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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How do I tackle the menace of strangers making mobile calls on speakerphone?

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

19 February 2022

9:00 AM

Q. As if it wasn’t bad enough to overhear one side of a conversation as it’s bellowed into a mobile telephone, there is now a worse menace on trains and in restaurants. Those using the speaker function for calls are creating intolerable noise pollution because others nearby are forced to overhear both the tinny caller from down the line and a voice raised to compensate for the distance between mouth and microphone.

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