I was wondering that, too. The other option is that they were involved in some kind of psychology study on complaints.
Of course, the most likely option is that they were just gits.
As others have said, there's different tolerance levels for noise, but my sense is that regardless of your tolerance level, there's only a few conventions on making it: If you're in the quiet carriage or a library or something, don't do it, if you're in a theme park or disco or something, be as loud as you like, and if you're elsewhere, keep it to conversation-level.
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Date: 2005-03-10 03:40 pm (UTC)Of course, the most likely option is that they were just gits.
As others have said, there's different tolerance levels for noise, but my sense is that regardless of your tolerance level, there's only a few conventions on making it: If you're in the quiet carriage or a library or something, don't do it, if you're in a theme park or disco or something, be as loud as you like, and if you're elsewhere, keep it to conversation-level.