I'm traveling with family this weekend in a touristy place and have been out in public in crowded areas. I am really shocked by the number of people who have loud, personal conversations on the phone in speaker mode. This ranges from walking down the sidewalk, to in line for washrooms, to seated restaurant dining.

I've heard people say that it's because the phone speaker breaks (for their ear) but I've never had that happen in all the years I've destroyed phones and never had a friend or colleague say that happened. Other people say it's because the glass is cracked and they worry about cutting their face, etc.

My personal bias is this is inconsiderate but then I ask myself how is it different from talking to a person next to them, say. I'm willing to be change my mind here.

People who do this, please explain what's going on so I can sleep at night. :)

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[–] Lazylazycat 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A lot of people send voice messages now, so you'd normally record/play them that way.

[–] grabyourmotherskeys 4 points 1 year ago

That's true, never thought of that. These are definitely conversations but I take you point, thank you.

I have a coworker whose wife only sends voice messages, no texting etc.

[–] Bermos 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which is also stupid since at least for playback you can just put the phone up to your ear as you would for a phone call and the sound switches to the top speaker.

[–] uis 1 points 1 year ago

It's up to implementation.

[–] Lazylazycat 1 points 1 year ago

Mine doesn't do this, and even if it did you'd have to keep moving it back to hit "record".