The speakerphone paradox

[u/NeighborhoodJust1197]

I was at the pool today when a woman started having a conversation on her phone using the speaker.

I politely asked her if she could not use the speaker and pointed to my headphones.
She said, “I don’t have headphones.”
So I said, “You can just hold the phone next to your ear.”

She looked at me with a completely blank expression and said, “I’m on speakerphone.”
I said, “Well… that’s the problem.”

Apparently, we had reached the limits of modern technology.

[u/NoRagrets4Me]

It fun to just join in on the conversation when they're like that.

[u/bis_levu → u/NoRagrets4Me]

Oh fuck I might have to do that next time

[u/GlitteringStarHope → u/bis_levu]

And then when they look at you funny, "I thought we were ALL a part of this conversation" 😋

[u/NoRagrets4Me → u/GlitteringStarHope]

Exactly haha.

[u/AppUnwrapper1 → u/NoRagrets4Me]

With the loudest fart.

[u/CisIowa → u/AppUnwrapper1]

And blame it on the person using the speakerphone: “oh my god, the juice!”

[u/Atomaardappel → u/CisIowa]

"That's gonna itch like hell tomorrow.."

[u/CoderJoe1 → u/NoRagrets4Me]

Ask them if they have any spare toilet paper in their stall because yours is out.

[u/ButtStuffingt0n → u/CoderJoe1]

I can't spare a square!

[u/ComparisonOk8602 → u/NoRagrets4Me]

It fun to just join in on the conversation when they're like that.

"Hey! Is that Bob? Hi Bob, it's Carl, from accounting! Hey, I railed your mom last night!"

[u/WhoLovesButter → u/NoRagrets4Me]

Well that's gold

[u/Siffov → u/NoRagrets4Me]

There's a video (couldn't find it right now), of a comedian who does a version of that to a woman talking loudly on her phone (not even speakerphone) on the street somewhere.

When she says something that's a question, he says an answer to the question, and she asks what's going on or what he wants, but he pretends that he's taking on his phone to someone else and rebuffs her, saying "Excuse me, I'm on my phone."

And she never gets it.

[u/0202_tihssitidder → u/NoRagrets4Me]

I think next time I will sit across from them and start recording them.

Let them know I just want to listen to it later.

[u/Sad-Drama530 → u/NoRagrets4Me]

I love people like you. When I'm on speaker phone and you do that, I ask your opinions and stuff during the conversation and basically just added you as a friend.