I get miffed by people blasting their music out loud when on the bus. Especially when it’s stupid loud and brainless pop music. What’s the point of playing your music for everyone to hear? Think you’re being considerate by “sharing”?
I was sitting at the back of the bus, all the way to the left side. It wasn’t very crowded. A few stops later, up comes this guy, badly in need of a haircut and a shower, and he plonked himself on the seat directly in front of mine. He took out his phone and started playing songs from the speaker function. Loud. The Nat didn’t like being disturbed out of her rest. Feeling provoked, I took out my iPhone and chose the Vivaldi oboe concerti.
Yep, what better way to teach him a lesson? I played the Albrecht Mayer’s Vivaldi oboe concerti album aloud and held it in front of me, directly towards his ear (The bus wasn’t crowded, and I was sure that I wasn’t disturbing anyone else). I think he could tell there was something, and he turned around a few times. I pretended not to know anything. He increased his volume. And I upped mine too. I’m sure I succesfully irritated him. After all, he couldn’t ask me to soften it when he was guilty of it, could he? (:
This went on for the remaining few stops. As I was about to alight, I turned to him and said, “Excuse me, there’s an invention called earphones. Please be more considerate to others around you.” I smiled at him and alighted the bus.
Who knows, maybe he’ll start listening to classical music =D