Comments on: Ipod Etiquette

By: s.k.

s.k. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:03:02 +0000

You know, I was with you until you got to the little snippet you included above in your post. Singing along in public is a little ridiculous, but now I’m not allowed to bop? Because it exhausts you for me to visibly enjoy my music?

Perhaps we should all give up cute clothes and nice jewelry also… I mean, after all, it exhausts me to see people flaunting what they have when I can’t share in it.

Oh, wait, nevermind- what this world totally needs is more people taking themselves too seriously.

By: KC Ramiez

KC Ramiez — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:25:06 +0000

I’m from Manila. Here, people have made the iPod a status symbol. So whatever connotations attached to anything that is a status symbol, it’s much worse for the iPod here. People stomp along the streets with their iPods on display eventhough all it takes for a skilled thief is one quick snatch at their lanyards and it’s gone.

The iPod here is almost worth a corporate entry-level’s one-month salary. So you can imagine the great lengths people will go through to show it off.

I really plan to print your article and hand out copies. It’s a way of putting offenders (who are mostly ill-mannered anyway) in their right place.

By: bellacantare

bellacantare — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:15:55 +0000

I’ve often thought about doing a sort of user’s guide for MUNI and BART.

By: paper

paper — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:34:02 +0000

One of my favorite things to do is walk in to a fitting room in a store, hear someone singing along to the musac, and sing along WITH them, in my tuneless, nasel voice. It always surprises them, and I get a good giggle.
Singing along with the musac is somehow more amusing than with the iPod — maybe it’s the “come join me” aspect of it.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:38:37 +0000

I must admit, I had a pre-iPod bit of embarrassment when I was riding on a subway somewhere and my walkman was too loud. It’s really really horribly embarrassing when people ask you to turn it down and then start talking about you in a foreign language right in front of you….

By: jonniker

jonniker — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:45:24 +0000

I don’t know, I’m not bothered when someone steals my playlist and/or listens to my music. *shrug* It’s not something people see and/or take credit for, it’s something for them to enjoy, which is what music should be. And the more people who can enjoy good things – even something I spent time assembling for whatever mood (which FYI, I would never do because I am lazy, and also violating of all kinds of iPod etiquette as presented here), I figure they get to enjoy it too. Yay for all of us!

I don’t consider it tantamount to plagiarism, though. Maybe – and apparently – someone else would.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:57:44 +0000

Ok, good point.

By: Kirs

Kirs — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:37:57 +0000

Hey, but at least you showed up, Jack!

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:25:41 +0000

I failed iPod etiquette class.

By: albtraum

albtraum — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:31:23 +0000

will senger –

Well there is one part of your comment I find absolutely sick – old school sick where sick is not good.

Here is the offending part:

The whole thing.

Here is my reaction to this part of your comment:

It was a dumb comment.

You are so dark, dark chocolate fudge and your views about the article on iPod etiquette are about 50% on and 50% all about you and your personal issues. Give us another shot at it with 100% on and say hi to your therapist for me.

Sincerely,

albtraum

p.s. In case you’re too dense to get it, my point is that copying someone’s carefully assembled *anything* can often be annoying to the person who made the collection. I’ve copied some of your collage of poorly assembled words; how does it feel?

p.p.s. Great article by the way — funny and on-point. I particularly detest talking to people with something in one or both of their ears.