Ear Buds
Haven't read any other prejudices here about PEOPLE WITH CHEAP EARBUDS. They can be fat, thin, black, white, old or young, I don't care, I hate them with a passion.

They've usually picked up their MP3 players for 20 bucks on ebay and they come with a free set of ear buds. The ear buds are not really earbuds however, they are designed by a man, who once worked at NASA,with the premise that its selfish not to share and so the outward facing mini tinny speaker was born.

New Zealand is pretty laid back and we tend to respect each other but these devil spawn with their cheap ear buds are a threat to our entire society.

Picture this....Cold wet dark morning, train finally arrives and its off to work. Jammed into a steamy carriage (when the heaters work) the only sounds are the clack of the wheels, occasional cough and the tinny tweets and rhythmic heavy beats. Who's listening to what?
Yes Sleepy is here this morning, at the other end of the carriage listening to Led Zep with his eyes closed. Eminem is coming from the back somewhere, oh yes Granny is here listening to Rihanna, obviously grand daughter loaded up the tunes and then there's Student Boy who likes the beats and sometimes entertains us with little hums.
Every morning. I hate the fuckers. Even the later trains have the devil spawn's relatives on board.

Some of us picked on the obviously weaker one 'Bill' and he eventually moved to a different carriage but Sleepy was made of sterner stuff and he reluctantly turned down the sounds. They were back to full volume within a week, turned down again and then back up. We caved in. Granny only knew how to switch it on and off. One guy spent the whole journey showing her how it worked, she was really sweet about it but didn't learn anything.

Did I tell you I hate the fuckers?

And of course because they can only hear themselves they can't hear all the other annoying bastards with the cheap ear buds.

Does this happen anywhere else in the world? Well outside of Wellington anyway.
(Jimmyinnz was sprung at work on b3ta on, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 9:39, 2 replies)

You haven't lived..
Until you have to listen to a kappa slapper listening to grime through shitty mobile phone speakers.

Compared to that, I'd rather have the ear buds.
(wuckfit Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori., Sat 3 Apr 2010, 9:47, closed)

idea
get some nice cans (ayeaye, you know what i mean though, can headphones that fit right over your ears unlike ear buds) with noise-cancellation on them. you'll be in your own blissful world and no one will be able to hear what you're listening to so they won't even be mad at you :))

even without playing music through them the noise-cancellation is lovely.
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 16:20, closed)