I do also have this problem in large/crowded/concrete-walled venues (looking at you, Pizza Express), but it's so annoying when there's an entirely optional 85dB

I do also have this problem in large/crowded/concrete-walled venues (looking at you, Pizza Express), but it's so annoying when there's an entirely optional 85dB+ noise floor apparently just to make absolutely certain I can't hear a thing anyone says until I say "screw it" and head home to nurse the tinnitus.