@EdCates The new temporary man does that in our corner of the Coughatorium (large open-plan office).

@EdCates The social mores the thought existed really don't.

@EdCates these are same people that put the bottom of their phone horizontal to their ear and talk (on speaker phone)

At what point did society collectively forget how to use a phone properly?

This is one of the things that really annoys me

@milesizdead @Em0nM4stodon If they're shouting at each other, maybe. People on speaker phones are always louder than they need to be.

@ramiro OMG I should start doing that.

@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.

@lopta

@eedly

Have you seen "Real Genius?"

@EdCates @APBBlue Someone walked into the liquor store where I work a couple of summers back, talking on speaker phone, and as he came in, he was saying, “… anyway, so I got some ointment for it.”

@EdCates @APBBlue People also don’t seem to realize when you call someone through your car, the entire car becomes a resonating chamber and it’s REALLY easy for casual passersby to hear at least the other side of the call.

@reay @APBBlue ALMOST made me waste my coffee there.

#spittake

@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.

@EdCates Bonus points for doing it from your balcony, so that the entire neighborhood can (must) enjoy it.

@ramiro @EdCates

@EdCates
People are now listening to audio guides in museums using their phone speakers.
In. Museums.
In. A. Fu***ng. Museum!

@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.

@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.

@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.