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/DempsyPrice]

Looks like she made the post above yours.

[u/itsmiddylou → u/DempsyPrice]

I got an ad that would absolutely be the ultimate speaker phone

[u/WetRocksManatee → u/itsmiddylou]

Those bluetooth speakers have ruined just about every public space. You could be hiking in the middle of the nowhere in some state park enjoying nature and all of the sudden you hear music coming down the trail for the next 15 minutes as you approach and pass. Or even worse you hear three or four competing speakers with a wide variety of music.

[u/usamitokishige → u/WetRocksManatee]

Beaches are now hell in the actual summer, you know, when you actually want to go to the beach

[u/WetRocksManatee → u/usamitokishige]

I go cave diving at a place called Ginnie Springs. From like October to early March it is fantastic. Just a slice of nature, the only sound you might hear are the rare scuba tank getting getting depressurized or people joking around. After that particularly on weekends it is bluetooth speakers being blasted. You have classic Mexican music from one set, rap from another, Hip Hop from a third, some country from another, and the rare metal music. Sometimes multiples of each.

[u/Iselkractokidz → u/usamitokishige]

I don't like sand, it's itchy and gets everywhere.