Okay now I’m going to talk about a situation that I encountered a stranger that talking on the phone in public place. Naturally I always try not to listen others conversation because by this way you can interact yourself until day or life. For this reason it’s my rule but sometimes it’s difficult to adhere to your rules because of some people’s manners. Now I’m going to talk about this kind of situation. It was a daily, it was a typical weekday evening that about six months ago when I used a bus to commute from work to my house. It was very crowded with people returning from their work and when I settled into my seat I noticed a young boy across from me engrossing in a phone conversation. At first he started talking in a very loud voice so it was difficult to not overheard him. He was a period to discussing a business matter and the way he spoke cleared that he was negotiating a deal deal or resolving an urgent issue. At the time I felt very irritating because I don’t like hearing others person’s conversation but it was difficult not to hear and he has different phrases and words that suggested he had some authorities. I couldn’t help but be intrigued by what he was saying and after some time I noticed that how he became animated. He is a different express guest, expressive guest, even though we are a satellite and confine seats. He is guest and navigating discussion.
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Okay, now I'm going to talk about a situation where I encountered a stranger talking on the phone in a public place. Naturally, I always try not to listen to others' conversations because this way, you can interact with yourself throughout the day or life. For this reason, it's my rule, but sometimes it's difficult to adhere to your rules because of some people's manners. Now I'm going to talk about this kind of situation. It was a typical weekday evening about six months ago when I took a bus to commute from work to my house. It was very crowded with people returning from their work, and when I settled into my seat, I noticed a young boy across from me engrossed in a phone conversation. At first, he started talking in a very loud voice, so it was difficult not to overhear him. He appeared to be discussing a business matter, and the way he spoke indicated that he was negotiating a deal or resolving an urgent issue. At the time, I felt very irritated because I don't like hearing other people's conversations, but it was difficult not to hear. He used different phrases and words that suggested he had some authority. I couldn't help but be intrigued by what he was saying, and after some time, I noticed how animated he became. He had different expressive gestures, even though we were in separate confined seats. He was navigating the discussion.
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