Mobile phones

Think cafe’s & restaurants should put signs up in their cafes “ no speakers to be used on phones “ maybe like a picture with speaker in a ⭕️ put a line th

My Sister-in-Law (77), who is quite deaf, does this.
Her adult sons have told her holding the phone to her ear can cause brain tumours, so she always uses speakerphone.
However, she is aware of her surroundings.

At the start of all our gatherings we ask people to switch off their phones and most people do. As for having things on speaker phone in a public place that is so totally rude. I haven’t come across that, I must say. Thank goodness.

Some might have noticed ( on here) that I can sometimes 😂 be a tad sarcastic.
I would have been very tempted to say to her could you turn it up a bit luv, I missed that last bit

It’s everywhere, I too find it incredibly rude.

Yes, exactly, Grannynannywanny!

I’ve been puzzled by the speakerphone behaviour in recent months. I see so many folk walking along the street having a phone conversation and instead of having the phone to their ear they are holding it in a horizontal position at their chin with speakerphone blaring. I wonder why they do it. It reminds me of Dom Jolly’s “I’m on the phone” sketches from years ago .

People seem to do it on the bus or train quite often. Almost feel like butting in and saying something like, 'good idea', or 'No that won't work'

Being in a cafe with someone else and proceeding to have a long telephone conversation is extremely rude, and I would be very miffed if someone I was with did that to me.

I've noticed there's a trend for people (especially younger people) to do this now - and personally, I find it very rude. If you get a call which you have to take, then at least have the manners to take it outside. Most times it's clearly not an important call anyway. No-one else wants to listen to your inane chatter or gossip!