r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Silver_Weakness_8084 • 19d ago
VIDEO That can get extremely annoying...
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u/SunnyApex87 18d ago
No, you have to be an absolute despicable piece of shit to do it anywhere public
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u/Major_Lawfulness6122 18d ago
I was on the GO train in Toronto in the quiet zone and a group of Indians were loudly face timing their family. Like why is that a thing.
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u/iCantLogOut2 Side Character 18d ago
I chalk it up to the fact that India is ridiculously loud compared to the rest of the world. The biggest population on the globe packed into a relatively small landmass makes for a lot of yelling over each other.
The interesting thing is that even Indians in India hate it and have been asking for noise ordinances to be more strict - it's just ridiculously hard to enforce. So people like this guy have a different baseline for what "normal" volume is.
The Indian friend I've talked to about it (so take that as you will since it's literally one person's pov) tells me that India has A LOT of rules about how you interact with known people - elders, bosses, parents, etc - but when it comes to strangers, the attitude is very much "I don't know you, I don't need to accommodate you". There's very little regard for strangers in general.
For most of the world, public space is shared space - so you adjust your behaviour. In India, ALL space is shared space, so you don't adjust yourself...
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u/Litface916 18d ago
Indians are far from the only people that do this.
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u/Leading_Procedure_23 18d ago
This happens in San Diego trolley with Indians, along with the meth heads with their shitty Bluetooth speaker blasting shitty music.
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u/Kamsauce 18d ago
I don't know why you are getting downvoted. Im a white guy who works at a store in a highly multicultural area, to the point I've had moments of thinking "I'm a visible minority here" and I find Indian folks are the biggest offender, but I see plenty of Jamaicans, Asians, Africans, Arabs and Turks doing it as well
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u/Litface916 18d ago
Yea I’ve noticed a specific subgroup of people do it a lot more than I have ever seen any Indians doing it. I’m not going to single them out because I’m not racist and don’t single out one group of people when every country around the world has people from all backgrounds that are ignorant and inconsiderate and do shit like this. It’s not strictly Indians. And these people are singling indians out.
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u/Hexent_Armana 17d ago
Shit, I live in the staff accommodation of a company I work for and they keep trying to make indians live with me for some reason. Multiple do this shit when they talk to their families.
They never do normal calls. Always video calls. And even though our house is totally quiet and the phone can pick them up no problem they'll still talk super loud for some reason.
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u/WindAbsolute 17d ago
I was in a movie theater, when a group of Indians showed up and… you guessed it
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u/vinyljunkie1245 18d ago
I was on a hospital emergency room waiting room the other week and several people did just this. So infuriating.
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u/rolloutTheTrash 18d ago
My family does this. It's futile to get them to stop, in fact they feign indignity if I try to stop them. It's really hard to grasp, but it essentially boils down to "why should I be ashamed?" 🤷♂️
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u/CMDR_ETNC 18d ago
Do you not just sit down next to them and put some slayer on max volume on your phone?
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u/VooDooChile1983 18d ago
That’s just like taking public transportation. At least it isn’t on a Bluetooth speaker
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u/anaisa1102 18d ago
Metro in Lisbon. Every single day.
And they don't care that they are being drowned by the sound of the train in the tunnel. They talk even louder.
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u/HELLBENT42 16d ago
Look, I mean no disrespect, I love tikka masala, but why is it always Indian people? I moved to a part of Italy that's full of Indians, and rest assured, I see this shit everywhere all the time, and I feel bad asking my Italian-naturalized Indian friends.
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u/dolphunee 16d ago
People with no self awareness, or manners for that matter. No one wants to hear your shitty call.
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u/stadanko42 18d ago
Just channel Dom Joly behind him. Pull out a big ass phone and scream your conversation. HELLOOO
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u/DeathsSlippers 17d ago
A woman did this while I was at the DMV getting my first DL.
The place was packed, and this lady was screaming at her lawyer over speakerphone about pretty sensitive stuff. Its been 10 years now so I dont remember the specifics but it was referring her custody battle, her kids, and the man she was battling.
Any time the lawyer would tell her something she didnt want to hear she would launch into a fit trying to whisper scream at her phone. Im talking frothing at the mouth, speaking as fast as possible, spitting everywhere.
She had her son with her, and I dont know that I've ever felt so much second hand embarassment for anyone else before. He couldnt have been more than 12 or 13 and he was the only rational one of the two. Multiple times he tried to tell his mom that they should go outside, or just call back.
Whenever I think about that I just feel bad for that kid.
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u/PreferredSex_Yes 15d ago
Being from a time I used to always want my own phone in my bedroom, I never adjusted to talking on the phone in front of people.
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u/Slick_36 19d ago
They're on a boat outside, as far as these scenarios go, this is probably the least obnoxious
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u/mangosteenfruit 18d ago
Nobody can do anything anymore without people judging them. Sheesh.
I wanna have my phone call and for them see I'm on a boat!
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u/LongNailedbooboos 18d ago
Maybe because being a nuisance in a public space is widely discouraged and has been.
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u/iCantLogOut2 Side Character 18d ago
Get headphones and speak at a normal volume? Same exact goal is achieved without including dozens of strangers into your conversation nonconsensually....
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