Recently I was out having dinner, and the table I was sitting at was in the middle of two others, and the table that was on our left hand side seemed to be louder than all the others surrounding us. It wasn’t the girl and guy at this particular table being loud, but it was the guy that was talking in his “I’m at the club and I need to yell over this loud music to talk to you” voice. At first it was actually funny, because his conversation was somewhat interesting, and I felt I was an audience member on the Maury Show, but then after awhile it was just getting on my nerves. This guy was being rather loud, and apparently wanted everyone to know his and his friends business. At one point I became upset, and was like “What the heck?”
Obviously this guy had no volume control, and I wanted to enjoy my food and the company that I was in without having to listen to someone else’s conversation the entire time. The girl was sitting so close to him that he could have leaned in to kiss her from across the table with hardly any effort, but yet he felt the need to use his “outside” voice inside where it was not loud at all.
As I sat here listening to this guy because I had no choice I thought about all the other places I hear people talking loud, that in my opinion are unacceptable. Take for instance the movies. I remember one time back in college some girls were being rather loud, and they were sitting right in front of some friends and I. That night I had drank a little, and since they kept on yapping non stop since the moment they got there, I turned around told them to shut the fuck up or get the fuck out of there. They sat there, and never said another word. I’m not a rude person at all, but this was an instance where talking was really uncalled for.
Some people just don’t know when to use their inside voices, and sometimes they need someone to remind them of it. Probably not in a rude manner like I did to that group of girls, but in a more polite manner.
Have you been in a situation where you wanted to tell someone to be quiet because they were talking loud like they were at a rock concert or a sporting event?
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This is Miami. I think being loud is just in our blood. lol
I mostly see this with obnoxious younger girls trying to be cute or funny, and I want to tell them to shut up every time it happens.
It's annoying. I just want to tell the 'yellers', "You are right next to each other, unless one of you is deaf, please quiet it down!"
i live in north philly, so this is basically the norm. trying to get used to it... but yeah it's super obnoxious.
talking during the movies is bad... especially when ppl laugh for way too long & it makes me miss what they say!
but in a restaurant, u may have to be a bit more understanding. sometimes, they can't tell they're being loud. i mean, it's coming out of your mouth, you're not always listening to yourself. i think a great person controls the volume by speaking quieter themselves, and it signals the others to quiet down. if the atmosphere is loud, usualy ppl are loud. in a teahouse, it's quiet & ppl tend to be quiet.
People who talk loudly are rude.
I would've asked the waitress to please ask them to quiet down.
A lot of the time... an employing asking someone to please lower their volume will embarrass them into being quiet... whereas another patron doing so will just piss them off.
@justXforXyou_beautiful@xanga - And they have an annoying laugh.
Reminds me of my Father who just talks loud and when I tell him he's being loud; he gets defensive. He's so stupid.
Loud = 40 something white women drinking wine at olive garden. I hate them.
New York City for sure...Especially on the buses with these loud ass teenage kids. You hear everything.
There are plenty of loud people in New York, and they're usually obnoxious younger girls.
You know a bitch is talking too loud when you can hear them OVER your loud music.
SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY! -_-
Out of an enthusiasm and fun, people will express themselves in a louder manner. Its really unavoidable. As laughing is the real fun.
when u feel like having a cup of coffee in a calm place, u should choose the places accordingly. No other go. 
Fast AR FundingMy dad's side of the family (and myself included) have naturally loud voices. Not "scream over the music" voices, but we definitely stand out if we don't catch ourselves. Luckily, I have managed to get pretty good about controlling it when I need to.
Honestly, I would have done one of two things: joined in the conversation, and then if they got mad, said, "Oh, I'm not in this? Because i could hear you all the way over here, so I figured you wanted everyone else to be involved in the conversation. No? Oh. My bad!" (Or something along those lines. OR if you're more the non-confrontational type of person, ask one of the restaurant staff to ask them to keep it down because they're interrupting your experience and you don't want it to reflect badly on the establishment. They'll get someone to shut them up.
Those kind of people make me remember the days I was working at the day care center and I would have to say "Okay kids, lets use our inside voices!" LMAO