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/Daft00]

Anyone who uses the rationale that "you'll survive" certainly doesn't have a strong argument.

[u/Narrrz → u/Daft00]

I'll survive... But they might not

[u/Annie_Yong → u/Daft00]

If the point they're making is simply one about one one else overreacting, then I'd argue that the "you'll survive" point is because the argument itself is so simple.

Do I find teenagers watching til toks on their phone together on the bus annoying? Yes. But I'm also not going toake dedicated posts about it on Reddit or engage in fantasies where I confront them because it's not that annoying and I'm not exactly entitled to complete quiet in a public space.

[u/GoldCode8622 → u/Daft00]

You'll survive being quiet in a library and being out in public around louder noises.

What argument would you like?

[u/Dapper_Brain_9269 → u/GoldCode8622]

People don't want to just survive, they want to enjoy life, including in public spaces.