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/NaiNaiGuy]

The see it on their reality programs and just do what the people on TV do.

[u/yeahokaywhateverrrr → u/NaiNaiGuy]

I believe it. My mother and sister are both addicted to reality tv and social media, and both use speakerphone for every phone conversation.