Why do people talk on their phones through the speaker bit?

[Davethecat2001]

Is it just me, or is it really fucking weird and a bit annoying?

I see a lot of people these days shouting through the speaker bit, and hearing the person on the other end shouting back in a tinny, irritating manner.

Why don't they just use the phone in the normal way, ie hold it to your ear?

Because they're cunts.

I concur!

Mine doesn’t work unless it’s on speaker.

But I’d find a quiet corner if I needed to have a conversation.

I do this when I have neck pain but realise I look like someone from an early series of The Apprentice.

Yes! Yes this is most certainly irritating! I feel my anger rising every time I see someone do it.

I recall on reality shows like The Apprentice, they would talk to each other through the speaker..why has this become a thing?

I often have my phone on loudspeaker when I’m outside if I’m pushing the buggy and someone calls me. I try not to do it in public spaces or elsewhere as it’s really inconsiderate

I was meant to say public transport, not public spaces!

I started doing this when an old phone didn't work the normal way. Now it's habit.

I find I can't hear it and when it touches my ear, it beeps on the controls

I don't tend to use the phone for calls in public

WHhhhhhy do people do this on the bus!

Im occasionally tempted to join in the conversation.

So the viewer can hear both sides of the conversation?

But I agree op, it's irritating. I was in London recently and it seemed to be a very common thing to do in public.

I can kind of get it if you have your hands full, but if you're walking solo down the street, or on the tube, no one needs to hear your conversation. I notice it's youngish people that seem to do this more.

I have no idea op, but I wish my husband used his phone like that. He has big lugs and having a phone conversation with him is a nightmare. He constantly cuts me off or the phone goes on airplane mode etc

Aaarrrggghhh

I feel really bad saying that but it's great to get it all out. Honestly it drives me fucking nuts.

On my last phone I'd sometimes press mute with my face 😂 so I'd speak into the speaker not if I was out though ,

I can't hear as well and also manage to hit mute accidentally a lot when holding the phone up to my ear trying to hear them 🤷🏽‍♀️

AirPods are the gift of the good Lord (of Apple)

My parents wear hearing aids and they can only hear me if I speak to them hands free.

(barring disabilities)

Young people, really? I suppose it depends what you define as young but I think it's older people! Young people text, rather than speak

I am partially deaf and struggle with the phone to my ear.

Yes it's not like a land line, the touch screen is very sensitive

I only do it at home but I do because it’s easier for me with a hearing aid in

I struggle to hear properly on the phone. Taking my hearing aid out and putting it against my ear is not as good as listening to it from the speaker with my hearing aid in

I do this because I'm very hard of hearing and wear hearing aids. Using the miracle of Bluetooth (it feels like a miracle to me because I have zero understanding of Bluetooth, and absolutely no desire to learn more) my phone sounds directly into my hearing aids. Without this app, I couldn't use my mobile phone as a phone at all.

I could also be a cunt too as a previous poster suggested, however.

I don’t think OP is talking about people with hearing difficulties. I know exactly the people you mean OP, and it’s mostly young people here too. Walking with their phone held horizontally in front of their face instead of up to their ear. Baffles me!