Headphones on the MVV

I was surpirsed today that the Straßebahn driver stopped the bahn and walked halfway through the tram and asked a woman to turn down her headphones. I was up front and could hear them, but I was wondering how he could hear them? Either very acute ears or the music interfered with some equipment..as I don't think anyone complained to him.

Depends on what's playin' innit?

It was a punk tune called, "Cow of the State"...don't know the artist though

That's true Sin ! If some fool is playing a good song really loud and the reverb is whacking off the inside of his empty skull then the effect is quite enjoyable. However must of these soon to be deaf fools are usually playing shite music. I think you are actually allowed under Paragraph §27/32/7.1.44 of the Grundgesetz to snip their headphone cable if they are listening to:

a] anything by Celine (I look like a russian helicopter gunship but can't sing as well) Dion
b] techno before 08:00
c] Billy Ray Cyrus
d] Michael Bolton

I just realised that brokenm remembered the name of a JulieFilth&Sin song. Well impressed.

What I hate on the MVV is those bloody 'tik-a-tik-a-tsch-tsch' over and over and over again musical monstrocities.

What I love on the MVV is when somebody 'looses' their bearings and startes singing along without realising anybody else is listening.

MP3 players drive me up the f*cking wall. Why on earth do they think I want to listen to their shite music?

Some advice to TT readers who use MP3 players and don't give a damm about the volume levels...

It is possible to turn them down so they are barely audible to your fellow passengers and at the same time you can enjoy your music.

Give it a try.

RT

What on earth makes people think I want to listen to their random overloud conversation about some crap I don't care about? What on earth makes people think their babies should not be gagged for crying?


I personally almost always listen at low volumes, both to not piss people off and more importantly to conserve battery time. If you are drunk though, you have to have your headphones as loud as they'll go, but thats normally late at night with empty trains. I would not sit right next to somebody and put banging techno on at full whack.
On long journeys, I wear huge headphones that almost totally cut out external noise, so you can keep the volume pretty low.

Maybe they should try these:
Noise-cancelling headphones

Headphones can be really dangerous if the music is played at high levels...causes things like Tinnutis.

And it seems that everyone has to have music blaring on their personal players...or in their car...

I definitly bought a CD player at some point a long time ago which came with a pair of crappy headphones. They were the stick-in-your-ear kind, but were both uncomfortable and made the music sound like shit. What was the absolute worst, though, was that during proper use, one could hear the music louder when not the one wearing them. ie, it bugged the shit outta everyone, but you still couldn't hear the music yourself! At the time I had already had a pair of those oversized speakers for your ears style headphones, but I hated using them except on long trips... make you look pretty funny walking through munich w/ headphones slightly larger than your head . I very quickly went out and found a halfway decent pair so as not to piss off half the world while trying to hear the music.
But I'd agree that it's annoying when someone is playing music loudly (which is why I try to keep my music down when around other people). But I have no clue what people are thinking when they have their bloody cellphone stereo systems playing crap music. Got on the S-bahn about a week ago now, sat down tired as hell, and these two kids (like 15 or 16 years old) pull out a cell phone with mp3 player and speakers built in. The sound quality made the song sound even worse than the song already was. Then, they would talk slightly louder as if the music would drown out their voices otherwise. Just about killed the little mattress stains when they tried to squeak along. Then again, I'm also not a fan of ringtones. I have one which I use only when I'm asleep (so it will wake me up... personal stuff), but I try to remember to shut it off in public (after forgetting a couple times... I made sure it'd be at least somewhat of an embarasing one so I'd learn my lesson). Most don't sound that great (*cough* crazy frog *cough*), and really, must you look at the screen for 30 min before answering? If you are that slow with reading a name, for god's sake man, kill yourself! I'm really not sure why it bugs me, it just kinda does.

oops, that kinda turned rantish...

I see you readin BSF, you know the ring

If it's loud enough that I can sing along or bop in time to the rhythm, it's too loud. In fact, I've almost decided to use that as a strategy next time some doofus has their music up too loud - start dancing the funky chicken in time to their song and see if it embarrasses them enough to turn it down.

Actually Jip I consider that post a model of restraint and decorum. I know for a fact that telescopic metal batons were banned in the last change to the weapons laws in Germany because of the danger of model citizens running amok in the S-Bahn due to dodgy ringtones.

shoot, gonna have to hide the nightstick then.


Can we get some video of this?

If anyone else can hear your headphones, they're set too loud. Or they're POS 'phones. Show some courtesy and get a decent set.

I know you don't want to hear what's playing in my headphones; why the hell should I have to listen to yours?

woof.