Pluggers by Rick McKee for November 17, 2022

at times my cell phone’s speaker doesn’t work when I turn it on; I just switch back to… um… non-speaker mode and hold it up to my ear

My Dad was born in the 19th century. He always shouted into the phone. He favored the old style “candle stick” phones.

What’s with holding the phone horizontally in front of your face and speaking into the bottom of it? That looks so dorky.

Nope , don’t have to do that one yet !

Must be an Apple phone…

You’re a Plugger if when you answer your smart phone you continually inadvertently turn the volume down and say “Hello, please speak louder, I can’t hear you.”

Amen.

I get it, but I don’t want to hear strangers’ conversations – they’re not that interesting ;)

Whatever works….

If you ever have to call the IRS and be on hold for two hours best do it on a landline with a speaker; the IRS hold music is very soothing.

Exactly!!!! And then they yell into their own phone to match the volume! Perfect… and something people seem to just love in a restaurant. My husband needs hearing aids and this is exactly how he uses his phone

You must be in that deli coffee klatch of Pluggers whose phones can be heard from the other side of the grocery store.

And you don’t know how to turn the speaker off. :)

Cellphones are marvelous devices. You can use it as a GPS, find businesses, use it as an encyclopedia, check scores and texting (which to me is only a little better than using Morris Code). But, personally, I think they suck as a phone.