topic Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude? in Community Spirit

Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:02:03 GMT

WTH is wrong with people? Are they just so self absorbed that they dont think about other people or are they just plain rude?

In the last 4 months these are some of the rude people ive had to deal with

1. Woman likes to go for 6am walks up my street. She has her phone with headphones on. She holds the phone in front of her and yells into it the whole time she is walking. She is so loud she wakes all of my household up. I went out and asked her to stop. She now only does it on Sat and Sun mornings. How nice of her...NOT

2. Man likes to go for walks at 5:15am every weekday morning. No big deal apart from the fact that he bounces a basketball while walking. So at 5:15am on the dot we hear BOING....BOING....BOING....BOING. Hubby goes out and asks him to stop bouncing the ball and is told to "Bleep off. Its a free country"

3. Ive had to leave notes on 3 people cars who decide that rather than walk a small distance to the high school, they will just park across my driveway instead

4. Neighbours moved out of their house on the weekend. They must of decided that they didnt need the ugly metal drum that they used to keep their chook food in at their new house. So where do they leave it? On the grass area right out the front of my house. Hubby rolled it back down their driveway.

5. 9:30pm last night. Kids are in bed and hubby and I are watching Breaking Bad (great show) when all of a sudden we hear a loud motorbike noise outside. We wait a while so see if it goes away but it doesnt. We go take a look and a group of 4 adults have decided that 9:30pm would be a great time to take their mini, noisy as hell, motorbike for a ride on the tennis courts across the road from my house. I go over and say "Hey, i have kids trying to sleep in here." They respond with "So what?" I then say "I'll just go call the cops then." So they leave

I mean come on. WTH is wrong with these people?

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

kopenhagen5 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:22:51 GMT

I think many had too much freedom and weren't taught manners or respect the way we were.

I blame the ones that didn't pass the basics on.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

gleee58 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:23:59 GMT

Oh dear, It sounds like you need to move to a farm.

Ooops, no, there are noisy cows and birds on farms.

Turn your TV or radio up and ignore them.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:27:22 GMT

Hubby would move to a farm but im a city gal 🙂

I know the suburbs cant be dead quiet. Dogs bark, cars drive, kids yell etc, but the things ive posted are not normal suburban noises and they are certainly not at acceptable times

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

icyfroth — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:28:41 GMT

@daydream**believer wrote:
WTH is wrong with people? Are they just so self absorbed that they dont think about other people or are they just plain rude?

In the last 4 months these are some of the rude people ive had to deal with

1. Woman likes to go for 6am walks up my street. She has her phone with headphones on. She holds the phone in front of her and yells into it the whole time she is walking. She is so loud she wakes all of my household up. I went out and asked her to stop. She now only does it on Sat and Sun mornings. How nice of her...NOT

2. Man likes to go for walks at 5:15am every weekday morning. No big deal apart from the fact that he bounces a basketball while walking. So at 5:15am on the dot we hear BOING....BOING....BOING....BOING. Hubby goes out and asks him to stop bouncing the ball and is told to "Bleep off. Its a free country"

3. Ive had to leave notes on 3 people cars who decide that rather than walk a small distance to the high school, they will just park across my driveway instead

4. Neighbours moved out of their house on the weekend. They must of decided that they didnt need the ugly metal drum that they used to keep their chook food in at their new house. So where do they leave it? On the grass area right out the front of my house. Hubby rolled it back down their driveway.

5. 9:30pm last night. Kids are in bed and hubby and I are watching Breaking Bad (great show) when all of a sudden we hear a loud motorbike noise outside. We wait a while so see if it goes away but it doesnt. We go take a look and a group of 4 adults have decided that 9:30pm would be a great time to take their mini, noisy as hell, motorbike for a ride on the tennis courts across the road from my house. I go over and say "Hey, i have kids trying to sleep in here." They respond with "So what?" I then say "I'll just go call the cops then." So they leave

I mean come on. WTH is wrong with these people?

Just plain rude.

Party in our unit block cpl years ago, still in full swing at 4am.

