Why is your need for silence more important than other people's need to communicate?
They can use headphones. The problem is listening to someone scroll through tiktok with volume on max.
Etiquette. Some are raised with it.
Their silence disrupts no one, but one call or loud song disrupts 20-40 people their peace.
Don't be a douche.
It's actually against byelaws to play music or other loud sounds on transport in London and they can prosecute you if they so wished...
It's about acknowledging it's a shared resource and respecting the space. No loud noises, no littering, no being drunk etc
These days people act like they're the only ones travelling
You do understand that one of those “needs”affects others around you, and one of them leaves them in peace, right? Also I’m sure parent wasn’t referring to emergency calls
Neither of those things are needs, it’s just wants and preferring your own wants over others is completely normal.
Imagine trying to live your life where other people’s desires by default overrode you own.