Man fined for loudspeaker call at French station - BBC News

[sabrew4k3@lazysoci.al]

I have zero issue with this TBH. Double the fine each week he don't pay.

[lnxtx@feddit.nl]

From the article:

David said he was told that he would be fined €150 if he did not turn off the loudspeaker - a fine which he claims was later increased to €200 because he did not pay it on the spot. He has since hired a lawyer to dispute the fine.

[fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev]

for 200 you get some pretty decent headphones

[albert180@discuss.tchncs.de]

Can we have the same treatment for the Assholes who watch TikTok or Reels without headphones but with sound on the Train?

🥺

[sabrew4k3@lazysoci.al]

According to the article, they also get fined.

[donantoniomagino@feddit.nl]

The only thing worse than idiots watching one idiotic TikTok clip after the other (preferably in the silent compartment, of course), was when I was on a train to Berlin from Amsterdam, and the people on the other side of the aisle were trying to keep their kid calm by playing him Baby Shark over and over and fucking over again...

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

He got a warning and ignored it... can we double the fine?

[bob_lemon@feddit.org]

Imagine you are at a station, making a call on speakerphone in public (because you're an asshole). Then you get approached by a person asking you to turn of the speaker (not even to end the call, mind you).

At that point, I'd imagine the normal thing is to just comply with that request (even for dicks on speakerphone).

Now imagine this person being not some random passenger, but someone working for the train company, in uniform and everything. And they're telling you that they will fine you if you don't comply.

At this point, how fucking deep up your own ass do you have to be to ignore them?