Single mothers on their mobile phone on the bus, talking for 30+ minutes

LighterGuy

Millicent wrote: »

No, not people--single mothers. Check the thread title and OP.

Yeah, and the op has said due to having no choice to hear the conversation, he found out it was single mothers in the examples.

So they were single mothers and he stated that. Its not like he said "how dare they afford to be calling people!?" .. then yeah, that would be totally different.

Killed By Death

HovaBaby wrote: »

As I said before, I don't "listen in" to people's conversations. You would have had to be 80% dead not to hear what she was saying.

Regards phone etiquette, you talk so only a couple of people can hear you, not the entire bus. Speaking for more than 30 minutes and loudly, I consider that improper.

Oh Dear OP, were they showing their ankles and chewing gum too?

What has the world come to....young women these days :rolleyes:

HovaBaby

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

But you didn't start a thread having a go at them, you picked on single mothers.

The 3 people I saw (who happened to be single mothers) engaged in a different behaviour when using the phone compared to the others. I started this thread because of the audacity of their behaviour.

She was talking to the person on the phone, not the whole bus. I wouldn't do it myself,, but that doesn't make her wrong. I think you're jealous she's roidin' the new fella.

She was talking to the whole bus, why would she speak so loudly so? She was giving away private details to every single soul.

BTW i've been in many relationships pal.

TheZohanS

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76214554

OP what's your story? We're you rejected by a single mum? You seem to have a bit of a hard on for them...

BunShopVoyeur

This thread is retarded and OP's talking bollocks.

LighterGuy

CamperMan wrote: »

if the OP doesn't like noisy people on buses, he has other options...

get a car
get a bike
or walk!

I don't use public transport for many reasons so I use all three of the above

Geez, I hate that mentality. Its a right smart arse reply type.

If someone says a shop was busy - "well then shop somewhere else!!"
If someone says a road was busy today - "well, why didnt you go ANOTHER WAY?!"
etc.

MrStuffins

HovaBaby wrote: »

When did I say i'm giving single mothers a hard time?

When I said "Single Mothers" I didn't mean every single one. I typed this topic because the 3 people I saw engage in this behaviour were single mothers.

It says "Single mothers" in the thread title for God sake.


"Everytime I get the bus there's a certain type of person talking loudly on the bus and failing to tie the laces of the shoes of their children.

They were all left-handed!"

HovaBaby

MrStuffins wrote: »

Nope. And it dorsn't sound like she was either. It sounds like she was trying to have a conversation on the bus and you were sitting listening to her.

I don't like when people are loud on the bus. I'm not a big fan of people on the phone in my ear. I'm not a big fan of people playing their sh*t music out loud on the bus. So ya know what I do? I bring my earphones with me. I have a smartphone and an iPod, I use them.

If I don't bring my earphones, tough cookie for me, I have to put up with other people on the bus.

Single mothers and all :rolleyes:

I was 5 rows back, I was not next to her.

And i won't put up with any accusations from you saying if I had a ntoebook I would have taking down information.. Button it.

Plus I would hardly call it a conversation. It is, of course, in essence a conversation. But I don't think much thought was being put into what was being said, and she was sharing it with the whole bus. It wasn't a 1 on 1 conversation.

dvpower

HovaBaby wrote: »

When did I say i'm giving single mothers a hard time?

When I said "Single Mothers" I didn't mean every single one. I typed this topic because the 3 people I saw engage in this behaviour were single mothers.

What do you think the link between them talking loud on the phone and being single mohers is?

Does being a single mother lead one to talking loud on the phone, or maybe a habit of talking loud on the phone can cause you to become a single mother?

Freddie59

MrStuffins wrote: »

Silly post.

If someone makes a well reasoned argument with proof to back themselves up, then why not?

But saying "I saw a woman on the phone for a long time. She was a single mother so obviously that has a bearing on the situation" is hardly that!

No sillier than some of the replies to the OP really.:rolleyes:

CamperMan

LighterGuy wrote: »

Geez, I hate that mentality. Its a right smart arse reply type.

