u/ufosufos

The title sums it pretty much up.

I am done arguing with people.

It is now nearly every day some idiot.

I really just realized it's just more and more people just do watever they want and do not care how their surrounding feels about it.

The last few years (3-4) it got increasingly worse with people who use the loud speaker on their phone.

I am using the public transport in Munich since the 2000s for education and then work. Yes, most people had phones back then and starting the late 2000s more and more people had smartphones. And you could see it clearly the big shift around 2011-2013 when Android got big.

But that issue with people literally watching videos with speakers or screaming into their phone (in German or more often a foreign language) was relativly rare.

Then you might say: Just use your car!

Well, I guess that where this whole development leads me personally (and probably more people). It will just cost me an additional 120-140€ (with todays gas price!) each month. But at least I will no longer get angry. And to be fair I'm going to safe nearly an hour on my commute.

I think at some point in the next years you end up with fines for people who use their speakers but the big question will be how well it will be enforced. I think other cities in Europe will be a good example before us if it even works.

In S-Bahns they are already playing movies and text reminding people to use headphone instead of their speakers.

So they realize it is a problem and will tackle it seriously at some point.

Thank you for reading my rant - Enjoy this sunny weekend!