Being Nice In The City - The Urban Etiquette Handbook
New York Magazine has a 13-page guide on how to behave in a city, specifically New York City. It covers things from meeting celebs, riding public transportation, and of course, proper iPod etiquette.
There are four levels of iPod interaction (I'll let you read the situations that fall into each):
LEVEL ONE
Continue at full blast. Consider increasing the vigor of your head-nodding and/or humming.LEVEL ONE AND A HALF
Subtly turn down volume.LEVEL TWO
Make a big show of pressing PAUSE.LEVEL THREE
Remove headphones, toss them jauntily over shoulder.LEVEL FOUR
Completely remove and enclose in nearest pocket/bag/purse.
This pretty much describes my levels of interaction whilst listening to my iPod. The only modification I'd make is to Level 3. Instead of tossing them over my shoulder, I just hang an earbud over my ear.
And let me just throw this in because it's happened to me a couple of times. If you're riding in my car, don't listen to your iPod. I think it's rude that you decide to completely ignore me while I'm courteous enough to drive you around.
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