Monday, September 20, 2004

pick up the %*^&^ phone!

please explain why you would need to use a speaker phone for a phone conversation if it necessitates you sitting 6 inches from the phone, leaning into the speaker and shouting loud enough to he heard throughout the entire office... seriously, unless your arms are painted on or you're in a full body cast, i don't see the point of using a speaker phone for a one on one conversation. sure, if you're in a meeting and there's someone remote, yes, be all means, use the speaker phone, but otherwise, spare us from hearing you pound your chest and show off your technical machismo - big deal, you've mastered the "speaker" button on your phone - what's next, you sending out an email to everyone in the company to demonstrate that you are the ruler of the electronic mail domain?