r/mildlyinfuriating • u/NeighborhoodJust1197 • 8h ago

Missing Peace The speakerphone paradox

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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.

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u/AndyBowBandy 8h ago

That’s such a clever idea to get back at those freaks. Good on ya!

Never understood why so many people do that so consistently. My last company’s HR department had to send a company wide email to beg employees to stop taking calls while using the bathroom. It’s just so bizarre to me

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u/JonOrangeElise 7h ago

Maybe 15 years ago, different company, a guy in another department would fucking keep talking on the phone at the URINAL. I told the story to other coworkers and he henceforth became known as The Piss Talker.

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u/Grove-Of-Hares 7h ago

I’ll always remember the dude who worked at my old office years ago who was at the urinal and had his phone propped up while he was talking on speakerphone. That was as I’m coming into the bathroom.

By the time I finished at my urinal, he had quickly ended the call, resumed watching Wonder Woman on the phone and had his hands clasped behind his back.

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u/Ashamed_Kale_1077 6h ago

This is similar to something I've noticed at work lately, he place I visit that usually has urinals. Anyway, people so caught up in their phone they can't even take a break while pissing in a urinal. It's so strange to me and it's not like I'm not always on my phone but, not like that

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u/Past-Path-8435 6h ago

Hahaha that's some Seinfeld type shit 💀

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u/Direct_Turn_1484 5h ago

I’ve heard people sit in stalls at airports and restaurants and talk on the phone while laying down the most raunchy horrible shit sounds. I don’t get it. Why can’t this call wait a few minutes?

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u/pacopac25 2h ago

Please, he prefers The Penis Whisperer

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u/Past-Path-8435 8h ago

I dated someone once that called me while they were pooping from the company toilet. I was like wot?

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u/greeneggiwegs 6h ago

Professional calls is weird but I think some people do it at work because they are taking a personal call and don’t want it to be seen at their desk.

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u/AndyBowBandy 6h ago

I would get more if they were personal calls as well, but it was almost exclusively business related calls while actively doing their business

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u/greeneggiwegs 5h ago

bullshit. toilet time is slack off time. i ain't doin no work while i'm having a shit.

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u/Wit-wat-4 5h ago

The amount of people I’ve heard take calls while taking noisy shits is just mind blowing to me

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u/mailslot 5h ago

I have a coworker that either spoke on speakerphone or watched football (soccer) every single time he was taking a shit.

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u/monkeypaw_handjob 2h ago

They missed a prime opportunity to stream the toilet scene from Austin Power very loudly