Submitted by ConnieKai t3_11buerq in LifeProTips
It communicates that they are sharing their conversation with the rest of the world and disturbing others around them. Obviously, this should be reserved for the people who do this in a crowded space, like on a plane or bus.
Your LPT could go the other way too... Ie: if you want a lower probability of getting punched, don't have speaker phone conversations in public.
yup. It absolutely could.
Honestly, I think people do this more and more because they see people on reality TV do it, not realizing they only do it so the show can listen in. It's literally the point for viewers to hear the phone call... I think when more folks put this together (not hopefully cause people are stupid) we'll see this less.
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when keeping it real goes wrong
I'm Calvin!
I did actually. They laughed, apologized, then took their phone off speaker. I imagine your approach has a lot to do with it too. I tried to make it lighthearted.
I mean, there are people who are talking loudly over speakerphone who are just kind of clueless. There are also people who are intentionally doing it to show other people that they don't give a shit about them. I was on a train with someone who asked one of those guys to keep it down, and for a second I swear to god I thought I was about to see a murder. We all fled the car at the next stop. Please be careful out there.
We require details. What happened, Lmao
Yeah how about just don’t engage with the obviously rude person. Rude people will probably continue to be rude when confronted
Did you read the entire comment or just lose interest halfway through before commenting?
I was agreeing with you, hence the “yeah”
Then my apologies. Where I live, "Yeah" starting a sentence can be a satirical.
Example "yeah, let's just not do that, okay?"
I'd interpreted it as such.
"Agree." is better and far more clear. Sorry I yelled at you.
You're assuming this person isn't already prepared to fight the person with the speakerphone due to the annoyance. An hour in a metal tube with someone screaming at their phone can change your perspective a bit.
I don't think that probability is going to change...
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It works if you're cute
This just sounds like a hilarious thing to do. If one of my friends are on the phone I’ll just act like they are talking to me and I will just respond to them what they are saying and they absolutely hate it xD
I dunno, this sounds like it's kind of begging for a fight or some sort of confrontation.
You could take out your phone and have a fake conversation right next to the person lol.
LPTs like these assume no crazy people exist in the world. It's the same people who are like "of someone's is being annoying on the subway just confront them". Yea sure do that if you want to enter the lotto for being featured top page on r/publicfreakout
I mean, you gotta go in expecting a fight... but some people chose violence 👋
Choosing violence is a SLPT, not LPT.
Guess that depends on your desired outcome
It's a SLPT. Nobody's desired outcome is catching a case. Or tripping and getting a concussion. Street fights are lame shit.
Desiring violence is just stupid every single time. Always.
Disagree, I'd give my left nut to throttle my last boss. I just wouldn't go to prison for it. Or risk my personal health.
My last day there, I realized I could burn the place down. I saw there for almost 10 minutes considering it. And that, kids, is how you know you need to quit without notice.
You make a really good case for just how stupid violence is.
That's my point lol
And yet you say you disagree with violence being stupid..
It is. Wanting violence is natural after a certain point, but throwing away something precious in your life to smack some idiot around (or possibly get smacked around yourself) is just stupid.
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Someone talking loudly on speaker phones in public are the exact people that will punch you in the face if you pull some shit like this.
Yeah i’d imagine the person on the phone would unironically yell something like “MIND YOUR DAMN BUSINESS”
I've done this, and I told the person on the phone all about the rude jackass on speakerphone. I made a point to be audible and loquacious but polite and not SUPER insulting. Just making fun of him for bad manners and situational unawareness.
When dude noticed and started to say something like "hey, fuck yo-" I just made a cartoonishly animated show of covering the phone mic, holding it away, and like a rabid weird Al yankovic screamed "IM ON THE PHONE!" At him with the "just a minute" gesture.
I think I outcrazied him, because he did not opt to continue our interaction. He also didn't continue his phone call, but I'm pretty sure it just made everybody else more uncomfortable than if I'd not tried to intervene.
Yeah, I got you. You on candid camera now!
Are you Larry David?
Those types of people are so narcissistic they’ll just get annoyed and tell you to mind your business.
I’m always reminded of this scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm: https://youtu.be/LtdpJlZ07u4
My BIL was trying to nap on the ferry and a lady was loudly having a speakerphone convo, so he started singing “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel as loud as he could. Including all the oh, oh, oh parts. That seemed to do the trick.
How about.
Excuse me sir. That is a bit loud.
'Hello mum'. My classic goto for interrupting a phone call that I'm not involved in.
"Yes, and the business accounts can be relocated to company assets so that-"
"HI MOM!"
"Oh, your daughter says hi."
(From the phone) "hi Donna! It's nice to hear from you!"
If they are doing it in the bathroom, flush the toilet until they leave.
I go with aggressive shitting. Make sure the folks on the other end get a real earful.
OP lives in la-la land, where there are no crazy or aggressive people in public places.
Or maybe I am the crazy and aggressive person. ;)
DO. NOT. DO. THIS. IN. NEW. YORK.
Can I ask why? I have never been to New York.
Yeah no. I guarantee you’ve never done this
That is great advice if you love to get stabbed.
This is how black eyes happen. Could be a SLPTip too
Just start moaning and they'll turn it off real quick.
Yeah… I believe you will get your ass kicked…
I did that. Felt so good. The whole bus was right there with me. It took 2 or 3 minutes. I said so many ridiculous things to loud phone guy.
