(This happened in math class. I finished up my work very quickly, and have my headphones in, listening to music and bopping along to the tune. As I’m extremely self-conscious about bothering people, I have made absolutely positive that I am completely silent. One of my classmates starts shouting, so I take my headphones off and listen.)
Classmate: -but [My Name] is listening to music! Why can’t I?
Teacher: [My Name] has finished all of his work. If you can do that before the period ends, then you can listen to music.
(He shuts up for a while, and does his work. When he’s done, he turns it in and starts blasting an obscene rap song, which I can hear, even with my headphones in.)
Teacher: [CLASSMATE]! Put some headphones in or shut that off!
Classmate: Aw, come on! You said I could listen to music!
Teacher: And now I’m telling you to put some headphones in! You’re disturbing your classmates!
Classmate: You just don’t like my music, that’s it! You just hate the music I’m listening to!
Teacher: True though that may be, I’m asking you to put some headphones in because it is FAR TOO LOUD!
Me: Agreed. Dude, I have my music right up to max and I can still hear yours.
Classmate: What the h***, man! Here, show all of us what you’re listening to. I know you like the same music as me, if the teacher hears what you’re listening to, you’ll have to shut yours down! If I’m not listening to music, no one else is.
Teacher: That’s is not-
Me: No, it’s OK.
(I unplug my headphones, and restart the song I was listening to. To my classmate’s dismay, it is a song, completely gibberish, from Splatoon, an E-rated video game, to a thumping techno beat, rather than rap. [Classmate] sinks down in his seat, and we don’t hear a word from him for the rest of the class. Best of all, I learned later that a couple of people in that class are also fans of Splatoon, and I make a few new friends out of it.)