If someone says a shop was busy - "well then shop somewhere else!!"
If someone says a road was busy today - "well, why didnt you go ANOTHER WAY?!"
etc.

and that is what I do!

if a shop is busy I go to another one or try later when it's quiet.

why get all stressed out going into a busy shop if you don't like it, or sitting on a packed bus listening to people shouting on the phone.. then your blood pressure rises in anger..

best to do the things that don't stress you out

HovaBaby

CamperMan wrote: »

if the OP doesn't like noisy people on buses, he has other options...

get a car
get a bike
or walk!

I don't use public transport for many reasons so I use all three of the above

So I should walk because they are loud? I should be forced off the bus because of them?

Kevin Duffy

HovaBaby wrote: »

The 3 people I saw (who happened to be single mothers) engaged in a different behaviour when using the phone compared to the others. I started this thread because of the audacity of their behaviour.

Hmmmm, stupid and arrogant, or low-rent troll.....

HovaBaby wrote: »

BTW i've been in many relationships pal.

....or re-reg with a text-tic they can't help....

Dunno why you feel the need to say you've been in many relationships, but like being powerful/rich/clever/beautiful, if you have to say you are, then you're not.

MrStuffins

Freddie59 wrote: »

No sillier than some of the replies to the OP really.:rolleyes:

Well you know the old saying, ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer!

UglyBolloxFace

HovaBaby wrote: »

Has anyone noticed this phenomenon? In my last 3 bus journeys I have seen 3 single mothers in the buggy areas of the bus, talking out loud into their mobile phones. (with everyone on the bus able to hear.)

Now, the bus journey for me is 30-40 minutes long, how can they keep talking for that amount of time non-stop? You wouldn't mind, but on one occasion I saw the womans child (she had a baby in a buggy too) was asking for her to tie his laces, but she wouldn't pay him any attention at all. She just kept speaking loudly into her phone.

Before I got on the bus the child was taking payphone receivers off their holders and hitting them against the payphone, yet no response from his mother. IMO he was trying to get some attention from her. Another single mother had a newborn baby and was talking straight for 40 minutes. Has anyone witness this type of behaviour, and if so, what do you think of it?

BTW, I know they are single mothers from their lengthy conversations. They let everyone on the bus knows this from the multiple times they talked about "the new fella".

How do you know they're single mothers? The father's couldn't be off in work no? You fucking insensitive imbecile.

BunShopVoyeur

HovaBaby wrote: »

So I should walk because they are loud? I should be forced off the bus because of them?

You could try minding your own business and buy a pair of headphones.

Might help to stop referring to anyone who uses their mobile on a bus as a single mother too.

MrStuffins

LighterGuy wrote: »

Geez, I hate that mentality. Its a right smart arse reply type.

If someone says a shop was busy - "well then shop somewhere else!!"
If someone says a road was busy today - "well, why didnt you go ANOTHER WAY?!"
etc.

Has AH goten to the point where someone would start a thread complaining about their local shop being busy?

Killed By Death

Here you go OP.

LighterGuy

MrStuffins wrote: »

Has AH goten to the point where someone would start a thread complaining about their local shop being busy?

Yes :pac:

HovaBaby

dvpower wrote: »

What do you think the link between them talking loud on the phone and being single mohers is?

Does being a single mother lead one to talking loud on the phone, or maybe a habit of talking loud on the phone can cause you to become a single mother?

I never said there was a link between being a single mother and being loud. I'm just pointing out 3 examples I have seen.

Regards your 2nd question, I do not know the answer.

Freddie59

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well you know the old saying, ask a stupid question, expect a stupid answer!

Touche.;) Seriously though, it borders on hysteria sometimes when ANY criticism of groups such as single mothers takes place, especially on here.

Personally, my own outlook on certain single mothers is that they are cosseted. Now, I'm not talking about genuine cases, where hardship is the case through circumstance - not choice.

For example, I know of one 18 year-old who, when she had the baby, was immediately given several hundred Euro a month rent allowance (from which she rented a three-bed semi), medical crd, etc.

