Talk loudly or too loud in public

Malaysia
July 14, 2009 11:44am CST
I have a friend who talks very loud. We have this favorite place to eat, just a stall on the roadside where tables were arranged quite near together that you can reach for the person sitting next to your table. I love the food but everytime we go there, I wish that there will not be so many customers because my friend just can't control her volume when she speaks. She likes to talk about how men tried to woo her and ask her out. Now, I don't have any problem with that but everytime she talks about men, she kinda raises her voice just as if she wants everybody to know. This quite embarrasses me most of the time. I have tried to tell her to tone it down a bit but she just laughed and said "am I too loud?" Urgh!
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@jugsjugs (12967)
14 Jul 09
I have a few friends that are very loud when ever we are out up the pub,some times i find them very funny where as other times it can be a bit annoying when you are trying to be a bit discrete.As you can think on the terms of you can feel everyone just looking at you.My friends will never be quiet.Happy Mylotting.
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• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
It is acceptable when you are in a pub because the place itself is already crowded and noisy, people go there to have fun. But when you to go some restaurant, it is not nice as some people might go there for their meeting with client or things like that. Have a nice day to you!
@glesil_00 (1142)
• Philippines
14 Jul 09
Yes it is annoying if friend will speak loudly in a place that is no tproper to speak loud because it is not too crowdy or noisy. I love my friend to speak loudly if it is required, but in a restaurant that is not crowded and noisy i felt embarrassed of that because it seems we are in fighting. It could capture someones attention and look to you and observe.
• Malaysia
15 Jul 09
I know how that feels. It sometimes makes me feel like hiding under the tablecloth...
@emandi (102)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
well i was going to say maybe she isn;t aware of her own volume because i have to admit i'm like that sometimes and someone just has to tell me that the table across the room just caught wind of what i was talking about i make a conscious effort to tone it down a bit. but maybe your friend has psychological problems, the whole volume up when it comes to men wooing her. it is a confidence booster, after all. maybe you could just show her that men wooing her shouldn't ever be the standard of looking at yourself, or at anyone else. good luck!
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@emandi (102)
• Philippines
18 Jul 09
i have a friend who is also on the heavier side, and while i admit she's pretty i think that sometimes her stories of men liking her at first sight are a little blown out of proportion. once she even told me about how a girl was telling her that my friend turned the girl into a lesbian because she liked my friend a lot. i wasn't sure if i would believe her then, but i didn't make a big deal out of it and i let it pass. maybe if you act like the whole men wooing her thing isn't a big deal she'll stop. :)
• Malaysia
18 Jul 09
I think so too. she's physically big. Maybe that is the way to tell people around that eventhough she is like that, she still has a lot of admirers.
@zzyw87 (1254)
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
That sometimes happen to me too. I really get annoyed and embarrassed when someone I am with talks too loudly in a public place. That is why I try to avoid hanging out with my friends in public who are really really loud. I just don't want to attract unnecessary attention when I am outside. I tried telling a friend of mine to lower her voice. She said okay. So for a few minutes, she talks in a normal voice. But after an hour or so, she just cannot help it. So she talks in a loud voice again. So I just spent as little time as possible with her in public. I know it is bad as a friend, but I just really don't like attracting attention.
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• Malaysia
15 Jul 09
Maybe that is the best solution, to avoid going out in public places like restaurant or places that are quite. She is not a bad friend, it is just her voice that is annoying me.
@Philbo (578)
• Canada
14 Jul 09
I'm the loud one. I have been blessed with a very strong voice. I did work in industry with very loud machinery for many years and it hasn't helped my hearing much. I work in an office now mainly working on the phones. My customers almost never complain about not being able to hear me. My fellow care rep shoots elastics at me whenever she thinks I'm getting too loud. I really do try to keep it from being a problem in public. It does have it's advantages though. Couple weeks ago U-haul screwed up our appointment time. My wife and I played nice customer/angry customer with them. It's amazing what my wife can accomplish being really pleasant when they know that the alternative is dealing with me.
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• Malaysia
15 Jul 09
From the first sentence I read your post loudly. :-) You are okey, because at least you try to tone it down in public.
• India
15 Jul 09
Talikin louldy in public is mannerless.Where ever we are we should maintain some discipline and manners.The other people around came for enjoying.They didnt came to listen your conversation.What they will think if speak loudly .they will think that you illitrate people who dont know manner.You also cam for enjoying enjoy andspeak with low voice.So that otherS dont get disturb.We should bve careful of these thing hwenevr we are in place loke eatries shoping mall and multiplexes.
