# Is this rude phone behavior, or am I too sensitive?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-phone-behavior-or-am-i-too-sensitive/950657 "2021-09-14T17:00:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-phone-behavior-or-am-i-too-sensitive/950657/81 "2021-09-18T21:23:57Z")

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I don’t know about every call, but at least the calls I had to witness at that hospital area were all casual conversations and chit-chat.

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**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-rude-phone-behavior-or-am-i-too-sensitive/950657/82 "2021-09-19T07:36:42Z")

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> [@The\_Librarian](#):
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> Hmm. A technical solution for Luddite problems…
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> Anyone who uses a phone on speaker within earshot must want me to join the conversation.  
> It is amazing how fast people remember how to use a phone like a functioning adult if you do that.

I just want to say that, for some reason, I thought of this post last night while washing the dishes, and I’m still laughing.

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