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/teh_mexirican]

Next time hop on YouTube and search for "high pitched wail" or some high pitched annoying sound . My partner does this when someone is on speakerphone or playing videos loudly in public. People usually look confused, find him as the source and then he  says "What? You're making excessive noise in a public place so I will too" They usually turn down their volume after that.