I love this idea
People eho have hearing problems do that
It's so annoying! But yeah, lots of crazy people out there now. Not only do I hate people shopping around while on speakerphone set to max, but the increasing number of people I see in cars having video calls (or texting) while driving. You can see a person on their window mounted phone, driver staring/talking to them. Speakerphone in car, hold your phone up to your ear in public places, if necessary.
Sounds like a good way to get your ass beat. Wouldn't recommend this. There are a lot of crazy assholes out there.
Coworkers used to put the phone on speaker when trying to activate windows keys in computers. It would happen where keys had to many activations they said so we would have to go through and automated process. Anyways. When it was reading back the like 20 characters code we would all start yelling, what or repeat, then the code would start over from the beginning. I still have no idea why people continued to put their phones on speaker when they did this because there were about 5 of us and we all did it to each other
I just fart loudly as I walk by.
Don’t do this if you live somewhere where people regularly carry guns
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Devils advocate here, what’s the difference having a conversation with another person in present company vs on speakerphone?
People having a conversation in real life seems to be able to adjust their volume compared to people on speaker phones. Not only is the voice from the phone much louder, most people talk louder into the phone then their normal volume
People think talking on the speaker phone is normal because reality shows require it to capture both sides of the conversation. It should only be used in public, between 2 people, or if the receiver is hard of hearing. Otherwise, it’s just rude.
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Yeah my neighbour tried this but I wasn’t using a speaker. She was just trying to be annoying. It didn’t work on me.
Hello sir/madamz sorry to interrupt, can you please not use the speaker? Thanks.
My coworker and I got in trouble cause we’d do this at work when someone would walk up to the register. Especially if they asked us to wait.
And get punched in the face. Real pro tip !
This works.
Clearly annoyed look, “I’m gonna have to call you back.”
This works.
Clearly annoyed look, “I’m gonna have to call you back.”
Last year at the state fair we kept having people shove between myself and my fiancee. Every time they said "Sorry" I fired back "Don't be sorry, just don't fucking do it."
The looks I got were priceless. Like they were just saying they were sorry automatically, and hadn't actually registered they were impeding others' lives until I made them aware.
Annoying as hell!!! I definitely wanna try joining in but in Oakland, I may run the risk of being shot. 🥴
Just ignore them and start playing music loudly on your phone too and if they say something act oblivious and say “oh sorry, I forgot it’s rude to have a phone this loud.”
This will end in an altercation just about as many times as it may actually work
Talking loud on his phone about his dog is loose
This isn’t a pro tip
LPT: if someone’s hearing aids link to their phone it might look like they’re talking on speakerphone in public, but they’re not. So make 100% sure you’re not about to harass a disabled person before you do this.
AITA?
It really irritates me when people are on speaker even in public areas. It irritates me so much that I try to figure out why I'm irritated and aside from the trebly sound and stupid look of it, I can't come up with a great reason.
If I'm at a bar, or airport, or coffee shop what is the difference of someone on speakerphone talking to a friend and someone talking to a friend that's sitting on the other side of the table? Is it principle? I hate it!
No it has to do with the volume. People usually talk extra loud on speakerphone and have the volume up extra loud. It's distracting to the ear versus hearing two people talking next to you.
I also remember reading once that scientists tried to study why we also find people who talk on the phone in public annoying. I remember them determining it had to do with our brain not liking only hearing one side of a conversation. I think it's just because people never talk with the same volume on the phone as in person. They are regulating their volume for someone who is not there and it rarely jives with ambient noise in the space they are in.
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Babsically where Im from they never speak any language I know so joining in on their conversation is difficult cause they either speak arabic or turkic
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i try to get the info and use it.
one time i overheard a call about someone picking up some chemical tanks. i had enough to go to the location and pretend to be the guy supposed to pick them up. I was almost going to do it, but then i forgot about the loser by the time i was in my car.
The last time someone was talking on speaker by me, my SO and I were having a meal at a quiet restaurant. I put my music on some heavy metal and cranked up the speaker after about 10 min, then said to the guy “It’s really hard to carry on a normal conversation with such a loud distraction right next to you, isn’t it?”
Hahahaha I actually wanna try this.
I do thins to people in bathrooms 3:)
I think it'd be funnier to take out a notepad and stare at them and "take notes".
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. How are you going to live it?
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You risk being shot, if you live in the U.S.
Valid critique. I live in the US. At this point merely going outside to check the mail risks you getting shot.
You go outside to check your mail? Lol I have a mail slot that goes directly into my house.
True.
How's a person with a phone, the other party on speaker, any different than two people being side by side?
I mean, I think what they're doing is stupid but, do tell.
Speaker phone volume frequency tends to be sharper and more easily heard by folks around you.
I’ve noticed that often these people are really loud. Much louder than they would be when on earbuds on using the handset.
They are a pain in the backside.
Volume. It really depends on the situation. I totally hear you though.
the_original_Retro t1_j9zwqeg wrote
LPT: If you want to get punched or slapped, do that.
Betting OP never actually did this themselves, they're just advising other people to do a /r/shittylifeprotips entry.
LPT: If you want a lower probability of getting punched or slapped, ask "Pardon me, would you mind taking that off of speakerphone?", or just walk away to a different place if that's possible.