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/0202_tihssitidder]

It is an epidemic. Everyone just uses that shitty speaker phone.

Quiet coffee shop? They play their stupid pew pew games on speaker.

In line at Postal or anywhere? Pew pew on speaker phone.

Eating at a cafe? Pew pew on speaker.

I want to start carrying a mini Bluetooth speaker and play this song on loop. I've done it on my speaker phone to fuck with them, but I need louder.

[u/Past-Path-8435 → u/0202_tihssitidder]

Oh my god listen I am noise sensitive and I HATE when people play reels on their phone in public more than anything on this entire earth. I'm like come on, I dont let my kid have his tablet in public because I want to him to be socialized and respectful about nosie. And now we gotta listen to ur grown ass blast ur shit 🤦‍♀️