Conversations on speaker phone in open plan office

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I actually felt inclined to physical violence.

How do people not see how rude and disruptive it is?

How hard is using an earpiece or putting the phone to your ear?

Not just a single call either - all morning.

So rude and entitled. 100% with you.

So rude and selfish. I have a regular at my office - we call her "The Broadcaster". She does my bloody head in. There are countless empty meeting rooms a stones throw away that she could use .... grrrrr. I wonder if there is an element of attention seeking and 'look how important I am'?!

I'd make loads of noise. Cough, laugh. Shout to people across the room. Act surprised when speaker twat looks at you, faux surprise they are on a call. Keep forgetting. Every time.

I'd told my colleague to stop doing that, and he did.

I've done the same as Antihop. Communication is surprisingly effective, who'dathunk it was more effective than being passive aggressive.

If it's not, ask their boss to get them to sort themselves out.

I am just contractor scum and I am leaving soon. I can’t be rational and ask nicely because it just makes me so angry that people are so thoughtless. Offender is senior toff so all in all best left. Thankfully he is not often around. Used headphones today.

Oh what a mare

The answer these folk give is usually “if I was talking to someone at my desk you wouldn’t mind” but that’s usually much quieter.

I've never known anyone to do this, why on earth would you want people to hear your conversations?

You don't work downstairs from me, do you? One of the managers in building does that, the other staff hate it. My boss has constant loud phone conversations but at least I can't hear the other side!

Are you in the Civil Service? It seems to be the in thing at the moment.

“if I was talking to someone at my desk you wouldn’t mind”
I did consider this in an attempt to calm down - but as you say
a)It’s louder and
b) most people in the office don’t sound like some metallic doctor who creation like you speaker phone.

I am wondering if I suffer a form of misphonia (spelling?) that relates to the tinny speakers in phones.

It is endemic. Trains, cafes etc. I can only assume the person in question thinks that the conversation is so very important you will all be impressed by their lofty status/world changing views. Otherwise why would you have a private conversation for all to hear? The reality is everyone thinks 'twat'. Speaker phone is for when you are on hold and trying to get stuff done whilst waiting or you are an apprentice candidate.

Listening to voice mail over speaker is a big thing in my office, it means at least 30 people have no choice other than to listen.
Messages are repeated to get numbers check messages etc, it's so rude.

My boss does this (Not even open plan) and you can hear it right fown the corridor. Gets on my nerves.

We have an older lady in our office who unintentionally does this no matter how many times we tell her she's doing it wrong.

She puts her Skype headset on and makes a call on the laptop, but doesn't plug the headset in so the caller is on loud speaker whilst she's talking into a microphone that's not plugged in

Place the office shredder as close to their desk and use it as they are carrying out their stupid conversations.
Yes, it is very, very annoying and shows a lack of respect for other users of that space plus a sense of self importance.
Actually the best course of action is to tell them (not to ask them) to stop.