• dryfter@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    This is a pet peeve of mine. If you aren’t disabled use the damn phone as a phone and use FaceTime in private.

    I don’t want to hear about the latest drama your ex is involved in and who’s doing who to god knows what. I also don’t want to be in the background while you are standing in line FaceTiming someone and they comment on the person behind them on camera.

    And then the people who actually use the phone as a phone but have the most obnoxiously loud one-sided conversation.

    I may be slightly biased, I use public transportation and have to listen to this shit every day. I wear hearing aids so I hear everything at one which makes it even more fun.

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      It took a few years, but now unless it’s really important or she thinks I’m probably not on the bus, my wife now texts to ask if I’m able to talk. I hate people who do these things and I feel incredibly uncomfortable speaking on the phone when I’m on public transit.

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        Same here. I know my voice is loud. I have a paralyzed vocal cord and can’t talk quietly — only loud or louder. I also just generally hate talking on the phone 😆

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          My voice is fairly deep, so even when I’m speaking quietly it travels. Beyond not wanting to have everyone on the bus hearing about my business, it’s fucking rude…