Last night, as it was not raining, I decided to go for a quiet drink with a friend. It will probably the last time that I get to sit in a beer garden. Enjoying a good conversation with a nice cold beer is something that I savour as one of the small pleasures of life.
As we began talking it was obvious that a rather loud gentleman, who had no idea of volume control, decided to return the banter of his friends with a lot of loud shouting. Not to be outdone in the vocal department Gluteus Maximus (or rather the two large women next to us) seemed to want to win the competition of pubs loudest customer.
As the noise got so much I could hardly hear the person sat no more than a foot away from me I decided to leave. As I made my way home I was thinking deeply about why people just have to be that loud. Are they deaf?, are they insecure yet demand to be heard above everyone else? Either way I just wish that they would tone it down in future.
