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/Locoj]

Just join in on the conversation. It's a public place and she started a conversation loud enough for you to hear it.

[u/Jambu-The-Rainwing → u/Locoj]

If you’re on speakerphone in public, it should be a law that everyone nearby is fully allowed and encouraged to join the conversation.

[u/BeerJedi-1269 → u/Jambu-The-Rainwing]

Theres absolutely nothing stopping you from speaking aloud or to another person in public. Theres a such things and manners and etiquette but the speakerphoner obviously disregarded that so feel free to as well