Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
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@EdCates I have hearing aids, which *almost* work like a bluetooth headset: I have to hold the phone within about half a meter of my mouth, but I can speak in a conversational tone, and nobody can hear the other end of the conversation, so in the supermarket it generally looks like I'm clutching a holy object to my chest and talking to Jesus about whether we need eggs.
Have you seen "Real Genius?"
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public -
Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public -
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Have you seen "Real Genius?"
@EdCates Some time in the last century. Not getting the reference in this context though.
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@EdCates Some time in the last century. Not getting the reference in this context though.
@EdCates [reads wikipedia entry, remembers and laughs]
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates I got the same question for people walking next to each other who don't whisper into each others' ears and instead just verbalize out loud for any busybody to get involved in.
Actually, I got better shit to worry about thankfully.
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates Bonus points for doing it from your balcony, so that the entire neighborhood can (must) enjoy it.
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@EdCates I actually love this but I’m very chismoso and will occasionally join their conversations if I need additional details
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates
People are now listening to audio guides in museums using their phone speakers.
In. Museums.
In. A. Fu***ng. Museum! -
@EdCates @milesizdead What scares me the most if the person being on speakerphone not being aware that their conversation can be heard by everyone around. This has happened to me once, people put me on speakerphone without telling me about it first. I will never trust them again.
@Em0nM4stodon @EdCates @milesizdead extra fun on car speakers. "Don't worry, I stopped the car. We can talk"
There's a good spot for this right infront of my house. So many fascinating talks.
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates In RDR2, if you annoy people at night while they are trying to sleep, the NPCs will say a line like "Put that gun in your mouth next time, some of us are trying to sleep".
I try to think of this every time something like this happens. It helps
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@EdCates In RDR2, if you annoy people at night while they are trying to sleep, the NPCs will say a line like "Put that gun in your mouth next time, some of us are trying to sleep".
I try to think of this every time something like this happens. It helps
@c_salem I've watched my kid play that some. The asides in the game are great. Try walking around with a bear trophy as a hat and see what you overhear.
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates The Kardashians have so much to answer for on this front.
at least on their show they were doing it for practical filming reasons, but it popularised it and it's SO obnoxious.
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@EdCates The Kardashians have so much to answer for on this front.
at least on their show they were doing it for practical filming reasons, but it popularised it and it's SO obnoxious.
@EdCates someone on here posted a train carriage sign a while back (my perception of time sucks so it could've been 3 months or 3 years ago, idk) that warned people they would be removed from the train for talking on their phone like that. needs to be policy everywhere on public transport.
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@EdCates someone on here posted a train carriage sign a while back (my perception of time sucks so it could've been 3 months or 3 years ago, idk) that warned people they would be removed from the train for talking on their phone like that. needs to be policy everywhere on public transport.
@gsuberland Can I just get that on a t-shirt and wear it everywhere?
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@EdCates I have hearing aids, which *almost* work like a bluetooth headset: I have to hold the phone within about half a meter of my mouth, but I can speak in a conversational tone, and nobody can hear the other end of the conversation, so in the supermarket it generally looks like I'm clutching a holy object to my chest and talking to Jesus about whether we need eggs.
When mobile phones were still uncommon, I overheard someone in the grocery store calling their significant other to ask whether they should get green or red grapes. What I didn't say was "just make an executive decision and live with the consequences."
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General PublicI blame The Apprentice
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Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General PublicThat's one of the reasons I don't call or send audio messages anymore. You don't know who's around, your private conversation is now blasted around.
There's artists on social media whose entire thing is to get private audios from people (rarely the senders of such audios) and recreate the conversation as a cartoon. Very funny but also a privacy nightmare. -
Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates The funniest ones are those who turn the speaker down really low because otherwise everyone could hear them. And then they have to hold the bottom of the phone to their ear so they can hear anything. And when they want to say something again, they hold the phone up to their mouth like a sandwich. Every time, I want to shake them and explain that the phone has its own speaker for this discreet way of talking on the phone, which is so quiet that no one else can hear anything, and conveniently, it's on the other side of the phone so you don't have to keep moving the phone back and forth between your mouth and ear. It's as if the inventors of the telephone had something in mind when they designed it.
