I'm in an airport restaurant, have a quick trip (business, alas) to Las
Vegas.

Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on
speakerphone in a restaurant?

I'm on my personal laptop, have an Out of office message set on my work
email, and they're encouraging people to take notes at the conference.
It'll be nice to single-task for 3 days.



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On 03 Feb 2025 at 11:41a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...

I'm in an airport restaurant, have a quick trip (business, alas) to Las Vegas.

Safe travels pointdexter :)

Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

YES I CAN HEAR YOU ASK SALLY TO PLACE ORDER FOR THE CREME :) hahahah... yes I despair at those speakerphone calls, gets even better when they hold it close to their ears..like it will make everything better somehow for the rest of the room :)

I'm on my personal laptop, have an Out of office message set on my work email, and they're encouraging people to take notes at the conference. It'll be nice to single-task for 3 days.

sounds good!

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Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on
speakerphone in a restaurant?

Yeah, apparently doing that in restaurants, groceries, etc., is a thing
now. Something I would rather not do or witness but, yeah, it is a thing.


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Re: Travelin'
By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Mon Feb 03 2025 11:41 am

I'm in an airport restaurant, have a quick trip (business, alas) to Las Vegas.

Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

I've been noticing people doing that for a while now, and it's something that bugs me. I don't know why people seem to think that's okay. And even years ago (around 2004), I remember occasionally eating in local fast food places and occasionally ther would be someone with a walkie talkie beeping, with audible conversations going on (basically using the walkie talkie on speakerphone).

Nightfox

On 03 Feb 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

I'm in an airport restaurant, have a quick trip (business, alas) to Las Vegas.

Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

When it seems rude, I tend to suddenly play MY desired YouTube on speaker loundly to drive home the point with the dolts filling my world with their noise.

Safe travels!

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poindexter FORTRAN wrote to All <=-

I'm in an airport restaurant, have a quick trip (business, alas) to Las Vegas.
Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

Ugh. Yes. This kills me. It seemed like not all that long ago, it was super rude and embarrassing just to have a regular phone conversation in the elevator. The full-speaker conversation, to me, is weird anyway. You already have the phone in your hand
and you're talking in it - why not just put it to your ear instead?



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I will be in Sacramento for a 6 hour wait for my flight in March. I will likely be watching movies or visiting bbses on my ipad at a resturant just to pass the time.


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Hi Dumas,
In a message to Poindexter Fortran you wrote:

Yeah, apparently doing that in restaurants, groceries, etc., is a
thing now. Something I would rather not do or witness but, yeah, it
is a thing.

How else are you going to learn that person is more important then you
will ever be?

I was having lunch and someone at the next table was on speaker phone,
I just started commenting to the person I was with about the phone
call going on.

"Oh man, can you believe poor becky is mad at her boo? Seems the evil
man didn't take her to the club last night." etc.

I got a "Do you mind?" from Becky. To which I reply "Not one bit, I
assumed since you had it on speaker phone you wanted us all to know about
your horrible evil disgusting man who didn't take you to the club."

I got an eye roll and she turned her chair to face away from my table
and turned the phone up louder.

Shawn

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Yeah, apparently doing that in restaurants, groceries, etc., is a
thing now. Something I would rather not do or witness but, yeah, it
is a thing.

How else are you going to learn that person is more important then you
will ever be?

You are correct. I am sure that, like me, you would hate to be deprived of that knowledge. ;)

I was having lunch and someone at the next table was on speaker phone,
I just started commenting to the person I was with about the phone
call going on.

"Oh man, can you believe poor becky is mad at her boo? Seems the evil
man didn't take her to the club last night." etc.

Oh no, what a bad man! I feel so crushed for Becky. ;(

I got a "Do you mind?" from Becky. To which I reply "Not one bit, I
assumed since you had it on speaker phone you wanted us all to know about your horrible evil disgusting man who didn't take you to the club."

I got an eye roll and she turned her chair to face away from my table
and turned the phone up louder.

