How do you address someone who is having “a very public, loud and personal phone conversation”?
I’m completely baffled as to why someone does this, but I see it all the time — in grocery stores, business offices, you name it. No one wants to hear it, and it personally makes me feel awkward and uncomfortable.I believe the reason people tend to yell into their cellphones while they are using earphones or ear buds is because they can’t actually hear themselves very well … because their ears are plugged by their ear buds.
I’d like to augment this gripe by adding an additional annoyance: People who use FaceTime in public. I understand that all grandparents find their grandchildren adorable and compelling but must they visit with these children over FaceTime at a crowded restaurant? And again with the yelling! Only one time have I actually confronted someone doing this. I approached a man who had shared some extremely sensitive and proprietary information over the phone while sitting right next to me at a Starbucks. I told him I was a reporter and had been taking notes. I am deliberately dodging your actual question, because — other than trying to make eye contact and putting your finger to your lip in the universal “Shhhhh” gesture — I don’t know how to respond to these loud intrusions.
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