• Malaysia
18 Jul 09
I definitely agree with you.
@yogambal_64 (1014)
• India
15 Jul 09
H, I can actually how embarrassing it is when your friends talks loudly in public. I suggest you show her some sight or someone who behaves like her or which she feels is not to be done in public and make her understand she is also doing more or less the same thing. I hope she will rectify her manner soon.
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• Malaysia
18 Jul 09
Unfortunately yogambal, she always find other people loud but not herself. Maybe I just have to accept the fact that she is going to be like that all her life.
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
14 Jul 09
i have a friend like that UNTIL she had her hearing checked, now everything is alot lower, have her get a test, it doesn't matter how old she is things happen
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• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
I am sure my friend is not losing her hearing ability. But maybe I should ask her to get her hearing checked, just in case! Have a nice day!
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
15 Jul 09
I have a neighbor who used to work in a textile factory. For the high level of noise in the workshop, she gradually developed her habit of too loud voice. We keep reminding her, but with little effect. The habit is difficult to change. I give up. It is good manners to control your voice, esp in public. The habit needs be developed from childhood.
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• United States
14 Jul 09
Well i have to say out of all my friends I'm probably the loudest and they always say shut up or be quiet to me because i say stuff they don't want others to hear i guess but I'm like so what if they hear. I thin sometimes i am quiet, but when i am out in public with friends and what not i can be very loud and i guess i don't notice i am being loud or what not. Well i can say i get this from my mother and her side of the family as we all are very loud and very outgoing people and sometimes we don't mean to say things out loud but it happens and oh well its life and others will get over it.
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• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
Well, I guess some people will be uncomfortable when their friends are too loud that it attracts people around you to turn their head. It is okey if your friends don't mind it but better to consider other people's feelings too. some people getting ignored or friends started to stay away because of friends like this. I wish your friends will understand that you genetically got this loud talking from your family. I never thought about that, interesting!
@tundeemma (894)
• South Africa
15 Jul 09
i don't normally like to talk in public not to say talking loudly because i don't like creating unnecessary attention to myself, i rather keep quiet and watch as things are going on, i don't like people who get too lousy at public events simply because they want everyone to see them
• India
14 Jul 09
Hi, friend. You are right. This is a case with many people. It is really irritating to have the person shout loud so as to pierce your eardrum. My cousin also talks loud. And the bad thing is that we can not correct them except for just telling them they were loud. Happy Mylotting!!
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• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
Yes, I guess it is the same thing with people talking so loud on the phone. All we can do is shh, shh, shh... hehe. Maybe you should ask your cousin to go check his hearing, who knows maybe he is losing it. Have a nice day!
@Rodlkm (123)
• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
I have a friend who is like that too. He is so embarassing that not many of us would love to have him as company, especially when we go dining at some fancy and expensive restaurant. We tried to talk to him about it but nothing helps, so the best action to take is to ignore him and leave him out from most our outings unless absolutely necessary.
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• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
I hope in time he will realize that he is being ignored because he won't change his attitude. It is bad to lose your friends just because you can't turn down your volume by a notch. :-P
• United States
14 Jul 09
I used to have a friend like that too. Even my husband does it! If my husband gets aggrivated with someone, he likes to make sure that everyone in the restaurant or wherever we're at can hear him, so he can try and make a huge scene. I always hate it because then everyone looks at you, and its so embarrassing when its not even a big deal what happened, but then hes got to turn it into a big deal, and make himself look like a huge jerk. He normally quiets down when i start to get upset, but still, he should know better to begin with. And my friend likes to talk loud just because she likes the attention. I tell her its not good attention, its people getting annoyed because shes so loud, but she says any attention is good attention, no matter how it comes about.
• Malaysia
14 Jul 09
I don't understand why some people like to be the center of attention? When she started talking laud, I usually cut in and talk, so that she will be quite for some time. She's like that too, she likes attention, when people look at her then she sometimes changes the way she talks, the way she sits, starts to play with her hair and do some hand gestures. I can't describe more... it makes me want to bump my head on the table. Hehe!
• Philippines
15 Jul 09
That would certainly give me an embarrassment as well. It's either i used a head phone and listen to a music at the same time while listening to her, or ask her to meet up in a more solemn place for a few people to hear. i would prefer to sleep or not see her at all if she doesn't tone her voice down. that would really upset other people getting busy with their conversations or their meal.