In all fairness, in her situation she could have remained at home and that money used for needier cases.

Eric Cartman

dvpower wrote: »

What do you think the link between them talking loud on the phone and being single mohers is?

a large percentage of single mothers under 30 would be very poorly educated and have grown up without good parenting. Thus all the way through growing up they were never told to keep quiet and were always those loud annoying women you see shouting accross the road to each other in council estates, then around the age of 13 they shacked up with some 20 something deviant "pharmacist" or "car removal specialist" and he convinced her that 'shure ye cant get preggers your first time' thus started the inevitable cycle of being inseminated by poorly chosen men , popping one out and never learning from the experience, just like they never learned to lower their voice, resulting in - single mothers on the bus shouting down the phone because thats the only volume setting they have.

MrStuffins

Freddie59 wrote: »

Touche.;) Seriously though, it borders on hysteria sometimes when ANY criticism of groups such as single mothers takes place, especially on here.

Well, you've picked the right thread because this certainly falls into the category of "ANY" criticism of single-mothers.

I didn't bother quoting the rest of your post because it's off topic.

HovaBaby

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

You could try minding your own business and buy a pair of headphones.

Might help to stop referring to anyone who uses their mobile on a bus as a single mother too.

They, they, stated they were a single mother.

Learn this.

MrStuffins

Eric Cartman wrote: »

a large percentage of single mothers under 30 would be very poorly educated and have grown up without good parenting. Thus all the way through growing up they were never told to keep quiet and were always those loud annoying women you see shouting accross the road to each other in council estates, then around the age of 13 they shacked up with some 20 something deviant "pharmacist" or "car removal specialist" and he convinced her that 'shure ye cant get preggers your first time' thus started the inevitable cycle of being inseminated by poorly chosen men , popping one out and never learning from the experience, just like they never learned to lower their voice, resulting in - single mothers on the bus shouting down the phone because thats the only volume setting they have.

Wise wise words. Some day this will be a famous quote used by scholars through the ages.

BunShopVoyeur

HovaBaby wrote: »

They, they, stated they were a single mother.

Learn this.

Be quiet, your post was ridiculous. "Your post" is an idiot.

HovaBaby

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

Be quiet, your post was ridiculous. "Your post" is an idiot.

Now, now. There's no excuse for that type of behaviour.

BunShopVoyeur

HovaBaby wrote: »

Now, now. There's no excuse for that type of behaviour.

Shhh. Go watch cartoons.

HovaBaby

MrStuffins wrote: »

Wise wise words. Some day this will be a famous quote used by scholars through the ages.

They already are

HovaBaby

BunShopVoyeur wrote: »

Shhh. Go watch cartoons.

Shhh. Stay on-topic.

BunShopVoyeur

HovaBaby wrote: »

Shhh. Stay on-topic.

The topic is moronic.

"Did you hear? Single mothers talk loudly on phones."

HovaBaby

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

Hmmmm, stupid and arrogant, or low-rent troll.....

From what I know "audacity" means "cheekiness" or "the nerve". I might have gotten the proper definition incorrect.

....or re-reg with a text-tic they can't help....

Dunno why you feel the need to say you've been in many relationships, but like being powerful/rich/clever/beautiful, if you have to say you are, then you're not.

Are you jealous cos she's "roidin'" some fella?

HovaBaby

This type of behaviour of talking very loudly and for very long seems to be permeate only thought a specific group of people. As I said, I have seen many couples with a buggy on a bus and they haven't engaged in this type of behaviour.

Plus a part of me starting the topic, which has been ignored, was what about her child who was ignored for the entire journey despite asking (multiple times) for his laces to be tied. He was only 3 years of age, so he couldn't do it himself. This is neglectful IMO. I have only seen one post regarding this and it was "maybe she is teaching him to tie his own laces and wants him to learn."

biko

Millicent wrote: »

This is officially the worst single mother thread I've read on AH. And that's saying something.

Agreed