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/Goofyloop3]

The sound of a person talking in public on a speaker phone rates very highly on the mildlyinfuriating scale. Unsure of the next level up but it may have broken that ceiling...

[u/Professional_Fee5883 → u/Goofyloop3]

It’s right up there with people watching videos on their phone at high volumes in public.

[u/RedditMcBurger → u/Goofyloop3]

You're angry at a human for conversing with another human in public, this isn't normal.

[u/stone_henge → u/Goofyloop3]

I'll just scroll through Instagram or TikTok at max volume. Hope you like hearing 7-second fragments of the absolute shitties music in the world on your morning commute.