Have people under the age of 25 forgotten how to put a phone to their ear?

[ImEasyLikeSundayMorning]

Lighthearted before there's a hissy fit from a 24.6 year old.

Im forever seeing people outside talking to someone on loud speaker.
They will talk into the bottom bit, then move it to their ear to hear the response and back to their mouth then quickly back to their ear as nauseam.

Why have people stopped putting their phone to their ear in the normal, intended fashion?

Im old, aren't I?

(my teenagers do this too. I ask them. They don't know)

@Persephonegoddess can't answer your questions, don't know where in my reply I said that I did that? Personally, I use AirPods and put my phone in my pocket for convenience.

If anyone phones me & puts me on speaker, I'll ask them to phone back. I don't really want to hear you washing the pots, shouting hi to others, etc etc, plus it all sounds like it's underwater..

To keep skin clear - the bacteria on phones pushed against spot prone skin isn’t good.

This was my assumption, despite seeing many young men doing it. I presume the trend began and then spread.
I see many walking along talking into it as well, perhaps facetiming in not sure. Why that's necessary, I have no idea.
I'd rather text as I hate talking on the phone (I'm chatty in real life), facetiming is a whole new level of hell.

I quite enjoy joining in the conversation particularly when they're in the seat next to me in a restaurant and it's a business call. For some reason the person gets really irate, and often get up and go outside . . .

I wondered about that too, I bet the OP means 24 and a half and can't do simple decimals.

And I thought I was the only one! I remember being ona crowded bus when a young woman was discussing her boyfriend with her friend, loudly. She got very annoyed when quite a few people chipped in offering advice, they were told to Mind your own *** business!

I ignore them, move on to the next customer/table or do something else - and when (and I say when, not if because invariably they do) they get arsey about it I very 'sincerely' apologise and say I didn't want to be rude and disturb the private phone conversation of a customer........ 🤷🏼‍♀️

Radiation / muting phone / makeup . I only text . if someone phones me I won't answer . The only person I speak to hands free is my hubby he works nights and we like to hear each others voice .

Around here (not UK) most young people seem to have airpods or similar, so it appears they're talking into thin air. Much preferable to speaker phone conversations though.

If I talk with my face to the screen, WhatsApp adds random people to the call so I do tend to talk like this.
I'm not under 25 but I am under 30 just for the record

They've probably seen celebrities do it.

The earbuds that come with the phone have microphones in them so no need to have it on speakerphone.

I literally think it's just because phones to people who have only ever had smart phones are something you look at, so on loud speaker you can hold the phone in the same way you would when using it for l the other things you use it for.
whereas for older people smart phones are seen more as a 'phone with additional features' so they're more likely to use it like a traditional phone

My youngest age 9 does this. When I hand the phone over for him to speak to someone, he puts it on loudspeaker and shouts at it

I am so glad you asked!