Speaker phones and FaceTime in public

Powerless people do discourteous things.

Me too - what gets me, is in medical offices or in urgent care. Completely inconsiderate!

I've had several experiences in airport queues where people are FaceTiming and and I'm aware that I can also be seen in the video. I find it infuriating.

And I stand there, seething, rather than saying something.

I kept running into some tattooed heifer in Kroger the other day holding her phone aloft while listening to the other party talk about her bouts of diarrhea this week and I couldn't make out the rest of her tale of woe. I found it wildly inappropriate and then I wondered if the heifer was some kind of telehealth counselor. I hope we haven't sunk that low.

I've noticed this is rampant when I go to the supermarket.

I don't understand. Is it just too difficult to hold your phone up to your ear?

This seems to happen exclusively in airports, when I've noticed it. I really think that's the only place I've experienced it.

I don't do this, and I really am unaware of it happening around me often enough to be bothered by it, but how is it any different from hearing a conversation among two people standing together? Seems like a silly thing to get your knickers in a twist about.

^ in my opinion, they are typically louder and more animated.

The speaker phone thing is really ridiculous. Worse than the booming bass or rap stuff. I had to open the front door once and yell at a guy “nobody wants to hear your personal business!” It’s all like a see-how-interesting-and-popular-I-am but they’re effing 40 years old.

I'd put the booming bass (that you can feel in your bowels) as far more annoying above speakerphone calls.

Butt that's just me.

When people do this in public restrooms I want to call the police on them.

It's so rude. There are so many people today who are uncivilized pigs who have no idea how to behave when in public.

For some inexplicable reason this is getting to be the norm on the cardio equipment at my gym. It's getting harder and harder for me to bite my tongue.

r14 then you have the people who spend most of their time at the gym taking selfies for their Instagram. Why do they think everybody wants to see them sweating their asses off on a treadmill? Just work out and go home!

I am a complete dinosaur. I do not like hearing any telephone conversation in public.

It is not the same as two or more people having a conversation in public. When you are with a friend or friends, you modulate your voice accordingly. People do not have that with cellphones.

I see this type of thing all the time now. Two examples from this week:

The girl who was the gate attendant at the airport the other day was blaring explicit “music” from guess which genre and I was shocked. Song was about “popping your pussy”.

I heard a guy who worked at a grocery store meat counter the other day loudly telling a story while working, all “goddamn” this and “motherfucker” that.

There is always a common denominator…

I hate when someone's FaceTiming and turns the camera on me ("look who's here and wants to say hi!"). I find it rude and inconsiderate. I NEVER FACETIME with people. I find it stupid. Zoom is more than enough twice a week at work.

R17- Bought of those people are perfect examples of

RIFF RAFF

R17, I was at the grocery store last week and heard cussing by a group of employees. I was floored that they thought, or didn't even think, it would be acceptable. And, I'm in a more affluent area. I think since it was so hard to find employees, they hired a new group that may not have passed during normal circumstances.

I see a lot of grandparents talking on FaceTime to their kids and grandchildren. I don’t think they know how loud they are. Or maybe they don’t care.

I take phone calls in public sometimes, but only if it rings while I'm standing in front of a public entryway.

I miss phone booths.

No comment….

R22 on speaker? It’s one thing to take a call and hold it to your ear, it’s another to make everyone hear both sides.

Somewhere along the line the world has lost all its standards and taste!

Mmmm hmm

BOTH of these people not bought.

This is just ghastly behavior. There’s no defending it.

Most of this nonsense can be accomplished with texting.

They won't text because everything they say is so IMPORTANT we all need to hear it and to hell with us if we don't want to.

R3 You see you different from me. Start standing up for yourself.

It makes me feel furious.

I'm not a big phone talker.

R31 I know it’s so fucking annoying. And I hate to say it. Well first of all it’s usually it’s a Gen Z thing— of all races and creed. But like any tacky behavior my people are over presented in doing this inconsiderate obnoxious shit. And they usually louder when talk anyway because that’s just our culture to project your voice. I occasionally see white frat boys doing it and bimbo type blondes.

It seems to be a thing with older ethnic people

I see it with all races. It’s infuriating.

I see it a lot with white Karens and white male executive types. That's the demographic I see doing this the most. I'm white btw. It's definitely not a thing limited to one group of people.

R38 doesn’t go where “THEY” are

Everybody does this now. It’s not limited to any generation or race, or stereotype.