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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always wear my AirPods while grocery shopping.  I usually listen to an audiobook or a podcast with the volume low enough where I can hear what’s going on around me.

It makes grocery shopping so much more bearable.  I tend to go early weekday mornings anyways when stores aren’t too crowded.

I had an older woman (60s?  70s?) come up behind me with a “Ma’am”, “Ma’am” and then tape me on my shoulders.  It startled me.  I could hear her near me but didn’t expect her to get so close and then touch me.

I turned around and tapped my ear so the sound would pause and all she did was tell me it was rude of me to wear headphones in public because “someone could be trying to talk to you.”

I’ve never had an issue hearing anyone trying to get my attention.  I also don’t know why it’s so important for someone to talk to me?

I just kind of smiled and said, “oh, I can hear you”.  And she repeated that it was rude to wear headphones around other people.

I assume she was just a busy body.  Possibly a tad unstable?

Do you consider that rude?  I don’t.  I think it’s rude to listen to music loudly or have loud conversations but I don’t get upset when people have headphones out in public.  I don’t really feel entitled to have anyone speak to me. [/quote]

boomers at it again, they need to myob no one wants to hear about their advice or input[/quote]

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