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/Past-Path-8435]

Someone was speaking loudly on the phone in the bathroom stall next to me once. I'm potty shy and couldn't go. I decided to be impish just because I was so annoyed. I opened snap and started recording audio every time she said anything and then let it immediately play back like an echo from my stall.

She got alarmed and rushed out. It was such a weird thing to do but was so funny 😂

[u/Motor-Sprinkles-5949 → u/Past-Path-8435]

I was in a rest area bathroom a few days ago and someone was yapping away in a stall. I couldn't help but let out an "are you fucking kidding me with the phone?!?!" out.

I felt rude, and I'm sure she thought I was a bitch, but these people need to be called out consistently. There is zero respect for others anymore!

[u/Stormfly → u/Motor-Sprinkles-5949]

Just call your friend for a "conversation" like

Hey Dave, get a load of this idiot using speakerphone in public.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No they look single.

Haha yeah.

No I can't say that because it's probably true haha.

Yeah I'll point out which stepsister they look like later.