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/SenorBonjela → u/Locoj]

Just listen and react really loudly to what's being said on the call. A big laugh or an "aww" she'll soon get the message.

[u/LadenWithSorrow → u/SenorBonjela]

Some people truly don’t get the message. I started doing that at the airport and the person said, “I’m trying to have a conversation here”. I said, “I know, I can hear everything you’re saying”. She got huffy and told me it’s rude to listen into other people’s conversations, she did at least move, but she was still on speakerphone.

[u/Boxing_joshing111 → u/LadenWithSorrow]

“I’m trying to have a conversation here”

“Yeah could you speak up a little?”