Nov 2011
Telephonic moronic.
18/11/11 12:02
The above is not a telephone.
You know who you are :
Your the gut who calls people three cubicles away from you and carries on a conversation via speakerphone.
Is this something they teach in some management class somewhere? I demand you explain the "logic".
My coworkers carry on this amazingly moronic behavior and I just can't comprehend it.
Does it make you feel more important or impressive to her your voice amplified through a phone speaker?
Do you just like to hear yourselves talk? (Actually, I already know the answer to that.)
”Hey, look at me! Although I can see this dude sitting right in front of me, I'm calling him on the phone anyway!
In fact, I'm so freaking cool and busy, I'm even putting him on speaker so I can keep my hands free and be more productive!"
What...the....hell?
Are you too lazy to stand up and actually speak face to face? Too important to walk the fifteen feet to where he's sitting?
Both you and I can clearly hear the other guy's voice without you having to use the phone.
What's the point?
To make matters even worse, you're creating this crazy echo effect.
I can hear both you and the guy on the other end normally, but I can also hear the amplified response a few milliseconds later via your freaking speaker-phone. Is this annoying enough?
Oh, hell no! You have to go and take it the next level - the dude on the other side puts YOU on speaker as well!
This is just freaking AWESOME as now it sounds like four people are echoing back and forth, a few seconds out of sync.
Genius.
But wait, there's more! You then go and conference in a third party - say, for example, the guy in the cube adjacent to you - and he uses his speakerphone as well.
This then causes some type of space/time inversion collapse thingie that ends up sounding like an effect from a 1950's Sci-Fi movie.
Please. I beg of you. Just stop it. You're being total douche bags.
My manager, who sits about 20 feet away from me, is the absolute king of this.
Our cubicle walls are only about 4 feet tall. I can see him I without even standing up.
Yet, he will look directly at me - and dial me on the phone...
To make matters worse, he actually seems annoyed when I tell him "This is f-ing stupid", hang up, and walk over to where he is so we can speak normally. Amazing...
Try one of the following and stop acting like complete jerks :
- Get off your ass and walk over to the guy. He's RIGHT THERE for the love of all that is holy.
- Pick up the handset. If you really need to speak to this guy RIGHT NOW, be decent enough to give him your full attention.
- Obviously , If your hands are literally tied, you have something else pressing going on (This, or you're really, really, lazy.)
Be considerate.
I drives the rest of us batty listening to your conversation echoing, echoing, echoing...
For the last time, just cut it out.