad as the 'please don't lick the money' sign at the post office.

AQ

webb1701.bsky.social

Or outside, at the grocery store, at the mall, at church, at a funeral home...

U

Unemployed 𝚅𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎

suburban-vampire.bsky.social

Legalize knocking people out if they are having a loud conversation on speaker phone and refuse to hang up. I think less people would do this if it meant risking permanent brain damage and life long shame.

A

amethyst2254

amethyst2254.bsky.social

imagine genuinely going to a library to use your phone. only case I could see this being normal is for studies, but even then, who the fuck uses a phone to study

M

🦋ⴷʂꝀ͢ MĘ͢ ꔋθ൩θ⸢⸢θ𝘄🦋

sadinatlanta.bsky.social

It's sad this even needs to be said. People can be so rude.

T

TrueBlueOptimist

trueblueoptimist.bsky.social

one of the most disturbing things i encountered in lee county florida libraries were people speaking on their phones in the library like they were sitting in their livingroom. that was only overshadowed by creepy old men watching porn on library computers.

CD

Carpe Derpum (S. Ben Price)

carpederpum.bsky.social

The sign says "Please don't stupid here."