Chicagoist: This Just In: Trains Are Noisy

jmagic

Tue, 27 May 2008 13:35:34 -0600

@peteypants agree with you and the others and will add that people who let their cellphone play their obnoxious ringtone until it gets to the "good part," the Nextel chirping and people who play their PSPs with the volume turned up while listening to their iPod are far worse than the rumble of the trains. i live right off the Green Line and I hardly hear it.

matty

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:16:46 -0600

Hopefully the new train cars will help ease the problem a bit.

matilda

Tue, 27 May 2008 12:06:11 -0600

I find loud, obnoxious conversations on cell phones and between a-holes much more harmful to my ears/health. Agree 100%, and I would add loud iPods and similar devices as well. In fact, I sense that most people would, judging by comments on blogs, letters to the editor and the pained looks of frustration and annoyance displayed by my fellow riders. Now, what do you do about it? Do you merely sit there and let someone annoy you, or do you politely but firmly ask for the behavior to be modified? Do you attempt to mock the offender, either by pretending to listen to their intimate phone conversations or, perhaps, bobbing your head along with their loud music (I have seen this work, in fact, more than once--I guess some people can be easily embarrassed)? Do you have your own methods? If you don't like, work to change the behavior, even through tiny, daily steps. If you merely complain but remain apathetic, you are part of the problem.

frp

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:56:24 -0600

@petepants -- I'm totally with you on this one. At the very least, the el, especially underground, is so noisy and loud that some of those cell conversations get drowned out. However, it's unbearable when on the bus...absolutely unbearable.

frp

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:54:54 -0600

More "gee-that's-obvious" reporting by Chicago's favorite tabloid. Not that the Trib is any better, but, you gotta love the "news".

peteypants

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:03:01 -0600

I find loud, obnoxious conversations on cell phones and between a-holes much more harmful to my ears/health.

JoeM500

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:45:03 -0600

what?