Usually any party in the street, ppl know to turn the noise down by 10pm.

I stuck my head out the window and yelled "do you know what effing time it is ?"

Drunk yells back "it's 4 o'clock". Geez I was cranky!

They quietened right down after that, though.

Not long after, they moved out, so that was good, they were a bunch of ratbags.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:29:13 GMT

You have become intolerant of others. You do live in a city don't you?

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:31:29 GMT

@gleee58 wrote:
Oh dear, It sounds like you need to move to a farm.

Ooops, no, there are noisy cows and birds on farms.

Turn your TV or radio up and ignore them.

why should she be forced to do that especially when the

children are in bed? what if she lived in a unit?

there are noise restriction laws in place for a reason.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:32:08 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
You have become intolerant of others. You do live in a city don't you?

So you are saying its ok to go bounce a basketball up and down a suburban street at 5:15am?

And its ok to park across peoples driveways?

And its fine to dump your unwanted rubbish on others front lawns?

Yep, im intolerant of inconsiderate morons

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:33:49 GMT

There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.

Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:34:32 GMT

Turn your TV or radio up and ignore them

I dont have my tv or radio on at 5:15am. I also didnt want to have to turn my tv up full ball to block out the noise last night that was going to wake my kids. I also dont see how turning the tv up would help in the cases of people parking across my driveway or dumping their rubbish on my front yard.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

goldenjet16 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:36:22 GMT

"I stuck my head out the window and yelled "do you know what effing time it is ?"

Lol..........

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:36:48 GMT

@daydream**believer wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
You have become intolerant of others. You do live in a city don't you?
So you are saying its ok to go bounce a basketball up and down a suburban street at 5:15am?
And its ok to park across peoples driveways?
And its fine to dump your unwanted rubbish on others front lawns?

Yep, im intolerant of inconsiderate morons

There is no law against bouncing a basketball on a public walkway, so yes, it is OK.

You live near a high school? Everyone that lives near a school experiences those parking issues. Something to take into consideration when buying a house near a school.

It took your hubby less than a minute to return the unwanted drum.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

icyfroth — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:37:30 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

Nobody said it was against the law.

It's about good manners and consideration for others.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:37:39 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

but there is about motor vehicle noise.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:38:06 GMT

I don't think any cars/trucks should be allowed on the highway before 8am... they make too much noise.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:40:38 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

Nobody said it was against the law.

It's about good manners and consideration for others.

It is about the law actually. If a person was breaking local noise levels then action could be taken against them.

If it isn't breaking the law, then it is OK for them to do that stuff, even though one cranky pants in the street doesn't approve of it.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:41:11 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

actually, here in SA i was told it is against the law to disturb someones peace no matter what time of day.

I was told that by a police officer when i rang about a party music blaring at 1am a few years ago. They asked why i didnt call earlier and i said i wasnt sure what the times were that they could play music loud too. They told me if its disturbing your peace, no matter what time, you can ring the police.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

cherry*135 — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:43:19 GMT

@*julia*2010 wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

but there is about motor vehicle noise.

Did I address motor vehile noise (one incident in the opening post) in that post of mine. No, I didn't.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

polksaladallie — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:43:38 GMT

Must be nice to be able to sleep past 5am on a regular basis. I've been able to do that only for the past 2 years. 50 years before that, no chance. Had to go to work.

Re: Inconsiderate or just plain rude?

daydream**believer — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:43:54 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
There is no law that says you can't walk on a public street talking on your phone.
Same with the ball.

Move house? To one that is further back from the street.. with bedrooms at the back.

Nobody said it was against the law.

It's about good manners and consideration for others.
It is about the law actually. If a person was breaking local noise levels then action could be taken against them.

If it isn't breaking the law, then it is OK for them to do that stuff, even though one cranky pants in the street doesn't approve of it.

My OP did not mention the law at all so this thread is actually NOT about the law.

Its about "Inconsiderate or just plain rude?"

There are rude and inconsiderate people in the world who dont break the law you know.