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blahblahlablah t1_ja3qy1h wrote

AITA?

It really irritates me when people are on speaker even in public areas. It irritates me so much that I try to figure out why I'm irritated and aside from the trebly sound and stupid look of it, I can't come up with a great reason.

If I'm at a bar, or airport, or coffee shop what is the difference of someone on speakerphone talking to a friend and someone talking to a friend that's sitting on the other side of the table? Is it principle? I hate it!

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ConnieKai OP t1_ja3trcq wrote

No it has to do with the volume. People usually talk extra loud on speakerphone and have the volume up extra loud. It's distracting to the ear versus hearing two people talking next to you.

I also remember reading once that scientists tried to study why we also find people who talk on the phone in public annoying. I remember them determining it had to do with our brain not liking only hearing one side of a conversation. I think it's just because people never talk with the same volume on the phone as in person. They are regulating their volume for someone who is not there and it rarely jives with ambient noise in the space they are in.

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