Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
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@EdCates there are many many things wrong with me, but the pertinent fact is that the phone hardware DOES NOT work, many phones are simply unable to make a normal phone call in the normal position.
The receiver volume is too low to compete with urban noise. I can't hear them.
The noise cancellation applied to the microphone also cancels the voice it's supposed to pickup. They can't hear me.
Going to speaker phone alleviates both of these problems. BTW I fucking hate phones and phone calls.
@InarticulateOtter Headphones are the traditional solution and even more effective than speakers.
Headsets even, although I find phone microphones rather impressive. -
@EdCates there are many many things wrong with me, but the pertinent fact is that the phone hardware DOES NOT work, many phones are simply unable to make a normal phone call in the normal position.
The receiver volume is too low to compete with urban noise. I can't hear them.
The noise cancellation applied to the microphone also cancels the voice it's supposed to pickup. They can't hear me.
Going to speaker phone alleviates both of these problems. BTW I fucking hate phones and phone calls.
@InarticulateOtter @EdCates
To be honest with you I am kinda not buying this as a reason.
I have travelled A LOT on public buses and even in an above average noisy bus using the phone in a conventional manner works fine.
Also the circumstance under which most people get annoyed with public speaker phone calls is when it in a public place is quiet enough that you can hear the person having the call loud enough that it becomes intrusive so that whole it too noisy reason doesn't fly. -
@InarticulateOtter @EdCates
To be honest with you I am kinda not buying this as a reason.
I have travelled A LOT on public buses and even in an above average noisy bus using the phone in a conventional manner works fine.
Also the circumstance under which most people get annoyed with public speaker phone calls is when it in a public place is quiet enough that you can hear the person having the call loud enough that it becomes intrusive so that whole it too noisy reason doesn't fly.@raymierussell @InarticulateOtter
Oy now, let's not go denying others' lived experiences because they don't match our own.
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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 PublicTinnitus.
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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 PublicWait, hold on,
so you're saying we're not supposed to join in on the conversation? -
Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone,
What the hell is *wrong* with you?
Sincerely,
The General Public@EdCates You do know 30% of people are completely unaware that anyone else exists?
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@EdCates You do know 30% of people are completely unaware that anyone else exists?
@dpiponi That would at least explain why Trump's approval rating never seems to go below that mark.
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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 Sorry. No cell phone use will ever disturb me as much as a woman in the stall next to me at a public bathroom sexy talking her boyfriend and snapping photos with her phone (presumably snapping photos, not just playing the camera sounds, I didn't wait around to find out)
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@EdCates last time when I had such situation I replied to question asked by the other side.
A woman holding phone looked weird at me and shout at me "how I dare to be so rude". I replied to her that speakerphone call in public transport is ruder...
She went red, ended call and dropped at the next stop.
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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
@ramiro @EdCates yes you are fucking welcome to. Please. In fact, I strongly believe all conversations in public are moderately inclusive, in the ambient context. When the other is *not* on speaker, how jarring to loudly be subject to half a conversation? Should we *not* talk in public? You would rather half the conversation be missing? I would rather you interject.
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@EdCates there are many many things wrong with me, but the pertinent fact is that the phone hardware DOES NOT work, many phones are simply unable to make a normal phone call in the normal position.
The receiver volume is too low to compete with urban noise. I can't hear them.
The noise cancellation applied to the microphone also cancels the voice it's supposed to pickup. They can't hear me.
Going to speaker phone alleviates both of these problems. BTW I fucking hate phones and phone calls.
@InarticulateOtter @EdCates also proximity sensor not working sometimes. So you just end call, mute microphone or do strange things.
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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 A while ago I had the idea to create a website where people can upload transcripts of such public phone calls.
A repository of imposed banalities.
But someone talked me out of it. -
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 normally agree with this, but 6 weeks ago I found myself next to a woman describing in great detail how her daughter had come off a seabiscuit and landed on the boat propellor - coming back into shore trying to hold her stomach together and ending up needing copious stitches. I'll be honest, I was rivetted.
And what got me most was the line "no, not like last time with Mary* - they hadn't been drinking."
We were like "last time"???
*name changed in case Mary is reading
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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 Ain't that the truth?
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