You have probably experienced one or more times that someone spoke, to you, unusually loudly on the bus or in public transport. Slowly, the person who was talking loudly about what he should buy for food has switched to talking about highly private things, capturing all your attention.
According to Mats Danielssonwit and etiquette expert that TV4 spoke to, it is the “snack ice” who loudly tells his whole life story on the bus that we are disturbing.
But is it okay to turn to loud people on the bus and tell them? If you tell someone in a polite way, it can go – but also count on the fact that you can get punched in the nose.
The habit makes us stop reflecting
– Technology has done this, but I would like to go one step further. I think a lot is about our social climate which has become “I am more important than everyone else” and actually it is exactly the opposite of everything common sense and etiquette say, where it means that you should care about others, says Mats Danielsson to channels.
He also believes that with the help of various media, including FaceTime and Zoom, we have acquired new habits that have instead become habits.
When we get used to talking loudly and communicating in the public space carefree – we stop thinking that we can in fact be perceived as disturbing.
