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/Degenerate_Traveler]

I did this once to someone on a work call in the United lounge. Her response - If you're going to try and hit on me it would be more polite if you waited until I was done with my call.

[u/ScottyBLaZe → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

😂😂😂 well that’s 2 red flags right away

Although, I have noticed the people who tend to talk on speaker phones in public spaces tend to lean to the narcissistic personality spectrum.

[u/PanoramicAtom → u/ScottyBLaZe]

Yeah it could not possibly be that the person demanding the whole world bow to his own preferences is the true narcissist. 🙄

[u/Secretstar2989 → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

I wish I had half that confidence.

[u/dedsmiley → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

“You are in no way hot enough for me to hit on you.”

[u/maggies_farm_hand → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

“That’s why I ensured you ended the call”

[u/MrSurly → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

"Don't flatter yourself loudmouth."

[u/Boxing_joshing111 → u/Degenerate_Traveler]

“Hey person she’s talking to, you think anyone’s hitting on her with eyebrows like that?”

She’ll check mirrors for years.