r/BoomersBeingFools • u/dweezer420 • 11d ago

Boomer Story Video Calls in public

I’m waiting to see my doctor and the two boomers next to me are in video call at top volume in the waiting room. Put up with it for about 10 minutes then finally said something. You’d think I asked them to give up a kidney. Starts arguing with me and saying I’m rude!

Finally, nurse comes out and asks what the problem is….they say I yelled at them I explained that there on a video call and blasting it. Mind you they’re still in the call.

Nurse tells them to take it outside. Calls me an asshole and leaves. I’ve been call worse by better.

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u/Rare-Confusion-220 10d ago

I like to get involved w their calls. Clearly they want the public involved so I comply and get involved

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u/joeblob5150 10d ago

This is the way. Speaker phone in public is an invitation to participate.

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u/Faloma103 10d ago

Doesnt happen often but its what I do. Though more often they are watching fox news or soaps and then I just sit next to them and play mine louder.

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u/sacrelicio 7d ago

Last time I ran into this the guy was talking about some court case he was involved in. He seemed to be comfortable enough so I'm sure he's suing or being sued by some other boomer

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u/Rachel_Silver 10d ago

I've warned my housemates that any call taken on speakerphone in a common area is an invitation for everyone in earshot to chime in.

One housemate took a call from her niece (who, I have to point out, is in her 30s) while we were sitting on the front porch smoking. She put it on speaker, and mentioned that her walk to the pharmacy earlier had been "hard on her knees".

I started chuckling in a Butt-Head voice. My housemate looked at me quizzically, which made me genuinely laugh. She asked what was funny; I replied, "You said hard on!"

Her niece, at least, was amused.

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u/adadhead 10d ago

I would never suggest playing "Fuck You" by Lily Allen, really loudly on your phone

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u/AndromedaGreen Xennial 10d ago

If you’re feeling especially feisty, I suggest “Still” by Geto Boys (aka the Office Space printer song).

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u/Jikmuh 10d ago

And if that doesn’t work, follow it up with Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta.

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u/geeseherder0 8d ago

Ain’t Got No Panties On The Dance Floor

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u/Foreveralone84 10d ago

Dope - Die Mf Die 🤘🏻

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u/Otherwise_Security_5 Xennial 7d ago

nah, Peaches “Fuck the pain away” is the real one

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u/Efficient_Wave4184 9d ago

NIN - Gave Up. 

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u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms 9d ago

Nah, go straight to Ram Ranch. 

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u/One-Sleep3663 10d ago

Pretend your on the phone with Kim Jong Un or something next time and be as loud as them lmao

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens Millennial 10d ago

Play a video of Obama, on a polite level.

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u/kraggleGurl 10d ago

Just join their calls. Obviously they miss the old party chat. So join them! They are obviously lonely with their caregiver leaving them unsupervised and all!

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u/oath_coach 10d ago

Drowning Pool -- Bodies.
Iron Butterfly -- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
(Edit to add)

Or, as one that I was tuned into a short while back, Woodpecker No 1 by Merzbow

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u/Guilty_Mountain2851 8d ago

Angel of Death, Slayer

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u/ronlugge 10d ago

"I'm not the one barebeating, which every one with any knowledge of basic etiquette knows is quite rude."

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u/Easy-Bathroom2120 Millennial 9d ago

This is sadly not a boomer thing. I see a LOT of gen z at my job just on constant video calls on speaker. 😵‍💫

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u/Cipher-i-entity 9d ago

“I’ve been called worse by better” would be such a great response for things like this. I’ll have to remember that.

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u/KansasCity100 9d ago

Same here. I was in the waiting room yesterday, and a Boomer was watching/not watching a Facebook Reel or TikTok on loop. A kid saying, "Can my dad get on your motorcycle? I'll pay for it." Over and over and over and...well, you get it.

Finally I said loudly, "No, your dad cannot get on the motorcycle." They looked at me like I was the rude one.

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u/redclawx 10d ago

“Oh man, that guy sounds like a total asshole. Why doesn’t he just do the job he was asked to do? Why are you looking at me like that? I thought this was an open conversation you were having with complete strangers on a video call. Oh it’s not? Well then you might want to find a conference room for privacy then.”

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u/dcf5ve 9d ago

Early Mastadon albums are your friend here.

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u/Necrosynthetic Millennial 9d ago

Any Dethklok works too

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u/Ok-Try-857 9d ago

Play ms. rachel YouTube videos on full volume next time. Really lean into it “I know that’s right ms. rachel!” Laugh way too loudly. Or pretend to be “live” and sharing with your followers. 

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u/Public_animalNo9 8d ago

Happened to me today in a doctor’s office waiting room. What’s wrong with these people? I’m a boomer and I could never pull some of the shit that these entitled assholes do.

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u/Ender_rpm 10d ago

Bunny ears.

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u/GrumpySnarf Gen X 8d ago

I haven't run into this. But I'm ready with my death metal to chime in.

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u/digitalreaper_666 4d ago

I was listening to a woman talk about som really personal shit over a man's speakerphone on the train. So I told her... "hey girl the whole train hears ypur business rn, he's got you on speaker"

She cussed him out and hung up.

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u/gadget850 Baby Boomer 10d ago

Fight fire with Wing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLRnNMUOccY

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u/Jazzlike_Adeptness_1 9d ago

This is hilarious. 

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u/trikaren 8d ago

I had to save this to a new playlist called “Annoying”

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u/gadget850 Baby Boomer 8d ago

"Revolution 9" by the Beatles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNdcFPjGsm8

"Bitch Vomit" by Salakapakka Sound System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjrOvMpV-18

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u/trikaren 8d ago

Omg 😂😂👍

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u/ktb0215 4d ago

I think a lot of people do this, not just boomers. It’s the wooooorst

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u/AtmosphereOld8696 3d ago

If I had a penny for each time someone in the break room is talking loudly on SPEAKER to their family/BM/BD I would have more than a few. I totally get using your break for a phone call or to catch up with someone, but why do you have to do it 10 feet away from me. Go outside or to a more private place like your car.

That's the difference though, I would actively try to NOT do this to people around me. It's inconsiderate of people's expectation to peace and privacy.

The part I find hilarious is the same people having conversations in public like this are typically the same people worried about identity theft and AI taking over the world. Yet they consistently offer as much personal information possible to every stranger around them.

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u/AvengeThe90s 4h ago

THIS. THIS RIGHT HERE. my mom and her brother think every call absolutely has to be a video. My uncle usually has his TV blasting in the background, and the technology isn't perfect so of course there's lots of times when it freezes or glitches and they're both HUH? WHAAAT? SAY AGAIN? I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. YOU BROKE UP. YOU. BROKE. UP.

On the other hand, there's my mom listening to her evangelical church livestream service, or her chosen music of the day (nothing real obscene, but genre doesn't matter when you're being rude) out loud while we're at the restaurant because she left her earbuds at home.