When did people stop holding their phone up to their ear to take a call? The number of people I see holding their phone in front of their face on speakerphone, like they're on an episode of The Apprentice. Why? What possible benefit is there for doing that, other than annoying everyone around you because you're shouting into the phone and the other side of the call is being played out loud?
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[Misc] Teams / Zoom in cafes
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Cotton Socks
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- Feb 20, 2017
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I don't like it as I'm nosey & want to hear what the other person is saying. 
Music or tik tok etc being played without ear phones drives me insane.
2 years ago a couple of teenage girls got on the bus & were driving me (and I assume the other passengers) mad with some really crap tinny sounding dance music. I'm not sure if it was the music or being annoyed at what rubbish constitutes dance music these days. After 10 mins or so I came up with a plan that wouldn't involve me just telling them to STFU.
I waited until the next track had just started, put on a really sad face, went over to them and said....
'I'm really sorry girl's but could you turn it off please, it's just that it was my mum's funeral yesterday & they played that track when the curtains were being closed, it's a bit raw at the moment'.
They very kindly turned it off, apologised & said they hoped I was ok. Somehow I kept a straight face said 'Thanks, I'm ok' and went back to my seat. Unfortunately I couldn't turn around to see how they were reacting to the thought of an elderly lady having whatever crap it was, played at her funeral. They got off 5 mins later, it amused me for days after!
Music or tik tok etc being played without ear phones drives me insane.
2 years ago a couple of teenage girls got on the bus & were driving me (and I assume the other passengers) mad with some really crap tinny sounding dance music. I'm not sure if it was the music or being annoyed at what rubbish constitutes dance music these days. After 10 mins or so I came up with a plan that wouldn't involve me just telling them to STFU.
I waited until the next track had just started, put on a really sad face, went over to them and said....
'I'm really sorry girl's but could you turn it off please, it's just that it was my mum's funeral yesterday & they played that track when the curtains were being closed, it's a bit raw at the moment'.
They very kindly turned it off, apologised & said they hoped I was ok. Somehow I kept a straight face said 'Thanks, I'm ok' and went back to my seat. Unfortunately I couldn't turn around to see how they were reacting to the thought of an elderly lady having whatever crap it was, played at her funeral. They got off 5 mins later, it amused me for days after!
A mex eyecan
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- Nov 3, 2011
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Yonks back when mobile phones were just mobile phones I was sitting in a cafe having lunch with a mate, we had decided to catch up when we were both working in same town that day.
Behind us sat what turned out to be a sales manager and sales rep holding a telephone conversation with what must probably have been another employed by same business.
They were happily talking away in the old Dom Jolly voice volume. Their discussions were all about one of their clients for whom they were the incumbent supplier and were having to re-tender for. Mr big sales manager was literally reading through the products, line by line, stating his cost prices, line by line, his margins, line by line and followed by their new submission.
What they didn’t realise was my mate worked for one of their competitors and who was had also been invited to tender for the same customer.….. He found it really quite interesting and extremely beneficial. Strangely he won the contract having submitted a tender that was better than Mr Sales Managers …. odd that.
Be careful what you discuss and importantly where you discuss it.
Behind us sat what turned out to be a sales manager and sales rep holding a telephone conversation with what must probably have been another employed by same business.
They were happily talking away in the old Dom Jolly voice volume. Their discussions were all about one of their clients for whom they were the incumbent supplier and were having to re-tender for. Mr big sales manager was literally reading through the products, line by line, stating his cost prices, line by line, his margins, line by line and followed by their new submission.
What they didn’t realise was my mate worked for one of their competitors and who was had also been invited to tender for the same customer.….. He found it really quite interesting and extremely beneficial. Strangely he won the contract having submitted a tender that was better than Mr Sales Managers …. odd that.
Be careful what you discuss and importantly where you discuss it.
I read somewhere that this 'trend' was started by
Walk down any British street now, and it's teeming with vacuous bimbos having a loud, attention-seeking, conversation via a phone which is nowhere near their ear. Of course, every sentence starts with "Ohmigod", and every third word is "like".
Yes only an hour ago I saw someone from another office to mine in our shared common area going full pelt on a business call in this way. I really felt like snatching their phone and throwing it from the 4th floor window. There was no reason for doing this. In addition to the reasons and influences stated in this thread I think it is also that social media has created a climate for all information posted being in the public domain with no regard for truth or relevance to the audience, hence the 'share my phone call' trend is simply the audio version of sharing-my-shite-like-it-or-not represented on social media.......
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Yes, started by that ilk.
They have it on speaker so the audience can hear the conversation.
Because every **** thinks they are the special star of their own life they believe what they and their equally porcine, idiotic mates have to say to each other is of interest to the entire immediate area.
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I thought you were saying you were a Costa employee
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Oh I mean, by all means talk and work, hold a full HASAW training day in a Costa or a Starbucks. I don’t care about those places. Full of ghastly arseholes.
It’s the nice places I’m talking about.
It’s the nice places I’m talking about.
I wouldn’t bother. Those seem to come around quite regularly.I’ve just seen a job ad for a lighthouse keeper - worth a punt?
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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This with bells on! And what do you think the basis of Bob Mortimer's excellent ' Train Guy ' YouTube videos are? Look at me business types making sure you know how important they are
Good point well made
I would rather listen to 5 Star on my headphones than bump into these time steelers
Calling @Dr. No
Thumbs upI love the self-importance that seems to emanate from these people.
If your conversation/meeting was actually important, would you really be shouting it across a crowded cafe
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
... Well I don't, so F*** off"
tends to be my response that those sort of comments.
For some reason, a few people don't like me very much.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
this is something that was not covered in my history lessons……sitting in Starbucks in 1824…i feel i have missed out
I've always enjoyed Andy Bush on Absolute Radio. He gets annoyed by all the right things.
I’ve enjoyed his thread of annoying types on X, all spot on.
