r/mildlyinfuriating • u/BiteInfamous • 10h ago

I'm slightly vexed Taxi driver wearing noise cancelling headphones while driving in the city

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Look I’m PMSing so I’m admittedly in a very nit picky time of my life. But. Don’t love weaving in and out of traffic in a major city while the taxi driver has noice cancelling headphones on. The sound is loud enough I can hear whatever (moderately funny) comedy show he’s listening to in the backseat. This is ill advised, yes?

ETA thanks to everyone who taught me about transparent mode today :)

ETA2 : Okay, I’m the asshole, comments have shown me there’s lots that could be going on with the driver to make him need to use these and there’s way he could do so safely. Mea culpa. That’ll teach me to knee jerk react.

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u/fuckYOUswan 7h ago

90% of Ubers I am in the driver has earbuds in and is on a call the entire car ride, quietly whispering to the other person. My question is who are these people talking to for hours all day?

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u/Far_King_Penguin 3h ago

Group calls. Like 10 of them in a discord. My Indian work maye says its a common thing back home and is prevalent in immigrants coz they miss their home and their native language

Seems perfectly reasonable to me but I don't like people using their phone while operating a car so if their eyes stay on the road im usually chill with it. Idk how people drive with an ear bud in though. I feel like I can't see without my ears