Speakerphone

The best thing ever was when Nextel's stupid irritating walkie-talkie shit stopped being cool. That annoying beep-beep noise when someone was being paged via Nextel made me want to toss rocks at people. And it's virtually impossible to have a soft speakerphone conversation. Why? Because talking with someone via speakerphone either makes you deaf, or makes every noise around you louder, so you have to yell into the phone. And of course, you have to crank the volume up to max, because you can't hear a goddamn word the other person is saying.

I've never understood speakerphone. Even at home, I don't get it. You can't hear them, they can't hear you. Why the fuck do people use it? A better question: why the fuck do people use it in crowded coffee shops or restaurants?!