Most days I desperately hope the person who invented
speakerphone is leading a miserable, lonely, pain-filled existence. They deserve it for inflicting the blight of
the speaker phone on cubicle dwellers everywhere.
It’s beyond annoying when someone else is trying to listen
to their own voicemail messages, but can’t hear them over yours on
speakerphone. Even worse, it’s extremely
awkward when someone else is on the phone with a client (you know, actually working)
and your extremely personal voicemail messages are blasting into the
conversation.
I’m sure someone somewhere thinks that speakerphone is wonderful
thing. It isn’t. It’s annoying to your fellow cubicle dwellers,
especially when you use it every time you check your voicemail. You really can’t hold the receiver and write
down your messages at the same time? You
have serious problems. And you have no
idea how tempting it is to call back and cancel your doctor’s appointments.
