He's so close to getting it...

https://lemmy.world/post/43455623

Meanwhile, the dirty looks I get when I’m on a bike ride and I startle nearly every woman I pass because she couldn’t hear me say “on your left”

and they CAN’T HEAR THE BELL EITHER

put the phone down, take the ear phones out and be more aware of your surroundings

At least turn off noise cancelling, you don’t own the bike path
Noise cancelling only really works on constant background noises like an engine. It doesn’t work on bells and just kind of muddies speech, but you can still here the noise.