So it sounds like she did want you to know about it!


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Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

When it seems rude, I tend to suddenly play MY desired YouTube on speaker loundly to drive home the point with the dolts filling my world with their noise.

When I notice people watching videos, it is usually a kid who has their
parents phone. I figure they gave it to them to keep them from fussing,
which could be worse than listening to whatever they are watching. ;)

I still think it is rude, though, and wonder if kids that are allowed to do that will grow up into adults who watch videos in public.


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I will be in Sacramento for a 6 hour wait for my flight in March. I will likely
be watching movies or visiting bbses on my ipad at a resturant just to pass the
time.

In cases like that, I try to use earphones or buds.


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Re: Travelin'
By: Tiny to Dumas Walker on Wed Feb 05 2025 05:36 am

I was having lunch and someone at the next table was on speaker phone, I just started commenting to the person I was with about the phone call going on.

"Oh man, can you believe poor becky is mad at her boo? Seems the evil man didn't take her to the club last night." etc.

I got a "Do you mind?" from Becky. To which I reply "Not one bit, I assumed since you had it on speaker phone you wanted us all to know about your horrible evil disgusting man who didn't take you to the club."

I got an eye roll and she turned her chair to face away from my table and turned the phone up louder.

It seems some people don't have any sens of modesty or discretion when talking to people on the phone these days.

Nightfox

Apparently, it's OK now to watch videos or have conversations on speakerphone in a restaurant?

Only if it is on full blast so that everyone can hear correctly. LOL

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I'll have air pod pro 2's :)


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Hi Dumas,
On <Thu, 05 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

You are correct. I am sure that, like me, you would hate to be
deprived of that knowledge. ;)

100%, How else will I learn who the important people are? ;)

table and turned the phone up louder.

So it sounds like she did want you to know about it!

That was my thought. I don't understand people anymore, I stopped
trying to.

Shawn

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You are correct. I am sure that, like me, you would hate to be
deprived of that knowledge. ;)

100%, How else will I learn who the important people are? ;)

I am actually a little jealous. I need to get out more so I can learn who
my local important people are like you have been!

table and turned the phone up louder.

So it sounds like she did want you to know about it!

That was my thought. I don't understand people anymore, I stopped
trying to.

Indeed. They just seem to be getting worse and worse. I hate to say this,
but I think the people in my generation ("X") who became parents seem to be raising a generation that has a high percentage of these "not
understandable" persons.


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Tiny wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

"Oh man, can you believe poor becky is mad at her boo? Seems the evil
man didn't take her to the club last night." etc.

I got a "Do you mind?" from Becky. To which I reply "Not one bit, I assumed since you had it on speaker phone you wanted us all to know
about your horrible evil disgusting man who didn't take you to the
club."

I got an eye roll and she turned her chair to face away from my table
and turned the phone up louder.

Priceless.



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Dumas Walker wrote to K9ZW <=-

I still think it is rude, though, and wonder if kids that are allowed
to do that will grow up into adults who watch videos in public.

In my most recent experience, it was adults waiting for their flights at
the airport. Some screetchy, real-housewives kinda shit.

Shout out for Tozo NZ2 earbuds - they come with a battery case, nice
noise cancelling, and they're $30-$40 bucks. They don't connect to two
devices simultaneously, but as soon as I turned Bluetooth off of my
phone they paired to my laptop without a lot of fuss. Nice sound, too.



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Nightfox wrote to Tiny <=-

It seems some people don't have any sens of modesty or discretion when talking to people on the phone these days.

It used to be a bit of self-importance ("Look at me, I have a cell phone
and YOU DON'T!) but nowadays everyone has at least a crappy Android
phone that they're talking on.

What cracks me up are the people that hold the phone up parallel to the
ground so the microphone is in front of their mouth, then use
speakerphone to hear. I've seen people doing that on FaceTime, so the
other person just sees clouds and a passing airplane if they're lucky.



