Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  911 while administering first aid.

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  • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nah, I’d still prefer email

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    • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      youtu.be/1EBfxjSFAxQ

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      • WereCat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That’s precisely what I had in mind :)

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• whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Hands full, disabled, multiple people, yes. Holding the phone like an extended duck face, no.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    God… And then they lean in to listen to it Like it’s an alien rock whispering secrets to them.

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    • finkle@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Most accurate visual representation.

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• sawdustprophet@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Are there any justifiable reasons that it’s okay to be on speakerphone in public?

  I once saw this question asked on the other site, and there was at least one good response. It was from someone who used a hearing aid, and said that for whatever reason, using the phone normally next to their ear resulted in the audio being garbled and difficult to understand, but using the speaker held a few inches away was fine, so that’s how they preferred to use it.

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  • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That does make sense, though I think modern hearing aids actually have Bluetooth capabilities so that the conversation is right through the hearing aid itself. Kinda wild.

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• jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The only case I can think of is like you had to call 911 for an emergency and you want the people around you to also hear the dispatcher.

  For day to day stuff, not really.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Microphones and speakers did all the time. That’s usually the only time I consider a good time to use the other microphone/speaker.

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• kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No.

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• azulavoir@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m on a job that involves talking to people that also requires me to call HQ and have a conversation with them and the person I’m talking to

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• Tweet@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not really in public, but speakerphone is sometimes useful to be able to look something up on your phone in the middle of a call, e.g. checking your calendar when booking an appointment. And if someone called you then you’re less in control of whether it’s in public or not.

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