My method:

When it's really out-of-control egregious, I join the conversation. I was stuck in a place with a man on his phone yakking so effin loud about some photos. So I chimed in & said "Hey, let's see those photos!" He looked at me like I had a horn growing out of my head, so I just said "Well what's up man, I've been hearing about these photos for a while now, so let's see them. . ." He tried to get as far away from me as he could & lowered his voice, so that was better than nothing.

Caveat: this will only work with people you think will likely not want you to join their conversation. There are those types of folks who like to talk with everyone around them, so I imagine it wouldn't work in that instance.

Anonymous wrote:My iPhone is broken. Stuck on microphone. Speaker mode is the work around. We don't have the budget for a new phone.

Either way, I'm on calls a lot. I try to minimize, but can't at times.

Sorry if I bother you, just trying to pay the bills and pick up OJ at the grocery store.

Why not get on the phone before or after you get in the line?

I've been that person for two months! Dropped my iPhone in water and audio only works on speaker. I try not to answer but need to if it's my kids school. Sorry!

When I see this, usually older people. It’s really rude and annoying.

I am guilty of this. I had a brain tumor and it was cell phone related. I'm not supposed to use blue tooth or even a headpiece for the same reason. So it's speaker phone. I try to be subtle (not too loud) and do it in either a private space or a very public space where it's not the only conversation. I also try to text as much as I can or generally limit cell use. But that's why I do it. Sorry if it bothers you. I really can't imagine surviving another brain tumor.

Public restroom cellphone use is the most egregious.

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Anonymous wrote:
It's an epidemic now. People have no respect for your privacy!

Lately, I have been asking certain people if I am on speakerphone and they get really annoyed and try to justify why they don't want to take me off of speakerphone. SMDH.

Way back in the day, circa 1998, I clerked in a legal department. I routinely got phone calls from attorneys shouting at me over speakerphone. I simply said that I couldn't hear them and asked them to repeat their request. Almost instantly, they'd pick up and speak to me in a normal tone.

People, you do not have to scream to be heard over speaker phone.

I used to work in a call center and I did this every single day to get people to take me off speakerphone. Either that or I would tell them that I heard an echo that was getting worse.

Newsflash!! This has been going on since at least 2002

I sometimes have to put my phone on speaker when talking on the phone because I literally just can't hear the other person. Terrible hearing. I will always avoid doing it in situations where it may be disruptive, of course, such as in the doctor's office, at work, in a private store, etc. Outside buildings or while walking the streets? Fair game.

My mom is a 65 yr old white lady and she does this. She can’t hear her phone up to her ear or think you can’t hear her so she does this annoying thing where she cocks her ear and then holds the phone to speak into the microphone. She refuses to stop no matter how many times we ask her or offer to buy a Bluetooth headset.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of them have shitty sound quality on their phones, and they can't hear properly without it on speaker. And then the rest of them are just copying what they saw someone else doing.

Face it, everyone wants to be Captain Kirk.

Awesome.

Love it!

I notice more people listening to music over the speaker phone than having conversations. It reminds me of the 80s when people walked around with boomboxes.

I can stand the Kirkesque speakerphone use, as long as people keep listening to their music with earbuds. It was HORRIBLE having to hear endless bad music everywhere in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and some of the 90s.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of them have shitty sound quality on their phones, and they can't hear properly without it on speaker. And then the rest of them are just copying what they saw someone else doing.

Face it, everyone wants to be Captain Kirk.

Awesome.

Love it!

I notice more people listening to music over the speaker phone than having conversations. It reminds me of the 80s when people walked around with boomboxes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of them have shitty sound quality on their phones, and they can't hear properly without it on speaker. And then the rest of them are just copying what they saw someone else doing.

Face it, everyone wants to be Captain Kirk.

Awesome.

+1

Hilarious.

Anonymous wrote:I always give them my death glare. IT NEVER WORKS, which says something because my death glare could stop Putin in his tracks.
Maybe I should start following them around, speaking even louder on my speaker.

And can someone tell my why people feel the need to hold the phone at that ridiculous angle when they talk? Just put it up to your ear like a normal person.

Sounds like your death glare is really useless, then.

I always give them my death glare. IT NEVER WORKS, which says something because my death glare could stop Putin in his tracks.
Maybe I should start following them around, speaking even louder on my speaker.

And can someone tell my why people feel the need to hold the phone at that ridiculous angle when they talk? Just put it up to your ear like a normal person.