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    26 days ago

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

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        26 days 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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      26 days 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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        26 days 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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      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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      24 days 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