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Originally Posted by kutulu
So basically what you are saying is that people should just sit and stare at the wall and do nothing that generates any noise because a subway is like a library?
Look, if you sleep 8 hours and work 9, that give 7 hours per day of free time during the week. Add in a 1 hour commute each way (not unreasonable) and that means that people spend 28% of their 'free time' commuting. Phones are a way for people to make the best of that 28% of their life that gets sucked away via commuting. I am NOT going to chastise people for that.
You are free to buy a car or get a cab if you don't like it.
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I see you like to read into what I said to blanket EVERY sound. I did not say that at all.
People don't need to be loud and boisterous to have a conversation, in person or on the phone. You aren't allowed to play a boombox on the subway and you can be cited even if the sound leaks too much out of your headphones. I'm not asking for silence, just consideration. I or another passenger may be reading a book, concentrating on something else, having our own quiet conversation.
I do own a car, and that means then I have to be even more careful of drivers who are talking while driving.
And even when I'm in a cab, the cab driver is also chatting on the cellphone. I've complained to TLC here in NYC as cabbies are NOT SUPPOSED to be on the phone when driving passengers.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 06-28-2005 at 06:53 PM..
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