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Hi Dumas,
On <Fri, 06 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

Indeed. They just seem to be getting worse and worse. I hate to say this, but I think the people in my generation ("X") who became
parents seem to be
raising a generation that has a high percentage of these "not understandable" persons.

I don't blame the parents, I blame cell phones and social media. My kids
are both in their 30's and grew up with internet and computers, however
they still know how to have a conversation. (Now - when teenagers they
were too busy txting to talk to us). ;)

Neither one of them would ever use speaker phone while in public. Both do
what I do if out to dinner and a phone call that /needs/ to be taken they
(and me) go outside to take the call, and come back in when done.

Shawn

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Hi Poindexter,
In a message to Dumas Walker you wrote:

Shout out for Tozo NZ2 earbuds - they come with a battery case, nice
noise cancelling, and they're $30-$40 bucks. They don't connect to
two devices simultaneously, but as soon as I turned Bluetooth off of
my phone they paired to my laptop without a lot of fuss. Nice sound,
too.

I've been wanting to try earbuds again, I'll check the local store and
see if they stock this brand. I have been a big fan of full size headphones most of my life, but people love their earbuds and I like the idea of
having a more discrete headphone while at work.

Shawn

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I still think it is rude, though, and wonder if kids that are allowed
to do that will grow up into adults who watch videos in public.

In my most recent experience, it was adults waiting for their flights at
the airport. Some screetchy, real-housewives kinda shit.

Ick. No thank you. I would probably be scratching my eardrums out if I
was subjected to that for long.


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I don't blame the parents, I blame cell phones and social media. My kids
are both in their 30's and grew up with internet and computers, however
they still know how to have a conversation. (Now - when teenagers they
were too busy txting to talk to us). ;)

I am thinking of kids that are younger than that but, then again,
Poindexter pointed out that in his instance it was adults so maybe it is
not a generational thing so much as a just "rude people" thing. ;)


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Tiny wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

I've been wanting to try earbuds again, I'll check the local store and
see if they stock this brand. I have been a big fan of full size headphones most of my life, but people love their earbuds and I like
the idea of having a more discrete headphone while at work.

Actually, they're the TOZO NC2. If you don't mind having things in your
ears, they're great. My wife hates anything in her ears, even earplugs,
but she was OK with these using the smaller ear pads.



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Tiny wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

Neither one of them would ever use speaker phone while in public. Both
do what I do if out to dinner and a phone call that /needs/ to be taken they (and me) go outside to take the call, and come back in when done.

Sidebar discussion - when driving my daughter and a friend somewhere in
a car with music playing, the kids make so much noise as to make
conversations in the front impossible - then they start watching tiktok
videos on speaker. Words have been said over this.



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Hi Poindexter,
On <Sat, 07 Feb 25>, you wrote me:

Actually, they're the TOZO NC2. If you don't mind having things in
your ears, they're great. My wife hates anything in her ears, even earplugs, but she was OK with these using the smaller ear pads.

Nice thanks! I'll have a look at the local "everything" store and see
what they have. I cancelled my amazon account over their union busting
tricks, and I keep it cancelled as it's my personal choice that won't
harm anyone else to not support any business or product made in the
country that must not be named.

Shawn

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and YOU DON'T!) but nowadays
everyone has at least a crappy

Something kind of funny... I was getting off the freeway the other day and saw a lady holding a sign begging for food/money/whatever. Looking homeless. Her also homeless looking friend behind her was sitting in a folding chair looking at a cellphone (doom scrolling, no doubt).



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phigan wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Something kind of funny... I was getting off the freeway the other day
and saw a lady holding a sign begging for food/money/whatever. Looking homeless. Her also homeless looking friend behind her was sitting in a folding chair looking at a cellphone (doom scrolling, no doubt).

I don't know if I'd fault someone for having a cell phone (unless it's
a new iPhone...) as there's virtually no way to get out of homelessness
without one these days - and there are programs where you can get a
free phone and pay as you go.



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