Overheard on the speakerphone at work...

The guy in the office next to mine LOVES to talk on speakerphone. I hear all kinds of stuff -- the daily afternoon talk with his wife (she goes to the gym most days after work and he often gets fish to make for dinner), his arguments with Sears about the extended warranty on his TV, not to mention the work related calls (he does our office's A/P). The conversation right now takes the cake, though. Apparently, he owes the IRS a ton of money and he's arguing with the company he hired to negotiate the amount down. The woman on the phone has access to all of his financial records, because I just heard how much money he has in his checking account, saving account, how much equity he has in his home and what he owes on his mortgage. WTF? Why would you discuss this on speakerphone? There are 4 other people on this hall who no doubt just heard all his financial details, too.

Anyone else have a good speakerphone story? (Or at least a better one than this?)

 

Just listening to half of a conversation on a cell phone call bugs me. How do you get any work done?

Whenever I call somebody and they put me on speakerphone I assume they're self absorbed assholes who want to feel important.

 

He's out of his office for long stretches and tends to return his calls all in a row. I usually put the TV on to drown him out.

I tend to agree about people who talk on speakerphone. This guy doesn't fit that profile in any other way, though.

 

Not on a speakerphone, but a cellphone conversation in a pressbox: PR guy of MLB team acquiring his team's pitcher tickets to an NFL game. Gave the credit card number over the cell phone and within earshot of a handful of people.

 

Can't say I recall any.

 

About 2 minutes after I posted, I thought of that. I'm wondering now if I should go tell our CFO. The CFO keeps a close eye on things, though, so I kind of just want to stay out of it.

 

I did it once or twice when he was fighting about the TV warranty. He didn't seem to get that I was mocking him.

 

not a speakerphone story but a phone story still. was having a discussion about dismissing an ad rep once and unknown to me because i'd just been hired as editor/publisher at this small weekly, the cheap phone system allowed others to eavesdrop on calls if they picked up on another line. yep, you guessed it, the ad rep heard the entire conversation.